NEW YEAR, NEW START

2014 is gone. What!? I still don't know how that happened.

We are officially in Southern California. All our belongings are hanging out in a storage unit and we are living with my parents until we officially get the keys to our house. We found an old fixer-upper in Newhall with a lot of potential and while it will be a bit before we can actually move in, we are excited to get to work and make it home!

We are missing Washington! In a lot of ways, it still feels like we are down here on a vacation to see family, since we do that around this time every year anyway. I don't think it will officially hit us until we start settling in our own house and time passes and we are still here.

We got to start off the year with a trip to Yosemite for a lovely, FREEZING wedding - literally 20 degrees! Looking forward to a trip to Seattle this month for another wedding in Woodinville!

It has been fun to look back at the past year - friendships, abundant work, time with family. Before we moved, our dear friend took some photos of us in our home for our 2 year anniversary! I'm so glad we got that season of our lives documented - something I recommend to everyone. Document every moment, because things change quickly and its easy to forget.

xoxo

MARRIAGE + MOVING

Two years ago, we got married at the Hollywood Schoolhouse in Washington.

One year ago, we got our first house in Washington.

6 months ago, we got a CRAZY opportunity.

A few days ago, after many prayers, we decided to pull the trigger.

Today, we get to celebrate all that the Lord has done in our lives over the past two years as husband and wife as we begin to prepare for our transition to California.

Wait, what? California?

We still have A LOT of details to figure out, but in the coming months we will be moving to Southern California where Chris has accepted a position at Juice (an audio post production studio owned by my parents). The whole thing is a big deal and it was not without a lot of prayer and consideration that we made the decision to go.

We are so excited that this job will allow us to better support the church and missionaries. After getting a first-hand look at the work our missionary friends are doing in Albania, we have felt so encouraged and called to support them and others as much as we can! We may not be missionaries in another country, but we want to be missionaries from our home, at our church, and by helping to send those who are called to go.

We will miss Washington. We love the rain and the grey skies. We have an incredible community of family and friends and church here.

It is bitter, but sweet.

We want to use this blog (finally) to document this insane transition. We want to use it to keep in touch with all the folks we won't see at church every week; all the friends we will see mostly over Skype; all the family who will stay in beautiful Washington.

Today, we are praising God for the past two years and for all the years to come.