Flashback Friday!

See the theme here? I've just been Flashback Friday-ing the past few times with my couple posts in the past few months. hahaha. Good times.

Well, since I haven't updated in a while, I figured I'd just use a Flashback Friday to share what's happened over the past few weeks... with pictures (We've been busy)!

We celebrated Christmas with my family on December 19th, and it was a blast. We had great food, good company, and lots of love expressed before Rachael and I headed up here to Boston for the holidays. My mother got us a GPS in hopes that it would work in Japan when we get there, so I've been researching to see how we could go about that. It was a very thoughtful gift, and if we get an international map system on it, THAT would be awesome!

We came to Boston on December 20th (Technically the 21st, since we didn't get to Rachael's parent's house until 3:30am), and got ourselves immediately into the Holiday celebration. We had a Sunday brunch with Mom B's side of the family right after we woke up, and it was a good time watching football with the guys and playing Uno later on.

We did a lot of our shopping in the next couple days, where we had a get-together on the 23rd, Christmas Eve Party on the 24th (Naturally), and Christmas itself on the 25th (Also, naturally). We were a bit partied out by that point, but it was wonderful seeing everyone's faces and sharing about what God has been doing in our lives. The topic of Japan was all over the place, and it was wonderful to her the enthusiasm.

We were introduced to Rachael's home church this past Sunday (December 28th) as they want to be a part of our financial support team. We will be doing a proper presentation on January 18th before we head back to Myrtle Beach. Talking to her pastor was a huge encouragement, and we look forward to the love and support that they will be providing in these coming years. We also hung out with Rachael's old youth pastor, John Grothjan, and a few other friends out in Hamilton, MA (Pictured above). It was also a blast, and John gave us some very encouraging words for our future.

New Year's was kind of a bore, as we decided to just stay home and watch TV and movies. hahaha. Maybe it was because we were still partied out, or maybe because it was REALLY cold and snowy outside. Either decision was fine.

This is how Honey galloped in the snow. Isn't she cute?!

I guess that concludes this blog and it's semi-Flashback-ness. hahaha.