On the Road Again

Hello peoples :)

So we’re starting a road trip today.  We’ve been planning for the last six months or so to spend some time with Brian’s family before we head off to Brasil.  We’ll see them in Arizona, as well as friends and family on the way in Oregon, California and Texas.

Since we’re only driving down to the Portland area today, we don’t have to leave until just after noon.  And we’re not moving us and all our stuff on this road trip (something we’ve done on almost every other road trip), so it’s been WEIRD only packing for 2 weeks (instead of 2 months or 2 years).

This morning, we had the pleasure of having a good friend of ours over for breakfast—  Lucas and Naomi Lorenz from Montana are with NTM and headed to the Philippines the day before we are taking off for Brasil.  Lucas is the the neighborhood for a couple days shipping stuff from Seattle to the Philippines, and it worked out for him and Ross and Ian (2 guys traveling with him) to come over and have breakfast with us :)  So fun to visit with them and be both excited and nervous-ish with Lucas about us all leaving the country soon!

In other news, Brian’s sister Mary is getting married TODAY!  Congrats to her and Kyle!  They are getting married in a small, civil ceremony in Ohio and we are looking forward to meeting Kyle next week :)  Mary is home from Kosova and Kyle is home from Finland (they are missionaries with Greater Europe Mission) and they’re wedding day is today!  Next summer when they are home again, they are planning more of a wedding/reception/family celebration, but we will totally enjoy seeing them next week :)

Speaking of weddings, here’s a picture of the newlyweds…  My sister Jessica and  her husband Kenneth :)  Lovely, gorgeous, amazing couple… wedding… day….everything.  I’m sure we’ll eventually be posting more pictures.

And Merry Christmas!  This is us on Christmas morning—I had just opened up the gift that Brian made for me—a lovely cedar box with a hinged picture frame lid!  It’s a HILARIOUS story of how he made it with me around (he’d go work on it in Mae and Robert’s bathroom while I was in the shower, etc…)  Anyway.  It made me cry.  Good times…

    

So anyway, here we go again!  Our last road trip before we sell our car in Texas (total answer to prayer!).  We’re looking forward to seeing family and friends we haven’t seen in a long time, and probably won’t see in another long time….  Spend some good time together in the car and who knows what kind of adventures on the side! 

Hopefully we’ll be posting here while we’re on our trip—share some California sun with you :)

Love y’all!

Jocelyn<><