Pictures!

The past few months have been absolutely amazing! We've been soaking up every precious second with friends and family members across the nation. You'd think we'd be tired of seeing people after our long cross-country trip and a flurry of Christmas activities, but honestly, we're loving it! When we're living in Wabuku, we often ache to spend time with people we know back home, so we're trying not to take any of it for granted.

It's definitely been a busy season for us. We spent our last few weeks in Georgia packing, cleaning, and getting some last-minute visits with family and friends. And then, we left for our 3-week-long drive across the States with lots of stops to see people along the way. Once we reached Oregon, we hit the ground running with family get-togethers and church gatherings. It's been a lot, but it's been so good as well!

Since pictures often speak louder than words, here are a bunch of pictures from the last few months. :)

Lance is growing like a weed and walking everywhere now!

The kids love playing at playgrounds

Clint ran in his first 5K in October. He placed 51st out of over 100 runners!

The kids loved our Georgia house

We're so thankful for the gifts people provided for our trip, including sleeping bags for the kids!

We had fun at a local pumpkin patch in October

A sunrise from the cabin where we stayed in Georgia

We loved hiking at Amicalola Falls in Georgia

We were blessed to share about Wabuku with our supporting churches in Georgia

We started across the country on November 1

The cabin where we stayed for most of our time in Georgia

We had a fun visit with Ashlyn's relatives in North Carolina

The kids had fun finding new hiding places in our hotel rooms :)

Lunch break!

Car rides with three little kids can be interesting, but they did great overall!

We had a great time with some of Clint's relatives in Virginia

Clint's uncle took us to see the Museum of the Bible where he works

We stopped for a quick visit with Ashlyn's great aunt in Pennsylvania

We also got to see some of our coworkers, Jason and Laken, in Virginia

It was so fun to hang out in a context other than Wabuku and eat Chick-fil-A

Everyone is worn out!

We got to see the Ark Encounter in Kentucky

The kids saw their first snow when we visited Clint's sister at Bible school in Wyoming

 

We loved our visit in Montana with friends from our days in missionary training

We drove up to British Columbia to spend several days with some of Clint's family

A bunch of us stayed in the same house. Loud but fun!

The guys worked for 5 days to raise a house for one of Clint's sisters and her husband

Clint enjoyed working with 4 of his brothers and 2 brothers-in-law

The kids had fun playing with their cousins and inspecting the building site

We also got to spend Thanksgiving with everyone!

We finally arrived in Oregon on the 24th! So thankful for the church apartment where we're living!

We've been having lots of fun with Clint's family

We cut our own Christmas tree from Clint's parents' farm

The kids love the church gym!

They've also been loving all the time with their cousins who live in the area!

 

 

Pre-Christmas family movie night! :)

We had a really special and fun Christmas this year

We did a quick trip out to the Oregon coast on Christmas Eve

Ashlyn's sister, Cari, got to spend several days with us for Christmas!

Silly kiddos!

Christmas Eve presents with Clint's family

Christmas Day!

Christmas Day get-together with all the family who lives in the area

We had lots of fun with all the good food, gifts, basketball, and a white elephant gift exchange

Music in the evening

We burnt our tree the day after Christmas, haha!

Lil' cowboy in training :)

Kyler just figured out how to write his name!

Hope you enjoyed those! God has been so faithful to our little family, and we're so thankful to Him for all these precious memories! Looking forward to seeing what He will do in 2019!