It's hard to find a place to start when it has been so long and so much has happened since we last blogged... We'll do our best to catch up now and be better about updating more frequently so we don't have this problem again! But a warning..... this is gonna be long :)
Early August is when the crazy whirlwind of changes began. We had a beautiful reception in Bev's parent's back yard. The reception gave us the opportunity to be reunited with Keola's parents and so many of our friends we hadn't seen in a while, and many that Keola had not yet met. It was a beautiful celebration and HUGE Mahalos go out to all of you who helped to make the day so special for us, especially Beverly's family who worked long and hard well before the actual day in order to make everything just perfect.
After the reception was over and Keola's parents had left to go back to Hawaii, we packed up our car and headed to Philo for a little family trip. It was far too short but we enjoyed every moment we had together there. The cabin was perfect (Thanks Carol & Jerry) and Logan had so much fun exploring the area, swimming in the river, building campfires with Keola, and just playing around outdoors. We took a day trip to Mendocino and Logan loved driving through the giant redwood trees. We rented an outrigger canoe and paddled down the river... We had a picnic lunch on the cliffs in Mendocino... and then we hiked down to the beach where we took a few family photos and enjoyed playing with the driftwood. We of course topped off the day with some fudge from the fudge factory and headed back to Philo for our last night there. It was such a nice time- all three of us thoroughly enjoyed it. We made life-long memories... it was simply the perfect family trip.
When we returned to Sacramento we spent the last few days there just spending time with Logan and with Beverly's family and PACKING! Ugh! Keola proved he truly is the MASTER at packing.... He filled every last inch of that Honda Accord and managed to get all of the things in it that Beverly wanted. It was a masterpiece! :)
Every fairytale has a not-so-pleasant part to it... and ours is no different. Leaving California for us also meant leaving Logan behind. We prayed and prayed and tried and tried to find a way to work out a scenario with Logan's father that would allow us to bring him to Alabama. As it turned out, Logan had to stay in California. After much prayer and with more faith than we've ever had to exercise, we put our trust in the Lord when He promised us that if we would be obedient to His counsel, and live as husband and wife should... together... that we would all be blessed. It wasn't easy to follow the counsel but we both prayed and we both got our answer and we know that the Lord will reveal His plan in His own time.... we just need to continue to be faithful and obedient.
So on August 18th, we took Logan to his first day of Kindergarten. It was such a great time! He was SO ready and was so excited to finally be starting school. He looked so cute with his Incredible Hulk backpack on and wrote his own name on his pencil box which Keola thought was the coolest thing :) After his first day we picked him up and took him to Dairy Queen for a little first day of school ice cream treat and spent the rest of the afternoon with him. That evening we had dinner together with Logan, his dad, step-mom, and sisters and then we dropped him off at their home and said our good-byes. It was harder than we could have imagined and we had imagined it would be awful.
We then headed out on our journey across the United States! In order to save time, we won't go through the entire travel log.... But we will say a couple things.... #1 We honestly NEVER got bored! Beverly taught Keola pretty much every Carpenters song (I mean who can do a road trip without the Carpenters?) and Keola was incredibly patient with all of Beverly's frequent requests for rest stops :) Seriously though, we feel so blessed to live in such a beautiful country. From the deserts... to the mountains... to the gorgeous green swamp lands... this is a beautiful country we live in! We made it to Alabama in just 3 days :)
And now we're here and we're expecting our first little baby together! Our little miracle is due to join us next year in early May. We just had our first ultrasound and we both fell in love with our little peanut. And that.... is enough updates for now!
We are together... and though not every moment is perfect... we really are so happy to be here... now... on this journey... together. And we are doing our best to live in these moments and to enjoy this journey and all that it has to teach us. We love you all so much. We pray for you... we think of you... and we speak of you often. Please pray for us. Please pray for Logan. And please make the effort to enjoy your journey as well.
Below we've posted pics of all the updates.. keep scrolling- there's a few to look at! Enjoy!
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