:: great things in great places...

these past few days have been fantabulous. unfortunately, i couldn't find my camera before we left (it's in a box somewhere and hasn't been recovered yet), so i don't have any pics to attach to this post. i'll post some when ange and colette send theirs to me.

we left early wednesday morning for south bend, indiana for the innovate conference at granger community church. with all of our moving and business with fuzzy bison going on, i was in no frame of mind to get on a plane and go on this trip...up until the night before, i was honestly dreading leaving scout and matt, but i knew once i got on the plane, i would be fine and would enjoy myself. i just didn't have any idea how much i would learn and how much i feel now that the Lord wanted me to be on this trip. i heard lots of things i already knew, yet just had never heard them from a different point of view...and that different point of view was what i needed for refreshment. it was great. fantastic. if you work within a church (or from outside a church, like me..in the freelance arena), i would definitely recommend this conference. check out gccwired.com or wiredchurches.com for more info. there. there's a plug.

okay, so i'm really ready to see matty and scouter now. i've missed them so much, but i have honestly enjoyed this break away from routine and work! haha! but it's time to get back and see my brabies.

thanks ange, for inviting me along on this trip. it was amazing. :)

oh, i forgot about the title of this post...here's why...
· great quesadilla and taco salad - la esperanza in mishawaka, indiana
· great conference - granger community church in granger, indiana
· great pizza - giordanno's in chicago, il
· great weird bike race - streets o' chicago, il

i'm sure there are more, but our flight is loading now, so i must sionara. sionara.

:: gettin' there

we moved all of our stuff from the lake house garage and from ralph and regina's garage in greer to the house in taylors yesterday! yay! go penske! penske has become our friend...although a dear friend, i am glad that we won't see his shiny yellow self for a while...i'm tired of seeing him.

thank you, stephen, for all of your help yesterday. and thank you, holly, mom, carey & jack, for keeping scouter while we loaded and unloaded! what a mongo help! now comes the unpacking. oh joy, oh bliss. tonight, matt and i worked for a few hours while ange kept scout (thanks, ange!)...scout's room is finished (for now). we'll probably be spending the night there tomorrow night, although the loft bed hasn't been put together. we're waiting on the hardware to arrive. hopefully, will be here in the next few days. yay! thank you, ange, for letting us crash yo' crib fo' the last 2 weeks. what a huge savings in gas moolah...i owe you lots of mochas.

next week's chicago trip is coming up way to fast. i'm lost for how i am going to get my fuzzy work finished in time and get our space livable and be scout's mom all at the same time. she's getting older and has been really clingy these last few days as she has been staying with everyone while we've packed and moved. poor thing. she's never really acted like she really cared much if i was around or not, but i guess she's getting at the age now where she really knows what's up...even if she does call me "ca". i was looking forward to the chicago trip, but tonight i cried thinking about having to leave her with all of this chaos going on around her. ugh. it is that time o' the month, but i was sad/stressed, fo real. ha.

fuzzy gotta get to work.

out.

good tunes: colbie caillat

:: backpedalin'

As I've intended to do for several months now, here are the pics of our move from Williamsburg, VA back to SC. The week of June 3.


June 3
Scout said good-bye to her faithful Sunday School teachers...Mrs Donna and Mr Paul. Scout loved them and they loved her. Awww!
Here we are saying good-bye to Edilson...one of the youth we had in Sunday School. He is from Cape Fear, Africa...one of the most beautiful places on earth! I wish we would have gotten pictures of all of the kids...they were so sweet.


Mom and Mary were SOOOO kind to come up and help us pack up the place! What a huge help they were! We couldn't have done it without them! Thanks so much, y'all!

Here's Scout helping MiMi get in the car.



See y'all in a few days!


Byeeeee!


The night before the move...I always hate those few last straggling boxes and random things!



June 8
We decided for Scout and I to go ahead and get on the road. Matt had to work until 2pm, so Scout and I headed out just as soon as we got the last few things packed up. There was no need for us to wait around since there was nothing to do in the house...haha!
Scout waiting patiently for the train to leave...


Packed to the gills...where did Scout go?


Bye baby birds. I hated to leave them. We had been watching their mother and being careful not to disturb the eggs for several weeks. They hatched about 4 days before we left. I had to leave my fern. :(


Bye ol' house. We'll miss you.


One last look at the ol' homestead.


Scout didn't waste anytime finding creative ways to entertain herself. Maybe she was trying to tell me something about my driving! HA!


Happy Meal Picnic in the McDonald's parking lot. Somewhere in NC.


Scout deemed herself the "drive thru greeter". It was quite funny.


All tuckered out.


Chillin' with a good read. She was sooooo good to have been in the car for 9 hrs!


"Lookie Scout! Someone put up a billboard for us! Awww!"


Kaylee was so happy to see Scout! I think Scout was just happy at this point to get out of the car! But then she kissed on her cousins! HAHA!