I searched on this website and found a blackberry farm only 15 minutes away from us and when my dad and new step-mom came up for a visit last week we went out and picked over a gallon of fresh blackberries for only $15!

Solomon couldn't keep his fingers out of them and ended up staining his yellow shirt beyond repair, but it was all worth it. Blackberry ice cream and cobbler came from all of this and some really fun memories too!

When we moved to Oklahoma we had a dream of building a house on our 20 acres and living the simple farm life, but when I found out that we were expecting Solomon our priorities changed. We sold the land and we scaled back even more so that I wouldn't have to work as much while Josh was finishing up his degree at OSU.

The Monday after Josh graduated with his teaching degree he accepted a job as a History teacher and Assistant Football coach in Agra, Oklahoma. It was only 25 miles away and so I was thrilled to not have to move out of our darling renovated home. 

Well a few weeks went by and he was already starting to work on football stuff in Agra and it just seemed like I was already starting to not see him, and it was SUMMER! He was out of pocket so much that I felt a little disconnected from his new life in Agra and realized that a small town teacher is also in charge doing things like mowing the football field and spending extra days watching film at the school. Reality was slowly hitting me that he was never going to be home with us until the summer.

I was driving home from a wedding in Tulsa three weeks ago and I really felt like the Lord told me to be willing to move to Agra. I all of the sudden had peace about it and didn't resent moving from my perfect house and from all of the conveniences of a medium sized town with all of our friends and favorite church. I immediately called Josh and told him that I would be willing to move if he wanted to look into it. 

Well also if you have followed me for a while then you know how quickly we move on things. We talked about it for a few days and contacted a realtor.

Our house is now for sale!

If we don't sell it before August then we will take it off the market and stay in Stillwater, but we are pretty sure that someone will snatch it up for their college daughter and her sorority friends rather quickly. We don't have a place to live in Agra, but are walking by faith knowing that if the Lord wants us to be 100% dedicated to the community of Agra that He will provide the perfect place for us.

Here we go again...

New and very different adventures ahead! In the mean time I am still going to be taking 1-2 weddings per month and booking sessions like normal! 

To view our listing (PLEASE BUY IT!) click here

Who knows? Maybe I will finally be able to own chickens? :)

I feel like if he would have graduated a year or two earlier than now that I wouldn't have been completely supportive of his coaching/teaching career for various reasons that I have always been worried about, but now, this year, I am totally on board! He is 27 years old and the Lord knew that it would take him that long to get through school because He wanted to use US together to make a difference in young people's lives... starting out together and helping each other. It is really quite amazing and I never knew why it was in the cards for Josh's schooling (he has enough hours through the various colleges to have a Masters!) to take a few years longer than normal, but now it is crystal clear. You see, Josh isn't picking a career to teach to "roll in the dough", but because he wants to be a leader to this lost generation of kids who just need a good man (and supportive wife!) to look up to. It has taken us years to get to this point personally where I believe that we are both on a road to unity together and our best years are coming straight for us. Congratulations darling. You did it! Now, let's be bright lights for some students!

And then we have one of my momma tickling Solomon...