Summer Time!

Summer is in full swing at the Brown house. We have been really busy. 

My momma visited from May 9th thru June 12th. We drove across the country to Ohio to visit my dad’s side of the family. We stopped in Branson, MO, for a few days. The boys rode their first big roller coasters. 

Baseball season has begun. We have three different teams. Bryan and Gabriel play tball on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Marcus practices on Mondays and has games on Saturdays. Notice the mountains in the background as they play ball…seriously…can it get any better than that!!!

We are also in the midst of swim lessons…2 hours a day…4 days a week for 2 weeks. Grayson (3) is swimming now…he cant raise his head to take a breath without sinking but he can do a swim/crawl thing that gets him from point a to point b.  Gabriel (5) is learning to turn his head to the side during his freestyle. His arms are coming fully out of the water and he doesnt look like he is about to drown now. Bryan (5) and Marcus (7) are working on perfecting their strokes and are looking good in the water. 

On my side…I am running a lot of mileage early in the morning (5-5:30am). Guess what!!! In Colorado I have to wear sunscreen at 5am or I actually burn 😂

I also am starting to get as busy as I want to get baking (2-3 small orders or one big one a week). 

The biggest news…we bought a house here in Colorado. We closed last Friday and get to move in mid-July. We spent a lot of time praying that God would lead us to a home where we could really love on and be Jesus to our neighbors. I guess this one is it. I got that “ahhhhh” feeling when I walked in and they accepted our offer over all the others. God moved lots of pieces to make every thing work out smoothly. Our current landlord let us out of our lease early, we found tenants to replace us, and my realtor will now manage his property for him. We have four weeks until we move but I have us mostly packed. Might be a wee bit anxious to move!!!!

So life is good…busy…and fun! God has been good to us and is allowing us a sweet period atop the mountain (literally).

Lamentations 3:22-25 

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,to the one who seeks him.