Wow! Talk about a great adventure, the past two months have flown by! Christmas, moving to a new state, finding a house, and unpacking everything has been a whirlwind and God has been with us through it all. Finally though we have settled into our wonderful home and new life.
Christmas was awesome! We got to see all of our friends and family in one cram packed busy week but its always worth it. Our week started out with helping my grandmother's Christmas tree up and decorated. Then we went to Salado for Ricky's grandparent's anniversary. It was full of laughs and great memories. I got to hang out with Adrian, my soon to be fellow out-law :D Congrats to the awesome couple! It was great getting to see his family since we were going to spend Christmas with my family. Christmas Eve we went to see my dad's side of the family which is always fun. Yummy Mexican food with good times equals awesome! I could barely believe how big my cousins have gotten. It was a great time. Christmas we spread lots of Christmas cheer visiting with my mom's family. We all went to the nursing home to visit my great grandmother with our spunky little Sam. As expected Sam was the talk of the home in his Christmas candy cane sweater. Everyone was loving on him and he was a perfect little trooper! By the time we left all the nurses knew Sam by name which was too funny. Sam could melt the hardest of hearts :D So after the perfect storm we just hung out for the next few days with Ricky's parents. We certainly have been blessed with an awesome family.
Our trip home was a little strange due to the fact that we would be moving in two weeks! So a packing we would go. We packed and cleaned like never before but the excitement of a new adventure kept us going. A quick trip to Shreveport to find our new home and back was a nice change of pace from packing.
Good-bye is always hard. Our church family gave us a very warm send off as well as our friends back at Sheppard. We certainly miss all of you! Finally, moving day was upon us. Ricky's cousin, Cody ( the one getting married :D), and our friend Jared came and helped us pack up the U-haul. Everything found a place in one of our vehicles, including ourselves lol. And we were off like a herd of speeding turtles! The journey to Shreveport was long but uneventful. God watched over us every step of the way.
After the long trip we arrived at our new home. We opened the door and went to turn the light switch on and found that we had no electricity! So after a cold, dark night in our new house we set to work with our family to unpack and begin to get settled in. Our house became a home with each box that was unpacked. And yes, we finally got electricity!
We are now completely settled in to our new home. This year holds so many exciting new adventures for us. We have made new friends and are loving our Buff community :D Ricky starts B-52 training tomorrow and our routine will finally start pacing out. Now the last thing on our list is to find the church for us. We know God is leading us to the right church for us. So keep praying for us!
We love you guys! Post again soon!
Ricky and Lauren
Jeremiah 29:11
New International Version (NIV)
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
