After all of our "squares" were colored in it was time for us to head to Oklahoma City. One of the residents that Brian had been working with left town for the weekend with his own family and offered us their home while they were away. What a blessing it was to have such a warm and comfortable place to stay for the weekend. The family has three little girls so there were plenty of "new" toys for Elisabeth to play with. It made my job of keeping her busy much easier. Much better than a hotel! We are so grateful for their kindness! We made it there Thursday afternoon and kept ourselves occupied until Brian got off around 9:30pm that night. Elisabeth was so excited when she heard him come in the door that she could hardly contain herself! It was so precious to see her so excited! We weren't sure how she would react after being away from him for a while, but it was like they had never been apart!
We couldn't have been more excited and grateful to be together again!
Brian had to work until about 9:00pm on Friday night, but we had him all to ourselves Saturday and until noon on Sunday. We enjoyed a little bit of being lazy and little bit of seeing the sights since there is a chance we might be moving there. Mostly, we just enjoyed being together. We treated ourselves to dinner a couple of times and took Elisabeth out for coffee, aka chocolate milk, on Saturday. She thought that was just about the greatest thing ever! She was very attached to her daddy all weekend and it was great to see them having so much fun together!
It was a bittersweet weekend being able to spend a couple of days together, yet knowing we would be leaving each other again. It was a tearful good-bye, but we know this is part of the process and a very temporary sacrifice we have to make for Brian to be able to pursue Orthopedics. We are so proud of him for working so hard and know that the Lord already has a residency spot waiting for him somewhere. Now he just does his part and waits to see what happens!
In the meantime, we are already counting down the days until we see each other again...
In the meantime, we are already counting down the days until we see each other again...
It was soo good to see you guys yesterday! Elisabeth is soo sweet!! Your posts always brings tears to my eyes!! It will all be worth it one day...it's only for a season. I have to keep telling myself that. (in which most of the time it still doesn't make it any better) Our long journey starts in 21 days :( we will defintaly have to get together! See ya soon!!
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