October Musings

We are well underway in calling this yellow house on this block in this town HOME.

With only a few months under our belt, it is not as though there are a string of memories built yet or tons of history established, but because the 4 of us are under this roof together, it feels like home. 

I was reminded of that truth the other day after we had all

lounged around in our Saturday PJ's then begun the mundane...

sweeping the floor, homework at the table, mowing the lawn...

just day to day life. 

But we are doing it all together. 

Now I'm not gonna lie:

 there are times we sometimes wish we could head back to our life in the woods.

At times, we miss it desperately.

Just scroll down a few posts to look at some of the reasons we miss it.

So we stay in the moments of remembering and being thankful for our season there, but then,

we have to turn

our focus

our energy

our gaze

back to where He has us now.

There are plenty of good, good things here.
Absolutely.

Rock'n neighbors.

A tranquil creek 100 steps outside our door.

A college campus a few blocks away.

PF Changs with in a 10 minute drive.

A house that heats with the push of a button - who knew?

But we are still very much
(at least myself and Jeff - and maybe the girls too!)

 caught in this in tweener stage of embracing and enjoying where we are,

yet very much remembering and reflecting upon where we were.

Not a bad thing, just our reality right now.

We all express it and feel it in different ways at different times.

It always makes my heart feel a bit of a pang when one of the girls talks about what they miss...

my natural tendency is to want to stop them
and make them look at all the good that is here.

Because I know it kind of hurts to remember.

But I stop myself and let them feel, reflect, miss.

It is good for them to do that.

And you know, they naturally, eventually become
engaged in their here and now

and recognize the good that is here
with out me even having to remind them.

Imagine that.

Below are some pics from our trek over to Aspen
via Independence Pass for the

Golden Leaf Half Marathon.

We've had a birthday this month...

our funny, spunky, leave-sweet-notes-under-our-pillow, caring, red headed wonder turned 9.

We celebrated with a fall bash with our buddies, the Bachalis.

What's a party with out dancing?

Greatest find over the weekend:

a perfect trampoline for 40 bucks off craigslist.

The girls raided their cash supply and below is the result.

So fun!

The entire neighborhood was over last night...no broken bones yet.

Fall blessings to you all -

The Foxes