Hello, blog

Oh blog, has it really been three weeks? I have a reason (several, really) to have been so absent. First, of course, there was Lucy's wedding and the Virginia trip. Then, tomorrow is Jennifer's (Jon's little sister's) wedding, which we all are also participating in. But most of all, there's the move.

For about a dozen reasons (really--this could be a novel of a blog post), we made the decision earlier this year to try to sell our current house and move back to our house in Irvine. We've really seen God's confirmation of this decision: wise Christian friends and advisors affirmed us; processes that are "supposed" to take four to five months (on a good day) with the bank took two months; everything seems to be falling into place.

With everything happening more quickly than expected, we're also moving sooner than expected. Instead of December, we're moving now--this weekend! I've been busy packing, packing, painting, packing, cleaning, purging, and packing.

The children are generally ambivalent. They do have feelings about it all, but there isn't much "unknown" for them: they already know the house. They are staying at the same school, the same church, with the same friends, etc. The day to day will generally be the same, just from a different house.