Settling Back into Home Life

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We are grateful to be home and are enjoying getting back into the swing of things. We were missing life back here in Leavenworth with Grandad, Grandma, Nathan, Melanie, and Abigail. At home, we are always “running” into each other. Maybe Grandad and Grandma are coming back from their walk, and we chat a little, or Nathan, who is working on unloading his car, might come over to talk.

Our Saturday was filled with bus unloading, giving Uriah a bath, and house work. When we start taking everything out of the bus, we’re amazed at how much we put into it for our trip. Dad and Joseph are working on painting and installing trim in the house. It is beginning to feel like we are actually going to move in soon.

Jesse and Christopher washed Uriah last weekend, which was quite a job considering he had only been washed one the entire trip. With the leaky windows, a truck wash was not a thing we wanted to do :-) .
Jesse and Christopher washed Uriah last weekend, which was quite a job considering he had only been washed one the entire trip. With the leaky windows, a truck wash was not a thing we wanted to do 🙂 .
Christopher worked for several hours trying to clean the bugs off the front of Uriah.
Christopher worked for several hours trying to clean the bugs off the front of Uriah.
These are the drying racks for trim after it is sprayed. Joseph invented them. There is lots of trim that goes into a house!
Joseph cutting the trim into the correct sizes he needs.
We found our garden had produced greatly while we were away! I've been processing many of the vegetables to save for the winter. Sarah made green salsa (with the green tomatoes), and we also made salsa from the red tomatoes.
We found our garden had produced greatly while we were away (the above picture is only partially what we harvested)! I processed lots of vegetables to be used next year, and we even made green salsa with the green tomatoes.

Every Friday and Tuesday that we’re healthy we have Grandad and Grandma over for family Bible time. This Tuesday night we were especially excited because we were able to invite them back over, since we are now all well. We always look forward to our time with them.

It was wonderful to be able to go back to our church at the nursing home this Sunday. It is always such a delight to see the joy on their faces as we talk to them. Before we left on our trip we gave the residents itineraries of where we were going to be. We also wrote them postcards every Sunday so that they would be stay updated with our travels while we were gone.

Anna

“From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name is to be praised.”
Psalms 113:3

3 thoughts on “Settling Back into Home Life”

  1. Hi Anna!

    I know what it is like to miss home after being away for so long, and how wonderful it is to settle back into “home living” again. You never realize just how much you can miss home until you’ve been away for a while.
    Seeing all those moldings reminded me of last year when we were putting up moldings in our addition (although, we had to hand paint them all!) Looks like you’re making great progress! You must be excited to be almost moving in after investing many hours of work! I’m sure it was a great family project.
    Wow! looks like your garden crop did better than ours! I think tomatoes and peppers find it a little too cold up here. We do have a great recipe we like to use for green tomatoes though ~ I guess that is wy we still grow them!
    It was such a blessing to meet you and your family last month! Sarah’s message was a great encouragement to me and to many others that we’re there.
    Hugs to you and your sisters,
    Samantha ~ in “cold” Québec

  2. Welcome home!
    We thank God all went well and you are home & safe! We will pray for all those whom heard you speak & for those whom you simply said…Hello to may the light of Jesus they see in you cause them to seek further!
    We are praying about coming to the Nov 30th get together!
    Blessings to all,
    The M. Family

  3. Hi Anna
    I heard about your tomato plants from Sarah and it is beautiful. Is those peppers spicy? We are planning to plants some tomatoes and other vegetables next year…thanks for sharing your tomatoes plants.

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    Yes, those chili peppers are spicy 🙂 . ~Anna

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