Getting caught up

I don't know why, but I feel like the "proper" thing to do on a blog is to have entries be in chronological order of the events in my life. So, for example, I've needed to post the conclusion to our Colorado trip back in September but haven't done it. In the meantime there are lots of things I've wanted to write about but haven't done it, because I had that one other blog post hanging out there. Silly, right? So, I'm releasing myself of that burden right now, and I'm skipping to whatever I feel like writing about. 

There. Freedom.

So, I'll start today with an email that I sent to my dear friends in The Posse. It captures "where we are" right now (edited to remove personal Posse stuff and to be appropriate for all readers.)Then you'll be caught up. Wow, that was easy!

Here's the email: 

Hi Posse, 

I am loooooong overdue in emailing all of you. You've all been on my mind but it has just seemed daunting to sit down and try to type a letter to you. But here I finally am!

Our big news first: we are moving to Colorado! It might seem like a sudden decision to you, but in truth it has been a long journey to get here. Jeremy and I have known for a while that we would not live in Texas in the long run, but with my mom's health in question we weren't focusing on timing. Now that she's gone, we feel a freedom to move on, even though it means leaving my dad and my sisters and their families. For a whole host of reasons, we are both confident this will be a very good move for us, and we plan to make Colorado our home for the long haul. We visited the Fort Collins/Loveland area back in late September and Jeremy interviewed for a job in the OR at a hospital there.

We put our house on the market just a little over 2 weeks ago, and we are praising God because we got an offer and are under contract! We are a bit stunned that it happened so quickly, but that's our God and we are taking it as confirmation that we're on the right path. We'll close the 3rd week of January, and we'll be off to Colorado in February! 

We're taking some time to have fun in January. We'll go on a 5 day cruise out of Galveston, just the two of us, and then we're headed to Oregon with the 4 of us to visit Jeremy's family for 2 weeks.

Westin is turning 4 on Friday and he's becoming such a big boy. Camden is a fully talking 2 and a half year old and they are getting to be really fun. We can't wait to explore the Colorado foothills and mountains with our little men. 

This has been a really hard season of life over the past year or so, and I think I could probably have been diagnosed as clinically depressed. We are SO ready to get back into a good church community, as that has been totally lacking here in Texas for us. I desperately need godly women in my life. We're ready to have friends that we can do life with that share our same values and also appreciate the outdoors. We're ready for cooler weather, beautiful scenery, closer amenities, and the list goes on. The ONLY sad part is moving away from my family. But I have a peace about it, as does my husband. He has been a gentle, loving leader during this time of decision making, and he has been a great comfort to me during my mom's funeral and in the months of grieving since then. 

I love all of you! 

Joey