Home

We are back home now...well, the place I spent most of my childhood. You know that saying, "You can never go home again?" I think this visit home, I agree with it. Every other time we have visited, I have longed to be back here and everything felt like home. I knew where everything was and I was comfortable. This time, it is different. While I still know where everything is. Not much has changed in this town in the year I have been gone. I do not feel comfortable here. I think I have gotten use to a different way of life. While life here is not bad, it is just foreign to me. I wish I could explain better and put into words the way it is, but words fail me right now. Don't get me wrong, I love being here and visiting with family and friends, but I have made my home elsewhere. It could have a lot to do with the fact my husband is not with me and my little family is incomplete. But for us, home is where my husband and my kids are. Since Alaska is where we have laid our roots for now, it will be called home. Where ever God takes us next that will be our home too.
While we are here, I have enjoyed showing my girls where JT and I went to school and church. I will get to show them our farm. I think this is the fun part about coming home. My girls will get a little background of their mom. I know I always enjoyed seeing where my parents grew up. It is part of our history and part of what makes us who we are.

Since we have been here, we are loving the outside. We have been cooped up all winter and we can't get enough of the sun. The first thing Ella said as the plane landed was, "I can see grass!". hehe Cute, huh?
Here is a glimpse of Ella enjoying the sun....she got to collect worms. Can we say, eeewww???