Well, hello there! I’m sure you may be wondering if the Roaming Bull were ever going to come home. We did, but things got crazy busy immediately upon arrival and after a couple of months updating the blog just seemed futile. But I started thinking about it and decided that while the wheels have stopped turning, the idea of roaming around in God’s big world has not stopped. We aren’t physically traveling anymore, but following the will of the Holy Spirit is a never-ending journey. Sometimes he gives us a specifically laid out map, but most of the time it’s more of a treasure hunt where we are given clues to follow and there is a lot of guessing involved. Sometimes we know what we are striving for, but most of the time we just think we know and he surprises us with something way better and more than we can ask or imagine. Sometimes its scary, but most of the time it is really exciting.
So, I’ve decided to start-up the blog again to share those experiences. I’m not really sure what all I’ll put on here, but I’ll try not to bore you. Of course how boring can life with a teenager learning to drive and two rambunctious little boys be?
Here is what’s happened since we’ve been home:
Aiden quite happily turned six years old and we had a great Christmas at home with my sister and her family visiting. Emily turned fifteen and we surprised her with her first cell phone. This was a big surprise because she thought she was going to have to wait until she was driving. This was immediately followed by the very busy Tennessee Christian Teen Convention season. Ron’s parents were not able to come as they usually do due to some health issues that needed to be dealt with. Thankfully those concerns were resolved quickly and are no longer a concern. Emily helped me out a ton by watching the boys during the week before. That Wednesday the boys went home with Grams and Gramps because there was an impending snow storm coming in. We took Emily to Gatlinburg early with us, which was a good thing because on Friday, when my parents would have taken Emily to meet the youth group our road was impassable because everyone going home on Thursday night decided to make Overton Lane a parking lot and no one could get in or out. While I was sweating it, Ron handled the snow storm on convention weekend like it was no big deal. As usual, he was right. As usual this convention was better than the last one and we broke last years attendance record. The rest of January, February, and March were spent doing school and working at the church. In April the five of us went to Mexico with several other families from the church where we started construction on the home of a sweet family there. We love going there and hope to do so again next year. In May there was the usual graduations and such. June started the insanely busy summer season with Ron gone on a mission trip and camp, two weeks in a row. He came home and Cameron and Emily left for Cameron’s week of camp. Then Cameron came home and Ron and Aiden went for his first over nighter. They came home and Emily left for her week. (Insane, right?) Finally we were all home, but I did take two nights away alone to refresh and focus on getting the curriculum written for the new year. So we were all home together for two weeks and then Ron went on another mission trip, came home, picked up Emily and went to New York City with the high schoolers. He left her in DC with my sister and came home, but is now in Cincinnati with the middle school group for King’s Island. School starts Monday and I am definitely ready for a new rhythm to begin.
It’s been crazy, but fun. So, where is God taking us next? Don’t really know. We’re going to start the school year and learn all types of good things. Other than that we will just hang on and enjoy the ride.
