For those of you in the Bellingham area we are selling our first round
of stuff.... It's all listed on craigslist but you can check it out at
thebryantsstuffforsale.blogspot.com if you are interested. There will
be more to come.....
Monday, February 7, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Kylie's Leg
I have realized I posted about Kylie's leg getting better but never mentioned what happened to it!
One night I got her up from nap and she was fussy ALL night. I got up with her several times. This is not normal for Kylie at all. I thought maybe she was teething or feeling sick or maybe just got up on the wrong side of the bed. The next day she wasn't any happier. If I was holding her she was her chipper self but never wanted me to put her down. A couple times I did and she just sat there and cried. When I got her up from nap that day she did not stand up to greet me she just pulled herself to the edge of her crib while laying down. So I knew something was wrong and took her to the changing table and inspected her. Everything about her looked normal and she had no fever but before she went to bed that night we determined it was her right leg that was bothering her. At that point we could make her more comfortable but she was still miserable and crying all the time.
The next morning we took her to the dr where she was x-rayed. Everything normal so they told us to give her ibuprofen and she'd be fine.
She got better each day but it took a while. I felt so bad for her. We still dont' know what happened. If she twisted it while standing or twisted it in the crib... we dont' have any idea. But she's all back to normal now and we are very glad!
One night I got her up from nap and she was fussy ALL night. I got up with her several times. This is not normal for Kylie at all. I thought maybe she was teething or feeling sick or maybe just got up on the wrong side of the bed. The next day she wasn't any happier. If I was holding her she was her chipper self but never wanted me to put her down. A couple times I did and she just sat there and cried. When I got her up from nap that day she did not stand up to greet me she just pulled herself to the edge of her crib while laying down. So I knew something was wrong and took her to the changing table and inspected her. Everything about her looked normal and she had no fever but before she went to bed that night we determined it was her right leg that was bothering her. At that point we could make her more comfortable but she was still miserable and crying all the time.
The next morning we took her to the dr where she was x-rayed. Everything normal so they told us to give her ibuprofen and she'd be fine.
She got better each day but it took a while. I felt so bad for her. We still dont' know what happened. If she twisted it while standing or twisted it in the crib... we dont' have any idea. But she's all back to normal now and we are very glad!
Friday, February 4, 2011
Lots of Changes
This post could be alot longer than it's going to be - but I just don't have the time or mental capacity! I'll try to break down our past couple months for you....
Christmas was great. I think I posted about all that already :)
Jared continued to lead worship at a local church through January and his last Sunday there will be this coming weekend (we knew when he signed on to do it it was only temporary)
Jared did some marketing for an online project and was contracted for the month of January. That is done now.
Still no permanent job. God has been so faithful in taking care of us and we have lasted FAR longer than we ever thought we would without Jared having a full time job. We can still see some time ahead of us that we have the funds for and are thankful for that as well. I try not to get caught up in thinking about the day our money could run out :)
We have made a big decision. Very big. Hard yet exciting all at the same time. We've decided to move our family across the country to North Carolina. This is where I grew up (and Jared lived for a couple years). While there are things we love about the area we currently live in we've always known we probably wouldn't want to live here forever and we've often considered making the move to NC. Now that Jared does not have a job, our kids are young, and there are many things going on in our life now that seem to be coming to an end we thought it was a "good" time to make the move. This decision does not come without hardship. The hardest is leaving Jared's family. I'm thankful for travel and technology that makes distances seem smaller these days - but even so, we will still be 3000 miles away and that will be very hard and very sad. :( It's hard to leave our friends and it's hard to leave our home. But we will get a new home (and home isn't about the building of course - it's about the people inside it) and (again thanks to technology) be able to keep in touch with friends (though we will miss them terribly and noone can replace them). Jared does NOT have a job there yet. He does have a couple of possibilities but nothing for sure by any means. Here are some things you could be praying for for us.....
God's continued provision
Peace
Doors to open for us in many areas in NC
A great job for Jared, even one that he can truly enjoy
The transition to be as smooth as possible
That this will be more fun than hard on the kids (their big child-like concern right now is that we'll have to leave their toys behind) They don't really grasp something as big as this and I realize it could go well or really not for them. We need wisdom on how to move them through it.
Wisdom about our pets. So sad but we cannot take the dog and probably not the cat
That our house will sell very quickly. Since our bank account will run out at some point we really need this to happen soon. It's not a great market for that but God is in charge.
That our house will sell for as much as possible :) Again not a great market for that and we definitely won't walk away with what we put in but any cash in hand would obviously be a huge help.
That people will want to buy our stuff :)
That we will find a good, inexpensive place to live and a vehicle before we get there.
Our plan is to start in Raleigh. We could start out in Charlotte if we find a better temporary housing option there. After that it all depends on where Jared works (and a few other things). We hope it's either the Raleigh or Charlotte area but again - God is in charge :)
I could probably go on and on about this but I need to get going. Thank you all for your love and support!
Christmas was great. I think I posted about all that already :)
Jared continued to lead worship at a local church through January and his last Sunday there will be this coming weekend (we knew when he signed on to do it it was only temporary)
Jared did some marketing for an online project and was contracted for the month of January. That is done now.
Still no permanent job. God has been so faithful in taking care of us and we have lasted FAR longer than we ever thought we would without Jared having a full time job. We can still see some time ahead of us that we have the funds for and are thankful for that as well. I try not to get caught up in thinking about the day our money could run out :)
We have made a big decision. Very big. Hard yet exciting all at the same time. We've decided to move our family across the country to North Carolina. This is where I grew up (and Jared lived for a couple years). While there are things we love about the area we currently live in we've always known we probably wouldn't want to live here forever and we've often considered making the move to NC. Now that Jared does not have a job, our kids are young, and there are many things going on in our life now that seem to be coming to an end we thought it was a "good" time to make the move. This decision does not come without hardship. The hardest is leaving Jared's family. I'm thankful for travel and technology that makes distances seem smaller these days - but even so, we will still be 3000 miles away and that will be very hard and very sad. :( It's hard to leave our friends and it's hard to leave our home. But we will get a new home (and home isn't about the building of course - it's about the people inside it) and (again thanks to technology) be able to keep in touch with friends (though we will miss them terribly and noone can replace them). Jared does NOT have a job there yet. He does have a couple of possibilities but nothing for sure by any means. Here are some things you could be praying for for us.....
God's continued provision
Peace
Doors to open for us in many areas in NC
A great job for Jared, even one that he can truly enjoy
The transition to be as smooth as possible
That this will be more fun than hard on the kids (their big child-like concern right now is that we'll have to leave their toys behind) They don't really grasp something as big as this and I realize it could go well or really not for them. We need wisdom on how to move them through it.
Wisdom about our pets. So sad but we cannot take the dog and probably not the cat
That our house will sell very quickly. Since our bank account will run out at some point we really need this to happen soon. It's not a great market for that but God is in charge.
That our house will sell for as much as possible :) Again not a great market for that and we definitely won't walk away with what we put in but any cash in hand would obviously be a huge help.
That people will want to buy our stuff :)
That we will find a good, inexpensive place to live and a vehicle before we get there.
Our plan is to start in Raleigh. We could start out in Charlotte if we find a better temporary housing option there. After that it all depends on where Jared works (and a few other things). We hope it's either the Raleigh or Charlotte area but again - God is in charge :)
I could probably go on and on about this but I need to get going. Thank you all for your love and support!
Monday, January 31, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
As the boys and I sit at the table and color...
My phone beeped
Jackson: that was your phone mom
Me: yep, I know
Jackson: why was it doing that?
Me: I probably got a message or something
Jackson: well, do you need to do something about that?
Jackson: that was your phone mom
Me: yep, I know
Jackson: why was it doing that?
Me: I probably got a message or something
Jackson: well, do you need to do something about that?
Rachel Bryant
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