change--always change

so, so, soooo much has happened since i last blogged! i can't beleive i have survived so long without it! wow, well i'll try to fill you in . . .

eric, jaeda, and i took a vacation to tennessee for a week. which was very fun. we got to catch our breath from life and enjoy old friends and friends and favorite family:) we got to eat at our old restaurants, see our old home (and lee university) and in the meantime bury some old dreams. . .

jaeda turned four! she is so smart and beautiful! i don't know what i'd do without her. she is such a fireball--and i wouldn't have her any other way . . . really! we had a pajama party and although there were a few people that we missed seeing there, it was so fun to have my home full of the people i love all celebreting j! it was perfect. my long time friend mandy came down and brought her new little abbie. it was so fun to see her growing family and be in the company of all my loved ones at once . . .

we got a second car!!! some great friends were so kind and generous to give us a second car. i can't thank them enough for giving me my sanity back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we got a kitty . . . actually it's jaeda's kitty but eric and i (two anti-cat people) have fallen shamelessly for her. she is a long haired calico that we have named, ella fitzgerald. see, ella fitzgerald sings jaeda's and my song, blue skies. j wanted to name her blue skies but i edited her choice a bit from song to singer:) we call the kitty, fitz. . .j still calls her blue skies . . . oh well--as mandy would say--what can you do?

eric and i are now the official leaders of our very unofficial high school program at church! wow, what a journey this is going to be... we actually have people watching us--looking up to us. how did that happen? are we really the grown ups? anyway . . . we have a long way to go and so does the program we're now leading. but hey, we can grow together:) crossings is the name of this youth gathering and right now there are about 45 kids coming. we hope to really make an impact on these young lives. pray for us!

so with all this change in my life, the seasons have decided to do the same. somebody told me the other day that summer is over. i started to argue and then took a look at the calendar and was surprised to see that they were right. until two days ago i think the weather was dragging her feet about the whole autumn thing just the same as i was. . . but the leaves are finally changing now and the wind is all the sudden brisk instead of burnt. so i guess a new season of life is here. one that seems so much more practical . . . and as always, i am looking back on the summer with longing. this summer was a dream of sunscreen and silly days. now on to the somber autumn days. i can smell fall long before i can see it. kettle corn and burning leaves . . . and change--always change.