"For the sake of the gospel...just throw it away!"

If you would have been hanging out in our villa this past week, you quite possibly would have heard me or Nathan say this :)  Seriously, though.  We have been married for almost 14 years, and even though we have downsized quite a bit over the past 4 years, we still just have a LOT of stuff.  Too much stuff, considering we will be moving across the world in just 2.5 months!  So this past week we have been weeding our stuff out, and really, it is hard to get rid of the stuff we have accumulated during our marriage!  That's why we tell each other:  "Just don't think about it!  Throw it away [or put it in the 'donate to Goodwill' pile]...for the sake of the gospel, just throw it away!"

It's been a busy week since returning "home"!  We were greeted by a villa stocked with goodies, from multiple people!-- cereal/milk/eggs, an egg casserole ready to bake, a loaf of HOMEMADE bread (that was a treat for this non-baking woman!), home roasted coffee, and lots of other homemade yummy food.  And...this:

a pineapple whip, frozen since Street Fair!  Seriously, do we not have THE MOST THOUGHTFUL friends??  Wow.  The texture was a bit different than it would have been fresh, but the taste was exactly how I remembered it!  So good!  Thank you, Jane! 

We love being in our villa :)  Trying to really enjoy it for just 1.5 more months...

Would you believe that we still had food to harvest in this dead, neglected garden??  Haha!  We haven't been here since the beginning of August, and there was still some good food there!  Along with lots of rotten tomatoes :) 

Kaine trying to shoot a squirrel :) 

We were also reunited with cousins...

And good friends...

We had fun with one "last" Halloween before we head overseas...

I just LOVE those three amigos!!  So cute! 

 morning-after-halloween-breakfast:  pixie sticks :)

Two of my favorite things:  frisbee golfing with my family, and Indiana fall.  So. Gorgeous!!

I love these people :)

We are starting to feel settled, and trying to get into a good homeschool routine!  This time is going to absolutely fly, I just know it!