just another weekend...

One of the "treasures" we found while out and about on Saturday
We had a good weekend. On Saturday we went downtown and walked around on State St. for awhile and watched the “Winterfest” activities. They had ski races around the capitol and other fun stuff going on. I realized that we were actually becoming Madison residents when we ran into a few people that we knew while we were downtown. What a weird feeling. I still feel like we’re just visiting Madison, so to be out and about and running into familiar faces solidifies that we actually live here and this is our new life now. I haven’t quite decided if I like that or not.

We’ve made some nice friends here, but I still can’t help but feel lonely for the friends back home that know me inside out. I think it’s been kind of hard for Steve too as he’s mentioned on more than one occasion lately how much me misses some of his guy friends back home and really wishes he had a friend here that he could connect with and not only have fun with but also talk about life with.
All I need is to just hang out with Missy and the kids and I feel like my heart would be full again. I’ve been missing Hannah and Ava a lot lately, to the point where it actually brings a tear to my eyes every time I think about them. Missing those girls has definitely been the hardest for me in this move.
Speaking of kids….I so completely have the baby bug! I am so ready for kids and so is Steve. I never thought I would get like this and if someone were to ask me even a year ago if I was ready for kids I probably would have been nonchalant to the point that I would have been fine if we were to never have kids. Now it’s all a different story though. I’m praying that Steve will find a job soon so kids are more of a possibility.

Speaking of the job situation….we are praying that something will come up soon! I’m trying to be patient and trust in God’s timing, but I have my good days and bad days when it comes to my perspective. I’m so thankful for this rough season because I feel like we’re learning so much about ourselves and our dependence on God. I’m so proud of the man that Steve is becoming and everything that God is doing in Him, but I can’t help but wish that the season would hurry up and end a little bit. There haven’t even been many prospects or openings that he could apply for lately. I don’t question at all that God is faithful, but I find myself constantly asking Him the big “what are you doing?” question. It’s true that we will never understand the ways of God. I know someday we’ll look back and everything will make sense, but I wish I could just see it making sense now.




PS....I finally transferred the pics from our trip to Milwaukee 2 weekends ago and thought I'd add this one in for fun. We were giving Chris a hard time for some pictures we took a few months ago where he was scowling in every single one of the shots. So, these are the "imitate Chris" pics. Ironically though Chris decided to smile in this one! Don't know why Steve was smiling too, but I thought it was cute!