Momentous May

May has been a scramble so far. On the 15th we moved out of our house temporarily for the summer so it can be a movie set! It was nearly as much work as a full on move as we had to pack up everything, while contemplating what to take with us on our various summer travels. But we've done it and it went pretty smoothly, all told.

Right at the beginning, Grace turned 20: we ate some Asian food mom cooked up, and a cake of course. Then on the 13th the kids and a friend went out for more Asian food and took in a cross-cultural concert (Innuk variations on classical music!) together.

In the middle of packing, daily life, and a few extras, we also took time to notice God's precious love gifts: while we won't get to watch the fantastic progression of blooms around our house, we did get to discover and enjoy may flowers, daffodils, and forget me nots - some of mom's favorites.

 

And then, to top it all off, at our temporary place, much closer into the city, we still have flowering bushes, forget me nots, and even lilly of the valley - and still we get to watch birds and deer our our front window! 

Our first week settling in is being super busy: 

• Monday the kids took the dogs out for a walk that got longer than expected becuase they got a little turned around and did a fair bit of backtracking to find the way home. Jasmin got stung by a wasp on her foot that swelled so much she has been since hobbling and hopping around the house.
• Tuesday Mom drove Grace to three different medical tests - one that we had to go to Truro for and get groceries.
• Wednesday Mom and Aiden are out all afternoon and evening for a homeschoool youth meet up and youth group - with some time in libraries (yes, more than one library: the Sackville one had to close because of a heat policy - it got too hot inside - so we went down to Bedford) in between to save round trips to Sackville.
• Thursday Mom, Dad, and Grace will spend the whole morning at church for prayer, a Bible study, and a meeting with the pastor. And in the afternoon Imma will come for her dogs and hopefully time for tea and talk.
• Friday we all have to go meet our new family doctor (Yeay for getting one finally!) in the morning and then in the evening EncounterEquip conference starts so Mom, Dad, and Grace will be out again!
• Saturday Mom, Dad, and Grace will be at church all day for EncounterEquip again.

Whew! Not much true settling in has been happening, I guess. Hopefully we get to stay home a bit more next week!