it's here

I have been going through our stuff all week. My emotions are so mixed and strange. Our container containing all of our home items arrived from the United States. Well, it has been in Brazil for many months, but our "stuff" has arrived at our house. It is seriously the strangest feeling. Almost like I had a relationship with all of this stuff that I haven't seen in a year....but we picked up where we left off. Our house is starting to feel more like our home.

I am not going to lie, it has been a really hard week. All of this stuff has made me quite homesick...there are so many good memories. I miss our simple American Falls life. The cold, the space, the country, the kid's phase of growing up, our friends, the easiness. I have been taking a box at a time....and I have gotten rid of the stuff we don't have room for. It is a good process...its a necessary step in our adventure here in Brazil, almost like a new beginning. I went through every single box we shipped and decided if we really needed it. 

"Accept what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be."

The morning the truck arrived. Ours and Bryce and Keisha's stuff were in the same container so it went to Bryce and Keisha's house and we shuttled it from theirs to our house. The kids were so anxious and excited. It was just like Christmas.

You can barely see the yellow semi truck driving through the streets to Bryce and Keisha's.

Little treasures during the whole process. I love my family and am so grateful for them. Devin is my rock...and is such a great dad.

I have a testimony that we go through things for a reason. It is all for our good. We just need to learn to take what is and build ourselves.

I started up my computer for the first time today. The most recent pictures dated March 4th. Here we are 1 year later. The kids have grown up so much in just this past year. Devin and I have been pushed in so many ways that have shaped us to who we are thus far in life. I don't want this post to appear as "poor me" that is far from why I am posting. I just want to be real and express my true feelings. I am grateful to have our experience in Brazil.

Here we are 1 yr ago. I am blessed.

tchau