Bon Voyage

...and we're off!!!! My computer is getting packed up in the morning. My next entry will be from somewhere in Spain! I'm so excited! It's been a very crazy week but we are taking it one day at a time since there is so much going on each day this week.
We fly out of San Diego airport on Tuesday morning and will arrive in Rota around 3:00 on Wednesday. It should be a nice, loooooong couple of days of travel! We change planes twice. First one in Atlanta, Georgia and the second time in Madrid, Spain. We'll be in temporary housing/hotel on the base until we get a house. Our Express shipment of household goods should arrive in 5-6 weeks (a shipment not to exceed 1000lbs). Then the majority of our things are expected by the end of November. So, by Christmas, we'll hopefully be settled into our new place.

Please keep us in prayer during all of this. We're all excited, scared, anxious and exhausted at this point. It's a big move!!!

Sharing a secret

Want to Know a Secret?

I have a little secret
secure and deep inside.
I've had this kind of secret
a total of five times.
It's exciting, scary, overwhelming
I need a little more time
to think this over,
to get some perspective,
to accept it and embrace it.

He says, "Okay!"
I say, "No Way!"
When did this happen?
We can't track it down
It's been a busy summer
I didn't write everything down.

"Surprise!" says the test
that I carefully took.
And now I'm looking through boxes
for my pregnancy book!

Oops! - It's out!
My secret slipped out.
Okay then, I'll say it once more...

I'M EXPECTING BABY #4!!!!

9/16/07

The sky is the limit

Travis and I celebrated our last days in the U.S. by enjoying a hot air balloon ride this month! We had such a great time! I've always wanted to fly in a balloon. So for our 16th wedding anniversary, Travis gave me a jigsaw puzzle of a bunch of hot air balloons. At the bottom of the box he had a note that said, "Look what we are going to be doing!" I was thrilled. It was positivily peaceful and romantic and adventurous! We flew in the Fantasia balloon over the Del Mar, CA area. We have now been duly initiated into the sport of ballooning.

The Balloonist Prayer:
The winds have welcomed you with softness, the sun has blessed you with his warm hands. You have flown so high and so well that God has joined you in laughter, and set you gently back into the loving arms of mother earth.