Okay, so maybe I'm not so good at this blogging thing.....

I really did have good intentions to keep this blog up to date, and my main excuse is that I need to get some pictures to include with my posts, but, I guess I've just be lazy! Or maybe busy??!! :)

We're finally feeling pretty settled in our home. We have unpacked most all the boxes that will be unpacked (we have a wonderful storage space for those boxes that just need to sit) and I'm finally starting to feel some sense of order creeping back into our lives. It really does take some time! I'm even ready to get back into regular meal planning and cooking since the church completely overwhelmed us last week with a "pounding" that filled the pantry to overflowing!! We literally have boxes and boxes of canned goods, pasta, cereal, flour, and other groceries - more than could even fit in the kitchen! The coat closets are holding sugar and flour so we're hoping for a delayed cold season! :)

More changes are in store for our household.

Abby leaves for college (Indiana Wesleyan University) on Friday. We're going to miss her more than we can imagine, but are so proud of her and ready to see her step into this new phase of life.

After Labor Day Joshua will be the first Jones kid enrolled in public school! He'll be attending Byron Center Charter School for what will be his senior year.

Paul and Thomas will continue to homeschool, but will be enrolled in several classes at GRACE Homeschool Association Friday School.

Philip, Samuel, Andrew and Peter will also be homeschooling but have the new experience of being in band (Sam), choir (Andrew and Peter), and orchestra (Philip).

And David's new experience will be that he starts Kindergarten!!

Daniel will just be along for the ride in all the above!

Maybe next post I can include some pictures....

Thanks for all your prayers and words of encouragement!

The Jones Family

A Quick Update.....

What an exhausting week! I'm about to crash for the night, but since we're now all set up for internet access (and yes, we were able to get high speed cable access!!) I thought I'd better take just minute to let everyone know we did arrive in Burnips safely.

Sunday night we had a problem with the hitch for the U-Haul trailer that our van was pulling and the delay cost us about 4 hours of time. We ended up getting into a hotel about 12:45 a.m. and were back on the road by 7. We arrived safely - though exhausted!!! - in Burnips at 7:00 Eastern Time Monday evening.

The welcome was overwhelming! There were at least 30 people on hand to unload and the fridge and cabinets were overflowing!! We're so grateful for the warm welcome!

We're anxious to get some pictures up to show you the beautiful view from our home. The sunsets are stunning!! Hopefully we'll get a bit more organized and do that soon!!

Thanks for all the prayers for our travel. We could feel it!

Ready to head north!

After a long day of loading trucks, we closed the doors on them late last night and are ready to pull out today after church. In spite of the heat (99 and high humidity) and in spite of the fact that we have WAAAAY too much junk, things really went quite smoothly. We had great helpers (thanks Gene, Steve, and Betty!!) and our own kids were great workers, too.

We're really looking forward to our arrival in Burnips tomorrow. Pray for safe travel and vehicles that will all run smoothly. We have 2 trucks each pulling a car and our van pulling a small trailer.

We'll check in once we get on-line in Michigan!