misty morning

Actually, this has been true almost every day!

I want to post every time I see an Angela post!  I don't have enough time to tell you all that is going on around here, and STILL do not have my camera cord, but I will fill you in on some highlights!

I have been working a lot still.  I finally get a day off tomorrow (my one this week!) I wasn't going to have a day off until Saturday (working since last Wednesday), but a girl wanted to switch with me, so it worked out nicely!  

so first, the big things:

The house we were originally going to rent, but the owner decided to move back into it, we are now renting again!  She decided that she just couldn't take care of it by herself, so we are moving in near the end of the month.  It is a 3 bedroom 1.5 bath right across the street from the beach!  It is lovely.  It needs some love and updates, but the rent is only $700 (CRAZINESS for a property in this area for this size) and she said we can do whatever we want to it (smart lady, because we WILL make it a lot nicer).  Its also right behind my brother-in-law's house, so the kids will get to play together a lot.

We visited a church in Bremerton last Sunday, which was very cool.  It's called Voyage.  This is the church that our old traditional church split with.  It used to be the same church, but they ran out of money and had no pastor, so the district sent in a church planter to re-plant.  They are relaunching a coffee-house style church that is extremely relevant.  Anyway, the Pastor called Jeremy up yesterday and we are going out to dinner with him and his wife tonight.  This is good, because it will give us a chance to get to know them and see if its where we want to serve.  We also have been wanting to visit this church since we started working at the traditional church, because there was a lot of bitterness toward them from our congregation.  Jeremy needs to be serving in the Church of God denomination in order to complete his pastoral licensing, and this is the closest one (and one we feel we could fit in and be used well).  It is full of young couples with young kids - I don't think I've EVER been to a church with so many people like us!  And, it really had the best culture I've experienced in a church as a first perspective.

Preschool started at the church today, and Shea is attending!  haha.  it is kind of a funny Preschool, not like a real one exactly.  He is doing pretty well so far and having fun, I think!

Life is GOOD - as always - and I am so looking forward to moving into our new beach house and decorating in a more permanent way for once!!  I have a feeling we may be here a bit longer than our other moves :)  I'm hoping so, anyway!  Hopefully Jeremy will find some work here soon, and I won't have to depend on the ice cream store's inconsistent hours.  God is providing as always though.  I can't even believe that we will be able to afford a nice little house for what I make at Mora!  And even though I have been working a lot, I haven't really felt it yet.  I feel like I still have a lot of time with Shea and my husband.  That might be because I don't have much else to do while living at our in-law's.  Hopefully it won't change too much once we have our own place to work on.

This morning we walked down to the Indianola store and bought a muffin and an espresso.  It is so fun here - people are so friendly and laid-back and Shea has multiple dogs to talk to on any walk.  We walked down the dock and Shea tried to talk to the Seagulls. Beautiful misty morning.  I LOVE it.

Love you girls!  Amber and Candice - hope to hear from you two some time soon, even if its just a short blurb!!