The Official Announcement!

Okay, so I admit it, I'm like THE worst blogger in the existence of bloggers. I figure it doesn't REALLY make that much difference though because I don't have an onslaught of loyal followers waiting with baited breath to read the latest news...and if I did...they died a long time ago from suffocation. Anyways, I'd try to commit to write more frequently but we all know that would be an empty promise, and I have more integrity than that.

However...that being said...there is a possibility that over the next little while there will be a little more to write about.

Why, you may ask?

Well, Ryan and I an announcement to make!

Our lives will be drastically changing over the next couple of months.

We are absolutely thrilled about it.

Though we may be losing a significant amount of sleep because of all the noise,

and we're so used to it just being the two of us in this apartment,

while we're thrilled,

it's certainly going to be a big adjustment.

Is the suspense killing you yet?

Okay, I'll let you in on the secret.

...

Ryan and I

are

MOVING TO PHILADELPHIA!

Haha, gotchya didn't I? No, we're not having a baby, and no we're not thinking about having a baby just yet. We are however, pulling up our roots and taking the plunge. And we'll be moving back into my parent's house, which is so affectionately (and appropriately) referred to frequently as "the zoo." After years of just the two of us it will certainly be an adjustment!

As most of you know I'm from Philadelphia and I came to Nova Scotia for university, met Ryan, got married and have been here ever since. Most of you also know that I spent 10 months of the year desperately homesick and the other 2 visiting my family. And even though I'm a homebody who wishes with every fibre of my core that I could spend every moment of my entire life with my family, I've always told myself that I would go where the Lord wanted me to go.

So even though it was hard

I stayed put

And I...

finished my education

found the most perfect eternal companion

built a really incredible relationship with my affy and papa before she passed

made some amazing friends

and

grew into the person I am today

The Lord knew what he was doing when He kept telling me to

look past the tears,

bite down hard

and turn back

every time I just wanted to run home.

I have loved my time in Nova Scotia, it's where my love and I started our life together. But after out last trip to Pennsylvania for the holidays, that feeling, that knowledge, that coming back was the right thing, was absent.

The more we talked about it,

with each other, with family, with friends,

The more we searched it out,

within ourselves, our hearts, in the scriptures,

The more prayed about it,

together, individually

And the more we communed with the Lord,

The more we knew,

our time in Nova Scotia was finished and it was time to move on.

We did not come to this decision lightly. We find ourselves deliciously scared as we embark upon this next chapter in our marriage. It's a dousy, I struggled with how "irresponsible" it seemed for a while. But like I said, Ryan and I have exhausted our spiritual efforts to make sure this is the right move for us, no pun intended, and so now we put our best efforts forward and have faith that the rest will be taken care of.

We would like to thank everyone who has become so dear to us in Nova Scotia over the past several years. You have truly helped make this a home for us and we are sad to leave you. We appreciate your support as we move on though.

And for my own benefit...

EEEEEEEEEEEEK! I'M GOING HOME!