glimpses

posts have been infrequent because truthfully, we've had a crazy last two weeks that involved no internet for a week, figuring out that we're moving and we're moving our friends, and i was sick for a decent amount of that first week.

not quite sure if it's due to the smoke in the air, the anti-flame retardant chemicals, stress or a mix of the three but i've either had or been fighting off migraines nearly every day for the last week. it started with a sleepless night (for both of us, which was strange). 

jimmy's such a trooper. such a great man. he's brought me toast. laid in the bed with me and talked to me while i piled pillows over my eyes to block the light. handled my not so sweet demeanor. left events early because i felt sick. one night he shoved clothes at the bottom of our door because i saw the world's largest bug in the hall and we couldn't find it to get rid of it. & we are currently on a mattress on the floor. really, he's amazing. 

we've really been learning about being flexible and surrendering our plans. i really thought i had mastered that lesson after the last year and a half, but apparently i still had some growing to do. the job i thought was very secure for me here in redding fell through last week. we also have known for a few weeks that we need to move out of the house we're staying in (with other roommates) and thought we had landed a great one, only to discover on thursday that after a series of unfortunately timed events we lost that house.

jimmy & i entertained a few different options of ministry programs for him to do but decided that the timing didn't feel quite right. so we're on the house hunt and the job hunt. and in some ways back to square one.

we're praying for & thankfully have some flexibility to wait to land jobs that we really enjoy and/or can grow in and/or teach us new skill sets.

right now, we're occupying square one with peace. we had some major emotions to deal with after everything seemed to fall through last week, but after we worked through that we both decided to keep each other from subscribing to anxiety and fear.

some of the more light-hearted things of the last few weeks: 

i developed a great future parenting plan.

i'll raise the boys, jimmy will raise the girls. he's so much better with them. example number one:

everywhere jimmy went on labor day, all the little girls (our friends' kids) went too. they love him. he is great at entertaining their stories. they follow him wherever he went all afternoon. & i'm so much more used to little boys.

here are some shots from labor day, which we spent around the pool with friends.

i've been really privileged to help promote aaron's new album, which releases on september 14th. (for those that don't know, aaron is a close friend, our pastor & the one who married us in june). he's so talented, the project is so amazing, and rooster party/records is an amazing non-profit. you can check them out here: theroosterparty.org   (and you should search for aaron's new EP on friday!)

getting really classy with our wedding gifts these days.

a really sweet surprise i came home to this weekend.

a long day of packing and boxed turned aaron into a princess.

jimmy tried on aaron's grandpa's army jacket and played the part.

and today i felt like a really great wife, if i do say so myself. after a frustrating time at the DMV i needed some therapy which often manifests as thrifting. wandering through a new goodwill, i found a great gap checkered/gingham shirt for jimmy - the kind he's wanted for a while - for $5 AND THEN i came home and conquered spaghetti squash!

it may not seem significant but for me it was quite the milestone. see my first attempt here.

so life is good, even if life is crazy.