Six years ago today, Blake and I arrived after 38 hours of driving. We had been dreaming of making the Pacific Northwest our home for the six years before. We had no place to live, no jobs, and no community. 

The next six years would be filled with seven jobs, new friends, family, old friends, two homes, a new church, endless adventures, hardships, and a son. I’m not sure I would have had the courage to leave had I known what was waiting for us on the other side. 

One thing that I know now is that my husband and I love each other through it all. We have been tested. We have seen each other’s worst and best in these thirteen years together. This town is growing he and I.  Let’s see what the next six years bring.