Summertime has brought an abundance of change to the Smith family. For a multitude of reasons we left our home in Nevada. We said goodbye to a place where we had grown together as a family. We hugged friends and family close and spoke of staying in touch and promising visits. We left a church home where we felt God with every visit, picnic, prayer vocalized, song sung, and sermon taught. Driving away from the beauty of the Sierras and surrounding mountains, we headed east. West Chicago greeted us with open arms and welcome smiles. Our family housed us for weeks while we sought a new place to live. My new colleagues answered my endless questions with patience and guidance. And we started to adjust to a new way of life. To leave the familiar and embrace the unknown has been the biggest challenge our little family has faced on this adventure. It's an exciting fear tinged with anticipation and hope. I think it has forced us to connect with one another and lean on each other in a way we
The escapades of Savannah Joy and her big sister Cassidy Grace are the primary reason for this blog's existence. However, I also throw in random thoughts, photographs, adventures and other tidbits to keep it interesting :-)