Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Here's a Recap...




Well, we had an eventful holiday break! We flew with the boys to KC on the 13th of December, 2006. Then Justin and I left the next morning for TN to visit a parish in Knoxville. We had a blessed time and are waiting on the Lord to see if that is where we will end up. Right now it looks promising!

Then we had a great time with family and friends when we returned after our long weekend without the kiddos. It was almost like a vacation ... Almost!

We visited Justin's family while we stayed in KC, traveled up to Iowa to visit our good friends the Fjellmans, and even got to see my grandparents and parents. My parents made the long journey from CA after Christmas to stay in Laredo over New Year's! After we arrived home in NY on Jan. 3rd, we turned around the next day and left for NC to visit our friends the Foleys in Greensboro. We spent a lovely Theophany weekend with them and got to see their mission church in action. They are doing a fabulous job!

It is a strange thought to imagine that next year our Christmas will be celebrated in our own house, in our own town, and in our own way. Okay, so we don't really know how we will celebrate Christmas if we are in our own place. You see, in our eight years of marriage, Justin and I have never had Christmas in our own house! Now that he is a priest, our Christmases are taken from here until retirement. We so enjoyed our "last" Christmas in KC with family, but are hopeful that many of our loved ones will make the trek to see us over the holidays from time to time in the future.

So here are some pix from our journey. One is of Justin's Dad and the boys at breakfast. The others are from our road trip to NC. The boys are actually pretty great travelers. And, as you can see, we try and make it nice and comfy for them. And here we are: the Foleys and the Mathews (Evon wasn't home from school yet!).

Blessings to all!

Jodi

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