Late night talks

One of my favorite times of day is after the kids go down and Gaetan and I get to hang out... just us.  That has been one of the most important things for us to do is to make sure that we have 'us' time.  It's so easy just to get wrapped up in the busyness of life, kids and then just wanting to fall down at the end of the day. But, I'm glad that we can keep this up :)  It's a really nice time to catch up and really talk.  Of course we talk through the day but we don't get to have those deep important talks because most of the time they're interrupted.

With the holiday season around and having to spend more time with family there has been a lot on our minds.  I'm still struggling with how to deal with Ingrid, and show her grace while not exposing my children to unnecessary things.  I know that Gaetan is still trying to figure out what role his family plays in ours.  And, because it's the holidays, we're forced to spend more time with them than we would probably actually like to.

We got to spend some time talking about what our future holds... and how exciting it really is.  We are very content with where our lives are right now.  We are where we have to be for school, and the community around us is great for the kids.  Of course we're still talking/deciding about home-schooling or not (but we're leaning more towards yes) and the importance of having fellow believers around us.  Right now, we pretty much just hang out with each other (which is great and fine) but we are definitely seeing the need for other believers to fellowship with on a daily basis.  We love Mars Hill and what they have to offer, but the drive there a couple times of a week is hard.  I know that God will either make something available to us down here (through them) or we will find another great church community to connect with while we're here.

We really have been preparing ourselves for something big.  Things have just been falling into place that have made me realize that we're probably going to end up moving across the country... and at first that was terrifying to me, but now I'm getting really excited. :)

I love that I still want to talk with my husband... that I look forward to spending time with him.  Its so easy to get lost in the common ground of our kids, and that our love for each other can be pushed to the back burner, but ours is still front and center and burning hot ;)

JVG