What a difference a year makes..

This time last year

..We left behind a really great church, a wonderful Life Group, and some very very dear friends to move back to California. It happened fast, very fast. Jay put in a transfer and it went through within 3 weeks. I think because it happened so fast i was both excited and extremely nervous. For the first time in my life i was able to be a stay at home Mom. Something i always wanted, but never thought i would be able to do. We made the decision because we wanted to be closer to our families as our children grew up. We thought we were done having kids, but God had other plans. Last October we found out we were expecting again.. quite the shock, and soon after found out it would be twins. We celebrated Rylie's 2nd Birthday, and then Jay and my 6 year wedding anniversary. We moved into a new house around Christmas and later celebrated Tristan's 4th birthday. After much searching, and realizing we would not find a church like Momentum in Monterey we landed at Shoreline Community Church. I started going to MOPS hoping to get connected with women like i had at Momentum. I am just now starting to actually have relationships with some women through that group. A year ago i stopped singing and leading worship.. i miss that a lot. A LOT. We celebrated Jay's 29th birthday, and my 28th birthday. We hit a rough patch in our marriage, and i was forced to lean on God even more. We committed ourselves to our marriage, and trusted that God would heal whatever was broken. I was diagnosed with Pregnancy induced high blood pressure, which included bedrest. My mom came out and helped me for a month. We gave birth to twins, Corban and Katelyn. We celebrated Rylie's 3rd brithday. Stacia moved back here.. YAY. We celebrated the twins one month birthday.. which brings me to the current. What a difference a year makes. It certainly has had it's ups and downs. But looking back i can see that the reasons we moved; for me to stay home, to be closer to family, etc. have really happened. I have seen Tristan and Rylie grow to have amazing relationships with their grandparents, aunties, uncles, and cousins. We have even made a few trips down south to visit my family too. It went by fast.. really fast. It feels like just yesterday we were packing up our home into a 27' truck and driving across the country with our little clan. A year. Makes me realize just how short life is and to not take things for granted.. what will the next year hold? I am hoping it brings new friendships, deeper realtionships with our family, growing in our walk with the Lord, teaching our children more about God, lots of fun, preschool, and enjoying life. I am sure it will be a crazy year, but i can't wait..

To all of our friends in Georgia.. thank you for investing in us. Your friendships mean more than you can know..