Its hard to believe its been eight years and its been a wild ride....
In eight years we have:
Backpacked Belize and Guatemala, slept with the jaguars in the jungle and hitchhiked from village to village.
Had an authentic Charlie Brown tree
Graduated ISU and moved 1,000 miles away from friends, family and the familiar
Jared started his career working for the Space Shuttle Program
Watched our precious baby under go open heart surgery just days after birth, found out the blessing of good health care and good insurance
J and I were called as church clerk and YW respectively, where we would serve the remainder of our Texas years.
Evacuated with three million people running from Hurricane Rita and spent way too many hours stuck in traffic watching the monster churn towards us, came home to an untouched community.
Purchased our first home, made it a home and began to call Texas home. Friends became our family
Had child #2 in a wheelchair and learned to fight insurance (and laugh)
Jared started his Masters
Learned to balance life, learned to be real parents (thank you Eliza).
Evacuated from hurricane Ike, came home to a storm-ravaged community. Learned to count our blessings as we helped others tear down and clean up as we had minimal damage.
After Ike our relationship was tested by building fences and laying new floor :) I got addicted to DIY projects.
Ike was born ten months after Ike and self delivered in a bathroom by yours truly (and learned to say the hell with insurance, sometimes it's just easier to pay for services not rendered)
Purchased a minivan, a GOLD minivan
Learned that the space program was coming to a close and learned about faith and patience
J finished his Masters!
Watched the final Shuttle Launch from KSC
J started a new career, sold our first home, and ironically ended up back in Iowa where we started this Journey!
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