Here We Are
The McCalls are still running around having shenanigans. Life has been a little hectic lately, but for the McCalls that's normal. It's been almost almost three weeks since we've written anything. Even the small bit of time we spend towards going on our social media has even been taking a backseat. But the McCalls trudge on. Yes, I know we should be skipping and singing through some of the rougher moments because we are Christian and there is always so much to be thankful for, and there is! I'm not saying there isn't. But I want to stick to being honest about who I am and who we are as a family and we aren't always chipper through the hard times. We aren't always rainbows and unicorns in the storm. Sometimes we just strap on our rainjackets of sass and galoshes of annoyance and walk out into the miserable rain, wind, and cold. We are not Susie Sunshines all the time and honestly.. I think that's healthy. We are sinners saved by grace. If we were perfect we wouldn't be sinners in need of grace.
Recap of the past couple of weeks.
Micah has started school with his new therapists and is loving it! I think it's going to be a really good fit for him and will help him to thrive. He is slowly adjusting to the energetic tribe of children that he now has to spend time with every few days (outside of school), which is GREAT because he isn't trying to run away from them quite so much anymore. That helps Chris and I not be as stressed because we can enjoy spending quality time with the family we have found in our church body.
Um... Kenley is kicking it like normal. You know, screaming at people that look at her, taking any and everything that Micah is playing with, and in general, running Chris and I ragged with her free spirited two-year old self (who is currently looking at me with a big smile on her face as she throws her dinner on the floor). Oi vey.
Dek is still barking at the smallest of sounds because of his ridiculous fear of the world and anything that exists in it.
Chris is having issues with his guitar (which he obviously needs to play on Sundays, so it's a big deal) and we're looking into having that fixed this week. Our Apple laptop, that I'm currently on, is on it's last leg and we're having to look into replacing that soon (UG). His truss workload has been kicking his booty lately but nothing he doesn't tackle like a champion. He is still pretty bummed about the Cubs not continuing on to the World Series, but I think when we visit Chicago for our five-year anniversary in a couple weeks that he'll perk right up!
Jacob has moved out and into his new apartment which makes all of us sad, including Dek because that was his buddy. We knew at some point that he would be moving out, but we still can be upset about it... even if we still see him like three times a week.
Me, myself, and I, have been .. honestly, in a weird funk. This weather has me at all levels of being exhausted. With the summer weather leaving and the winter weather moving in, my energy levels have been zapped. Micah starting with new therapists always has me a little stressed because I want them to be able to see all the potential that I see in him, and for Micah to like the people he's around and enjoy the therapy that he needs. As a mom, obviously I'm going to want my kids to be happy and thrive. (At this exact moment, I'm glad Kenley is happy sitting in my lap but it makes doing anything productive like, typing a blog post, increasingly hard.)
Not so heavy note, Chris and I are pumped to spend our anniversary in Chicago! Sooner than that, we will be checking off another item on our marriage bucket list which is to go to a concert together and we're rocking out to Flogging Molly later this week! I am pumped!
That's a small snippet of what's been happening in our lives the past couple of weeks. We've had a lot going on but we're still here.
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I know this post seems a little short but if I were to add in what God has been putting on my heart for the past month then you'd be reading for quite a while. So I will save all that for another post that I can hopefully crank out this week.
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