Currently...

our house is an absolute wreck! For two weeks now, I've been off and on again packing. You might ask, off and on again? Yes, it's been that way because Adam and I have been busy just going, going, going! We've been making trips back and forth to Bassett and Quinton, as well as to Adam's family, our church, and the past two days I was out as a chaperon to our youth for Liberty University's SBCV Studentz Camp "for a night" retreat. It was wonderful and I know the youth as well as myself got a lot out of it, but I sure am glad to be back home!

So being that I'm finally at home, you'd think I'd be ready to get on the ball with packing again, right? No! I've lost my "mojo" as  one movie character put it. And it's simple, right?! Get your butt off the couch, grab a box and start piling stuff in it! Sheesh. Yet, I simply just want to  take a break from it. I'm sad or emotional, just lazy. Ahh, well I do have all of next week, and if I finish everything now then what would I do next week?! Sigh. Yes, I'm a genius. Happy Friday to all!

We're Moving!!!

For the few of you that read this blog, I am sorry I haven't been an avid blogger lately. Two weekends ago I went on a girls' mini-vacay to Cape Charles with the Leverett girls (which I plan to blog about soon). Then last weekend Adam and I were busy helping our pastor and his family move. And the weeks/days in between have been spent packing here as well as visiting friends and going back to Bassett to take care of necessary paper work, getting into my new classroom, and checking out houses to buy!

YES, YES, YES you read that correctly! We're going to be buying our very first home! I am elated! We have been looking at several houses on the Internet, and I went with my parents and Hazel to view some when I was in town on Wednesday. Needless to say of the four I saw, three were a BIG disappointment--they were absolutely horrendous--and would need lots of renovations before you could even move in! There was however one that I absolutely loved! We're planning on going back in the next week so both Adam and myself can look and hopefully find one where we can place an offer. God has been so good to us and I am overjoyed with the work He is doing! In the meantime, most of my time is spent packing--the house is a wreck! We'll be keeping our stuff in storage until we find a house, and we'll be living with my parents for roughly a month or two until then, which will help us save some money! I'll be back to blog with an update soon, in the meantime pray the Lord has a house set aside for us!

Tell me about.....your brother-in-loves!

Yes, you read that correctly. I wrote typed brother-in-loves, not laws! Those guys are wonderful and I am so lucky to call them my brothers! If it weren't for Luke, I would have never met my prince charming! Let's go back a couple of years...

From left to right: Joel, my hubby (Adam), and Luke!

Here's the story: Luke and I went to college together. Neither one of us remember meeting the other, what an impression we made, right?! But not too long after he started his freshman year at Bluefield, we became friends and started hanging out. By the next school year we were working together on SUB and were having a blast! I met Luke's family that Fall, in September of 2007 when they came up to visit him for his birthday. That was the first time I met Adam, but said to say there wasn't any of that "love at first sight" cliches. The next time I saw Adam was the spring of 2008 when Luke needed help moving out of the dorm. Prior to the summer of 2008, Luke had invited several of us to come to Mobjack for a visit, but I never had the chance, until that summer, when we both went to help at YEC in Richmond. After YEC, Luke invited myself and two other guys to come hang out for the weekend at his parent's house. I went, and wham bam just like that Adam and I hit it off and the rest is history! Therefore, without Luke, I would have never met my wonderful hubby.

Anywho, enough about me and Adam, isn't this post about Luke & Joel?! Right! Luke is an amazing brother-in-love! Everyone who meets him, likes him! YES, this is true! He is a very amiable, smart, laid-back, handsome, and adventuresome kind of guy! He keeps his priorities in check and makes the best decisions that he feels God wants him to make. His faith is his foundation! He's supportive and kind and can irritate me, just like my little brother does, and he's got a wonderful girlfriend, whom he loves dearly, whom I hope to call my sister-in-love one day!

Adam and I with Hazel, Luke, and Joel!

Joel on the other hand, wow! This kid has grown up fast! He's become such an adventuresome, strong willed, pursuant individual. Before college, you could usually find him reading a Ted Dekker book, piddling with some melodies on the piano, and swimming in the creek. Now, he's always venturing to new places, making his mark on the world! I am impressed that Joel came "out of his shell" and has taken life by the horns--he really knows how to carpe diem!  I am proud of who he is, and I'm excited to see where the Lord is leading him! I'm so very thankful to call these wonderful men, my brother-in-loves! Thank you Lord for giving me such a wonderful family!