Welp...

We had a great time in Oklahoma. It was so nice to be home and see family and friends. Brooke's graduation was, of course, the highlight of the trip. I am so proud of her and her accomplishments. She accompanied the choir beautifully and her smile was priceless. :-)

John was able to take the train down to Ft. Worth to visit Barry...which was the highlight of his trip! He had a great time catching up and visiting Barry's church. I am so glad he was able to do this. I had fun shopping with Mom and Beth, helping with Brianna and Nathan, and hanging out with the fam. I was also really glad to finally meet Lauren! Had a great time getting to know her a little bit.

Life is back to normal in Indiana, PA. John is back in school and I am back at work. I am looking forward to returning to our church tonight. I missed it while we were gone. John and I celebrated 2 years of marriage yesterday! He bought me some beautiful roses and I made him an apple pie. We also took a trip to Gettysburg before we left for Oklahoma, which was a lot of fun. If you ever have an opportunity to go, I highly recommend it!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Home

Well, here we are in Indiana, PA, and I can't help but be thankful for how God has truly blessed us. We leave Friday for a little anniversary trip to Gettysburg and then Monday we fly into Oklahoma! I am so excited!!! I can't wait to hug my mom and dad and laugh with my brothers and sisters. I can't wait to see friends and catch up on all the news. But, I had a realization last night. Someone at church asked if I was going to come back home to Indiana. :-) I knew she was only kidding me, but I can honestly say, though I know I will hate saying goodbye, that I will enjoy come back "home". God has really blessed us here. He has blessed us by having John accepted to school here and provided for our needs. He blessed us while I was looking for a job for FOUR MONTHS! He has given us a GREAT church family who love and support us and are going to miss us while we are gone. It has been wonderful to be close to John's family. We have so enjoyed being able to spend time with them and I have loved getting to know them better. God has provided for every need that we have had with an over-abundance. I mean, His "riches in glory" are something else!!!

I guess I say all of this to say that, while nothing will ever be like "home" with all of my family and friends around that I have known for years, God's grace and love are shown to me where I am at. He gives me strength to get through the toughest of times and then fills me up with more. I can't thank Him enough for that. My true home is not here on this earth, but He has allowed me to be planted in one spot for most of my life. I can't wait to get back there for a great visit. But, for now, He has transplanted me and it has been a great growing experience. I know He has lots more to teach me, so I'm ready for that. I'm not so sure I could have said the same thing a year ago.

I'm rambling a little, but I hope you can see my heart. God is SO GOOD to us all of the time. I am so thankful for this!

Update

Nothing new to speak of here. John has two more days of school and then he is done for 3 weeks. He is really excited about that.
We took a mini road trip this weekend. We drove about 30 minutes west to Johnstown for breakfast and then decided to drive to Greensburg...which is another hour in the opposite direction. Greensburg is a larger town that has some actual stores you can shop in, so we went hunting for a new computer. We didn't buy anything, but we are hopeful of getting one soon. :-)We also ate at Texas Roadhouse!!! That was the first one I have seen in PA, so I was excited to eat some good ribs and get to listen to really loud country music. :-) We had a great day to drive and enjoyed ourselves immensely.
We are officially counting down to our trip back to Oklahoma!!! I can't wait and would leave today if I could....however, that is not possible, so I'll settle for May 19th. :-)

Talk to you later!