Off the Map

I´ve been a little Off The Map lately so I just wanted to check in real quick. December blew by and we had so many things on our calendar, it was crazy. Elea was part of the Christmas Musical at church and it was just too cute. She loved singing and dancing and even Finley got into it, when she practiced her songs at home. We had a quiet early Christmas celebration at home on the 24th and left our house an the 25th.  Now John is in the States and I am spending this time at my parent's place. My twin sister and her kids decided to come too. Her husband is working on a project in Estonia and she did not feel like spending all of the kids' Christmas break alone at home without a car. So that was the best Christmas surprise ever !! But that also meant that everything got kind of crazy all of a sudden. You really don't get a lot done when you have 5 kids (ages 2 to 6) running around the house all day. But they are having fun! Way too much fun! It's so sweet seeing how they interact and "know" each other even though they have only seen each other in person a handful of times. So time keeps running and probably won't slow down until we are back at our little house in Wüstenrot.

I am trying to use this time to recharge and soak in having the kids and cousins and my siblings around. Sometimes it is weird because I have not lived here since 2008 and they had lives too. So we are starting to get to know each other anew is it sometimes hard and weird and needs alot of patience and tactfulness. But it is also fun and interesting to see what kind of parents we've become and how differently or similarly we handle situations. John has been in Utah now for over a week. He will be flying to Nebraska tomorrow, so if you would like to see him, contact him on facebook or via email. We miss our Papa but luckily Finley got an "air plane book" for Christmas, so every time we read it ( so about 2000 times a day) Finley reminds us that Papa flew with an airplane.

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. We are excited for this new year and all the new things we will learn and work on, and get to be a part of. 2017 was a real rollercoaster ride and full of NEW things. Thank you all for your interest and your prayer support. We are so grateful and we love hearing from friends, knowing that we have not been forgotten yet.