Sunday Funday

Today I woke up and dressed the kids and myself and we walked maybe 4 minutes down the road to the local Christian fellowship lighthouse church. I felt a little relief as I walked closer to the open doors and we could hear a heavy drum beat coming from inside. Not to much change is good right now for the kids. We were greeted by the tiny congregation and welcomed by many. The contemporary band made it familiar for addison which was nice, I was afraid traditional hymns may have been too much transition for her. She immediately recognized a little girl from her kindy class and they colored as we sang. Logan went into the small nursery they have in the back of the building, the 4 year olds and up left and went to another building for children's church and I stayed put in my folding chair. Because of the small size and frequent transit among the residents they do not have a full time pastor; instead the elders of the congregation take turns doing the message, sermon and prayer every week. The 3 piece worship team was really good and played uplifting music that eveyone got into. As one of the women said to me "we may not have a pastor to lead us, but our hearts are in the right place and God speaks through us to eachother". They were all wonderful and very helpful. Logan enjoyed playing with kids his age and new toys and addison had a blast at church school.

Our weekly schedule is slowly starting to look like a real calendar, with weekly repeating events and functions.

Yesterday I had to have a heart to heart with addi, she was telling me how when we go home to get whiskey and Trigger they will love going back with us to our house in new jersey. I had to remind her that we won't be going back there, and most likely a new family is already living in that house, she got really upset thinking  some new child was using her things. She just doesn't seem to understand we won't ever go back to that house. Leaving it was such a whirlwind I feel like I didn't even get to properly take a minute in the empty house before leaving. Things happened so fast between movers, cleaning, turning in keys ect. I still remember seeing it for the first time with my father and being so excited knowing it was going to be the house we raised our children in and brought home to. As much as we were ready to start fresh, and take advantage of the adventures the military offers, we had a good 5 1/2 years at that base.

Did I mention I found a cockroache last night while I was home alone? No? It was as big as my hand no joke...and did I mention they fly here? Yes.....with wings....i saw it move under my pizza pan in the cabinet as I was getting a pot out. Needless to say, I went without the pot and closed the door and did the smartest thing I could think of , I waited for jerrod to get home. When he got home he went hunting for it, but it was gone....now I have a man eating cockroache loose that will fly around my house at night hunting me.... seriously?! Not cool. And my husband thinks I made it up. I hope he finds it in his coffee mug just for that, ok not really because I would cry if that happened to me.
Cheers.