Saturday, January 21, 2012

Sweet Home Alabama...

Hello all!

We've been in Alabama for almost 3 months, and we're really loving it! Our new church family has made us SO welcome. Chris is loving his job, and I think staying home with Avery is the best job I could ever have :-). We stay busy, busy, busy, and the days are absolutely flying by. Avery turns 9 months old next week, which just doesn't seem possible!! She's growing like a weed!

Our new home is slowly coming together. Chris started painting the guest room/office today, and I'm excited to get it all set up. Avery's nursery is completely finished, and I LOVE it! We still have to paint our bedroom, 2 bathrooms, and the kitchen needs complete updating. We'll get it all done someday, lol... I'm enjoying finding new ideas on Pinterest. I could waste an entire day playing on that website! Right now I'm in the process of collecting different sizes of black frames and art for a gallery wall in our living room. I can't wait to see it when everything is in place!

Chris & I are excited to have the opportunity to travel to Peru this July on a medical mission trip with our church. I'm really looking forward to using my optometry experience to assist with vision clinics. Please be in prayer for us as we begin to raise the funds for the trip, and especially pray for the hearts of the people we will meet & work with while we're there. How wonderful to be able to go somewhere we've never been to tell others about Jesus!! The only drawback for me is leaving my sweet Avery. I'm trying not to dwell on it!

Maybe I'll actually blog again soon, haha!

Love you all,
Michelle