Our church community read Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in 12 Simple Words by Brian McLaren over the summer. I admittedly was a little busy with packing, goodbyes, and life to get around to that. Hopefully, after we’re finished with Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racisim by Drew Hart for our new church and Out of the Spin Cycle: Devotions to Lighten Your Mother Load by ...
THE BLOG
WEEK TWO IN THE PNW
It’s been a better week. Thank you, Jesus. We’ve made a few trips to the stores to get more to do here during nap time and in the evenings. Wes picked out a dinosaur and hasn't put it down since. The big boys picked out UNO and Monopoly and a few books each. All of the boys’ stuff is in Portland in storage and I’ve been hesitant to buy more because, hopefully soon, we’ll be in a house with all ...
WEEK ONE IN THE PNW
We are here at our temporary housing. The flight day was STUH-RESS-FUL. We left late in the day which was dumb. We thought it’d give us time to say last minute goodbyes but really it just pushed everything back and didn’t give us much time to settle in once we got here. Where’s here? A swanky new apartment complex. We would have loved it in our non-kids day. Now, we have all 5 of us crammed into ...
TWIN FALLS // WA
The Hurlburts went on their inaugural Washington hike. I’d read about Twin Falls so I thought, why not. It was a 2 mile hike and we thought we’d be able to make it without a carrier for Wesley. We found the trailhead and started on our hike. It was breathtaking and there is something about the mountain air that makes my soul breathe. We kept hiking, and hiking and trying to keep Wes from falling ...
THE GOODBYES
We’ve spent the last eight weeks saying goodbyes. In a way it was wonderful to have the gift of time but in ways it did really make it hard. I wanted to soak in everything that we’d be leaving, but I also had this burden of everything that needed to get done before we moved. I prayed that I would be able to let go of the to-do list as much as possible and enjoy the people we love and the place ...
ONE LAST MINNESOTA HULLABALOO
We spent our last weekend in Minnesota in Duluth on a little vacation with one of our favorite families. It was a blessing to be away from our house, a reminder that we would soon be leaving. We spent time eating meals together, touring a lighthouse, spent a ridiculous number of hours aimlessly throwing rocks into the lake, eating s'mores, taking a train ride and the boys even did some unplanned ...