goodbyes // part two

There is not a single day that goes by where I am not thinking or missing my family & friends.  I miss calling up my friends at any given time & going for a walk or grabbing a coffee.  I miss the hours of conversations we all had.  I miss game nights & movie nights.  I miss our loving church family & teaching sunday school.  I miss that sweet fellowship we all shared.  I miss going to my in-laws house for dinners & laundry ;) I miss my nieces & nephew & my sisters Sara, Jill & Austin.  I even miss Molly!   I am extremely thankful to be in Virginia.  This is where God has us & I can see Him working in our lives more than ever!  Like I said in the previous post, goodbyes are hard.  You expect time to stand still in the places you have left, but reality hits you & you know that it doesn't.  Being here, there are good days, but like today, there are hard days.  To all our friends & family, we miss you so very much!

Right after we left Maui, we stopped back in Oregon to say goodbye to family & friends.  Here are just a few pictures from that short, short week we were there. 


cousin love


seriously, if you are ever in Joseph, Oregon, go to Arrowhead Chocolates!




sweet, sweet friends


growing families, miss you guys




our beautiful home



cousin hug (Oliver trying to push away...he lives in a bubble) 


oliver giving grandma a kiss


a little blurry, but at least we are all in the photo ;)



Oregon, we miss you already.  Most importantly, we miss everyone there.