We Moved!!

Boy has it been awhile since I last posted!! I've been procrastinating blogging. : P We moved to Lynnwood, WA on Jan. 2. We are thankful to be able to have a house to rent to try to limit noise through walls from neighbors in other rental situations. We were looking in the Lynnwood, Edmonds, Mountlake Terrace area for a place since those would be sort of the mid-point between my job in Lake Stevens (east of Everett) and Ryan going to Seattle. We had a really hard time deciding on where to live when we had a few options. There were pros and cons of each place from location, to costs, to size, etc. I always seem to struggle with new commitments and have been re-questioning whether or not we heard God correctly about this house. It's hard for me because the other, smaller house, we now realize is in a much nicer neighborhood (you can't always tell that on the first visit). It's quieter there and you have ocean views in a couple minutes walk. The house we chose is larger, but we've learned it isn't the best location as we saw painted over graffiti on our fence, some trash on the ground, and I don't like how the cars waiting at the four-way stop out front can see me sitting in our living room.

We believe that God lead us here since it is a little larger than the other house, and we want a place where we can invite people over and practice more hospitality than we have in the past. We are looking forward to doing this once I finish unpacking a few more boxes! It's a simple place that needs a little fixing up, and it's just 1100 square feet, but that's plenty for us and enough for a few guests in the living room. : ) Come visit!

We have visited a Calvary Chapel church that we liked. We really like that they have marriage groups on Friday nights. It seems that many churches have children's, women's, divorced, etc. ministries, but we 'forget' the marriages. We are planning to get more involved and already met another young couple that has invited us over for dinner. We are thankful for that since we have been praying for some Christian friends our age for here.

My birthday is on Thursday, but I'll be working that day. I'm desperately looking forward to some sun in the forecast for this weekend as Ryan and I take a day to celebrate my 29th and explore some more of the surrounding areas. Maybe I'll even take some pictures. : P I haven't taken any in awhile. I've been really craving to be somewhere warm and sunny. I see that it's in the low 80's right now where I used to live in CA. That's sounds wonderful to be able to wear a t-shirt and flip flops and feel warm sun on my skin!! Oh well, I have many blessings and try to remember those at times like this!

That's probably enough writing for now since I don't know if anyone is reading this far. : P I'll try to post a little more often, but no promises. : )