Last weekend we hit the road for a quick road trip and over night in Chincoteague Island. It is our second road trip with 3 and I have to say the kids do pretty well. There are moments of pure insanity involved in each day balanced with pure bliss watching the kids soak up the beach and enjoy some family time away from home!

Seth and Jackson finished out their season of soccer!  The season went way too fast this Spring.  Seth will begin coaching Owen in the Fall and Jackson will move on to another coach!  Here are some pictures from the last game and awards time. As you can see the motley crew loved Coach Seth!

Our dear babysitter Rebekah is expecting a baby boy in August!!  It was such a treat to put together a shower for her. I hosted the shower with my friend Emily Felts. She is a party planner and does the most beautiful spreads. You can check out her work at A Silver Nutmeg. If you are local and looking for someone to do a dessert table for a wedding or birthday give her a call!  She did the dessert table for the shower.

We decided on a Peter Rabbit theme. Light blues, greens and yellows with garden accents. Here are a few pictures of the special day!  (Pardon the blurry pictures. I forgot to check my camera settings! Yikes! )

Congratulations, Rebekah! We can’t wait to meet your little guy!

As I drove the route to the preschool yesterday I could almost see our path. We have now been beating paths between schools, church, our favorite eats and of course the pharmacy and grocery store for nearly 2 years. We are coming up on the longest time living in one place since getting married nearly 9 years ago. It hit me yesterday that we have settled here. Transition is always in sight but for now, right here, right now we are rooted. Our garden grows out back and we have been here long enough to have friends in a variety of overlapping circles…indications of roots.

In the beginning our steps on these routes were cautious and anticipated, everything was new and uncertain. Now they come without much thought and fall within our every day.

The thing about this Foreign Service lifestyle, much like any expat or missionary lifestyle is that we grow accustom to transition and change and when life allows a little time to linger it’s hard not to get antsy. We hate goodbyes, we put out heels in the ground when the time comes to be dragged off…yet there is still the itch for something new, exciting and a fresh start. Strange how this works.

Our next adventure is yet to be determined. It will likely be stateside but at this point we wait!

My prayer over these days and weeks is that we will continue to root ourselves in our current relationships, home and community. That we would be preoccupied with life here and now, watching these 3 little lives grow and hopefully making an impact on those along the worn path.