Long time no Blog

So ... I'm "thinking" of getting back into the blog world. Not that I have time, but I figure if anyone cares to keep up with me, this may be the only way possible since I'm worse than ever about keeping in touch :)

I think I last blogged in March. Let's see ... what has happened since then? ...

1. I'm pregnant with a little girl - 7 months today actually. She is due to make her arrival on January 27th, 2010. I believe she will be earlier though. Anxious to see when her birthday will be.

2. My cousin, Brittany moved down from Ohio in the very beginning of June. She is staying with us, working and going to school. It's fun to have her here!

3. My uncle (Brittany's dad) just got a job in Greenville and will actually be moving down next week. The rest of the fam hopes to move in January. They will stay with us for awhile so they can get adjusted and figure out where they want to be. I'm excited for this season to spend with my family. It couldn't be better timing with the new baby coming. I will have plenty of help.

4. I got laid off in April (I guess this isn't in any kind of order ... just as it comes to my mind). So anyway, I have been staying home with Averi since then and it has been awesome! I don't know how we managed to lose half of our income and me stay home but God has provided. He is awesome! Blows my mind!!!

5. We finally moved into our beautiful home that Tavner spent two years building. We moved the first week of August, during youth conference week. It was crazy but we are soooo enjoying the new crib :)

6. Tavner took over Wednesday night youth services and has started a new service called Club Red! It has been awesome and hundreds have been saved in just a month. Pastor Brandon is starting in depth discipleship classes to plug in all of the newly saved young people and those who are just eager to go deeper. We as leaders are all very excited about that too. God is about to do some awesome things in the youth of this city through our restructuring, I believe!

7. Averi will be 2 one week from today. It's so hard to believe. She acts older than she is but I still have a hard time believing I'm the mommy of a 2 year old. That sure does make me feel old.

8. Averi is becoming quite the smarty pants. She can count to about 15 in English and she can count to 10 in Spanish and French. She can say her continents and almost all of her planets.

9. My best friend Lauren, who lives in LA, came to visit this week. She had not met Averi yet so when it didn't work out for us to go see her this year, she decided to come visit us. We had a blast. It always feels good to hang out with old friends.

10. Last but not least, I got my braces off 6 weeks ago. It's wonderful! I had them entirely too long! Tavner's should be coming off in the next couple months. I'm anxious to see what he will look like. I know he will be HOT!!! :)

Anyway, I will try to blog more often now that I have given a brief update on life. There will be a lot going on in the next couple months. It may just be the busiest I've ever been in my life, but I'm excited for it. I am starting to think about my Thanksgiving menu and decorating for Christmas. First, I better figure out what I'm going to do for Averi's birthday since it snuck up on me and is only a week away. Poor girl has such a procrastinator for a mother ... man it's magnified when I'm pregnant. :)

God Bless! Will try to post again soon.
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