The Night Watches

No, the move didn't kill me... I am still here, alive and well! Actually, living a pretty blessed life. The move however, has changed how I am living life these days, and have little to no time to sit at the computer and blog! But here I am, sitting down... ignoring the laundry for a few minutes, the dishes in the sink, and the crumbs on the floor... I think an update is way over due! To recap the past month, well would be a very long post. I am not sure the poor readers of this neglected blog would enjoy all of that! So I will do my best to be brief: - We moved to VA October 9, and were thrilled to be here. We had tons of help, and are pretty much settled already into the house. Boxes are the enemy! So our goal in the first few weeks was to empty as many as possible! We generally, sit in the various rooms and marvel at the gift this home has already and continues to be to us. - The first night the kids came home, Sunday, Jack spiked a fever and Jordan spent 6 hours with him in the...

God certainly loves to surprise and delight us, doesn't he? We have been waiting on Him for a while now, hoping our insurance situation would somehow get worked out so that we could start to look for a home to rent in Arlington. Looking back on the last time we were going to try to get a house and the Lord shut that door, we are just filled with gratefulness that is was not our will, but God's will that was accomplished for us. What a mess it would have been to try to move down to Arlington a month or two ago! This past Tuesday, Jordan was talking with our insurance company, and trying to figure some things out with them, when we found out that in fact, our carrier provides insurance coverage to the region of Northern VA in addition to Maryland! This came as quite a shock to both of us, and we were delighted to discover that we could indeed start the house hunt up again! The beginnings of the hunt were not showing to be too exciting. I found a few on craigslist worth taki...

We just got back Sunday night from a week long family vacation to the Outer Banks. This is the annual Kauflin family vacation that we have been going to as long as we have been married, and for way longer than that for the Kauflins. We got to Corolla NC right after hurricane Earl swept through, to the most perfect weather we have ever had. Everyday was a perfect beach day, which our kids all loved. I will post about the beach soon. Just wanted to give you all an update on what has been happening with Jack since we have been home from the beach. The day after we came home, Monday, I took him in for a scheduled spinal tap and the nurse and surgeon both agree that his "Tubie" (central line) has an infection, as well as serious cold. As of Monday morning, he did not have a fever and the entry site into his chest looked a little better than it had previously (while on vacation it had begun to get red, swollen and a little pus was coming out). We were able to enjoy the last days ...