One Year Today...

Our daughter Anarazell would have turned one today.
I can hardly believe that it has only been a year, and at the same time I can't believe that a whole year has passed.
Thoughts of what might have been, go through our minds.
Would she be walking before now like her big sister was? What would her personality be like?
We try to not let the thoughts take control.
After today we have two weeks...and then is the day that we let her go. What will be going through our heads then?
We also think about how vastly our life has changed since she was here. We are now planning on writing for missions full-time...a concept that would have never really been if I didn't start writing for Anarazell during her life here.
The pain, the joy of having her, the excitement to see what the end product will be, the feeling of loss...all rolled up together with many, many, many more emotions...is what we are feeling right now.
Here are some pictures of her...some of our favorites.

Oregon and Idaho

Well, we made it to Eastern Oregon and Idaho. We forgot how beautiful this part of the country was. It is late enough in the year that there is even snow on the mountains. Someone asked that since we have been all over the country, what part we think is the most beautiful...and we would would have to say that this area is it.
Our time with our church here in Idaho is going very well. We have gotten to talk to our Pastor quite a bit and we are getting in date set to meet with the missions committee as well, so we are excited. It looks like our future plans are beginning to firm up and that is a blessing. We have been in training for seemingly forever, and it is awesome to feel "movement" in our life!
Here are some pictures of us.

When I went to to coast I just had to take this picture. There is a lighthouse on the little island out there and the only tree for miles!

When I went paint balling with Bryan and three of my brothers. We all look really serious don't we!

A "God" story here. When we were with Anarazell in Wisconsin last year this couple randomly called us up to pray with us. Not only did a Christian "happen" to find our blog among all the millions of blogs out there, but this couple live in Oregon! So since then we have had the oppertunity to meet them in person and visit. This time they asked us to share with their youth group. It was a blessed time. I love how the Body of Christ works!

Isabella and I at our little house in Idaho. A couple at our church has a guest house on their property and they have graciously let us stay in it for this month. The view is beautiful and we are so thankful to have our own little place for a while.

Jen doing what Jen does when she has her own kitchen! Baking something or other!

Our Time in Oregon

Isabella with her Uncle Tim showing off and dividing their loot after the harvest festival. Doesn't Isabella look good in her ladybug suit?

Our friends Matt and Jalna. We have know this couple since before they were Christians and way before they were married. They are one of our closest friends in Oregon.

And their two children. Two little rough and tumble boys. So cute and so different then a girl!

Isabella with her little cousin Kacee. It was Kacee's second birthday and it was good to get all the family together for a little while.

Grand Ma Patty's 50th birthday. She had it back in the summer but we weren't there to celebrate it with her...so we did it now!

Well we are on our way to Idaho now. We should be there tomorrow. We will be there for a month and Lord willing our plans for the next couple years will be cleared up by then!
Please keep us in your prayers!