Today is sad and exciting for the Brewer bunch. We have had Catrina living with us for 7 months now. We love her to pieces. She has been a light and a blessing. She moved out here from Minnesota without knowing one thing about us AT ALL! She came very sweet and innocent, and she is leaving still sweet and a bit corrupted. We have been laughing all morning about the "things" we have taught her and exposed her too. We have exposed her to what it is like to live with a 2 year old....a very LIVELY and OPINIONATED 2 year old.....REECE. We have taught her a bit of a different way to show affection.

For Example:

Sometimes we call each other names....ie. freak and dork...and sometimes Lashae and Kole greet each other with a "loving" punch in the arm. It is just our way...you know how families have "their way". Well, Catrina came here and has learned to call us names and she's even hit Kole a few times. She says it's how we show our love around here. It's funny to hear it from someone else's perspective...she thought it VERY strange in the beginning...Now she fits right in. She is headed home tomorrow, and she plans on taking her new vocabulary, and her new signs of affection with her and she's worried how her friends and family might adjust to all that.

We will miss her music. We will miss her funny way. We will miss her innocence. We will miss her nightmares. (She has been known to wake the upstairs with her screaming). She is a wild sleeper. We will just miss HER.

Ecclesiastes 3
A Time for Everything 1For everything there is a season, and(A) a time for every matter under heaven: 2a time to be born, and a time to(B) die;a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; 3a time to kill, and a time to heal;a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4a time to(C) weep, and a time to laugh;a time to mourn, and a time to(D) dance; 5a time to(E) cast away stones, and a time to(F) gather stones together;a time to embrace, and a time to(G) refrain from embracing; 6a time to seek, and a time to(H) lose;a time to keep, and a time to(I) cast away; 7a time to(J) tear, and a time to sew;a time to(K) keep silence, and a time to speak; 8a time to love, and a time to(L) hate;a time for war, and a time for peace.

So......we were thinking we would feel an emptiness with a missing person....but, God has totally provided another precious gal to live with us. I think the Lord keeps bringing these amazing people into our home to teach us. We think we are helping them out and they end up being a blessing to US! These girls are SOLID in their faith and their love. They are giving and selfless. We have Kelsie coming to live with us the same day that Catrina moves out. Kelsie works at Crystal Peaks and we already know her and she is the BEST! I can't wait to welcome her to our home. I have a feeling Kelsie will pick right up on showing Kole affection by giving him a big punch in the arm. haha!!