Simple beauty...

...in the middle of the boxes!

Ashley's Wedding

Jeff's cousin, Ashley, got married a couple weeks ago.

It was great to be able to get away for a day & also to see a

lot of family that we haven't seen in a while!

Ashley & Laura Miller

They had a very unique wedding cake!

Ryleigh was fascinated. The temptation to touch it was great, but she resisted... as far as we know, anyway! ;-)

Grant got to meet a lot of people for the first time. Here he is with Aunt Judy.

Cousin Winona & Grant

Meeting Great-Grandma Miller.

Just a picture of my big boy. He's changing so much.

I think he looks SO much like my dad in this picture!

Whew!

Things have been a bit crazy around here, lately! This week has been our "moving week". I fully intended to blog about this major life change before it happened, rather than after it happened, but I obviously didn't.



As I mentioned briefly in an earlier post, we are getting a new youth pastor - Matt & Christina Maloyed. We were given the option of remaining in the church parsonage or to purchase our own home & receive a housing allowance. After a lot of prayer & research, we decided to take this opportunity & are now in the process of purchasing an older home just a few blocks away. It needs some TLC, but has a lot of potential & we are very excited about it!



The past three weeks have been so crazy. Jeff spent many days working on painting bedrooms & remodeling the living room. There are several other rooms that we will be working on little by little, but those were the things we wanted to do before moving in. Last week, my mother-in-law came for a few days & having her here to help with packing boxes & babysitting was a huge help. (Thanks, Mom!)



Monday was officially moving day & we had lots of help from church people to get moved. Honestly, I think we have some of the best, most willing to help, church people around. Thank you so much to everyone who helped!



Now... we are working on settling in & unpacking little by little. I am amazed at how much stuff we've managed to accumulate in the relatively short time we've been married! Anyhow... DSL is finally up & running at our new house, so I will be posting pictures soon.

Pics from the Fourth

Went to Uncle Mark & Aunt Barb's for the annual 4th of July cookout. Had lots of fun. Hardly took any picturs. Shame on me. (My excuse is that it was raining & I really wasn't in the mood to take pictures. Oh well, maybe next time....)

After it finally stopped raining, Ryleigh really enjoyed helping to walk the dog. It took her a little while to figure out how to "walk the dog". She kept trying to push the leash forward to make the dog walk! ;-)

Grant enjoyed lots of lovin'!

Ryleigh was so glad that it stopped raining long enough for her to play outside for awhile.

New Items

New items in my Etsy shop....