Friday, March 27, 2009

Portland Pictures!

Here are some scenes and videos from our trip to Portland the first weekend in March:





Melissa holding Naomi. The Paces came over for game night. :-) We stayed with Erin and Jayelle (and Dave).



One of the Thomas' mugs Naomi had been enjoying. She felt how much everyone else there missed Virginia's cookies!



Asleep on one of the chairs in the Seminary lounge. Naomi was a real trooper - she took naps where we let her, and let us pack her around and meet hundreds of people happily.







Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Smooth Move

Sorry, hubby, I couldn't resist.

Pretty much everything went better than expected this weekend. The truck was loaded in less than two hours, we enjoyed one more lunch with our helpers, then came up and had everything unloaded again in less than an hour! Not only that, several folks from church brought food and supplies to help us survive until we have time to make a trip to Chico to stock up.

I'm sitting at the Starbucks right now enjoying free wifi. Our favorite location in Roseville didn't participate in the plan here (as far as I know). As long as you have an active gift card, you have free access 2 hours a day. Woo hoo! With dial-up in our home for the next couple months, no internet at the church office, and our favorite independent cafe out of business, we're appreciative.

In Naomi's world, life is not very different. Same car seat, same pack-n-play. BUT, some things are new. We got out some new toys and feeding supplies. She can now sit up like a champ. And we've started making her fall asleep on her own when she wakes up at night - the crying lasts less than 5 minutes already! (Why didn't we do this before?) So she's back to being a champion sleeper.

Matthew and I are both working on establishing good routines in our new place and situation. And lots of logistics are coming together: Naomi has a doctor, prescriptions are transferred, I have spring clothes again, we're signed up for Netflix, etc.

Thanks for your prayers for us! God is showing himself powerful to provide again, and Matthew and I are wondering how we still worry how he's going to take care of the next thing.

Pics and a new video of Naomi coming soon!

Friday, March 13, 2009

Moving Day

Tomorrow is moving day. We'll be loading up the U-Haul and heading North to Willows. Matthew starts work on Monday. We've been enjoying our final days in Roseville and also had a great trip to Portland. Sorry, we haven't been updating the blog. We've been busy but we are taking pictures and video of Naomi and hope to post some of the highlights soon.

Our 971 area cell phones are no longer valid. Our new contact information is as follows:

Home (until around May 1st)
857 N. Plumas St.
Willows, CA 95988
Phone # 530-934-8264

Matthew's work
Faith Bible Church
403 Vine St.
Willows, CA 95988
530-934-3259

Matthew also has a new e-mail address: FBCWillowsPastor@gmail.com

Look for highlights of our trip to Portland, our move and of our transition to Willows in the coming weeks.