Where to begin?

We have had a few packed weeks recently. Adventure waits us at every turn. I got to attend my first ever Freng Family Reunion. Dan's grandpa was 1 of 11 -those 11 kids had multiple children...who had multiple children....who are now having multiple children. In its hay day I guess there were Frengs by the hundreds (almost literally). There were about 50 Frengs in attendance-it was a little overwhelming to say the least. Dan comes from some interesting (in a good way) Norwegian stock! Noah was pretty excited because he has finally gotten the big-extended family that he has always wanted. He made a new friend (relative) who is actually going to be a 2nd grader at the same school as Noah. Yankton is such a small, small world. I have to get used to that again.
Brian had a head trauma a week ago-long story but he fell off of a stool he was climbing on & gave himself a concussion. Luckily, he is okay. We are supposed to keep watch for any recurring symptoms. Problem is-that boy hits his head about 10 times a day. I'm NOT exaggerating. I'm contemplating a stylish new glue-on/permanent helmet! He is affectionately known in our home as Harry Head Trauma (just between Dan & I-probably mean, but the only way to keep this boy alive until 18 may be to laugh our way through it).
Dan & I are enjoying being back in our "home country". At times, it feels a little like the Twilight Zone-but all in all it's good. The kids LOVE being with family. We miss Denver more than we ever thought possible & our awesome friends & ministry partners. Change, even good change, is hard.
I got to have a heart to heart with Noah about why God called us here. The unknown is hard, even to a 7 year old. We both agreed that God did call us here & there IS a reason. The best thing we can do is be faithful to God's calling & pray, pray, pray our way through it. Isn't that awesome that my 7 year old gets it? Sometimes I think he gets it better than I do-oh, to have childlike faith.
School starts on Wednesday & we are all ready. Except on Thursday, I'll be sad about them being gone...somehow I will persevere!
Keep praying for us.

Attitude of Gratitude

An Attitude of Gratitute-that is offically the Freng Family's new motto. Okay-so it's Dan's Freng Family motto & at times when he says it I shoot him a look that could kill...but we are working on it being the Freng Family motto.

So my attitude of gratitude thought of today-The home we are living in is 3 bedrooms & probably 1/2 the size of our house in Littleton (okay this doesn't seem like the gratitude part-I'm getting there)...3 things I love about it :
1.) We can totally afford it & that helps keep me home doing what I love most-being a mom & wife.
2.) We all fit & cannot avoid family closeness-that is huge as we tended to drift apart (well, a couple of us did & I tried to drift but man they can find you anywhere. Even the bathroom-is no place sacred?). We have JUST the amount of room we need & we are finding that all of our "necessities" weren't really so.
3.) Finally, my personal favorite of today...it took me only 1.5 hours to clean the WHOLE, ENTIRE place. Say what you will about having counter space-I say, the less there is-the less I have to clean!
Praise God for leading us just to the right place-and giving us what we need & not what we THINK we need.
There are a lot more awesome features to this place-but I'll leave that for another day. You know me & my sarcastic nature-all this positive stuff is kinda freaking me out!!
Keep praying for us here-we're all doing well but a lot more changes are coming, school, preschool, etc.
An attitude of gratitude...It's a good thing. (I hope Martha didn't copyright that, oh well).