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 ...
THE BLOG
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 ...
THE CALLING
After the offer came in we still weren’t sold on relocating to the PNW. We have family, friends, and our church that we had been involved in. We have roots here. The kind of roots that run really deep and would be really hard to sever. We have an incredible church, one that has profoundly changed our faith. Our children attend one of the most incredible schools I've ever been a part of (and ...