Happy Anniversary Baby, Gotcha on My Mi ... hind

If I were to ask Chris, he would know who sang this 70's one hit wonder in which this week's blog title is named ... however, let's just keep inquiring minds wondering!

You see, we have approached our one year anniversary of living in our new homeland! My goodness ... there is no way I could put into words what this experience has been for our family. It's been the hardest, most challenging, yet most adventurous and life-stretching event of our family history.

We've laughed over Chris' driving, cried over my lack of my oven knowledge, stressed over new schools for Libby, rejoiced over new friends for Parker, and dreamed about Addison's future. We've watched each other embrace a new language, new culture, new foods, and new way of getting from point A to point B on public transportation. We've called family back "home" and cried because we missed them so much. We've met new friends in our new home and got all tingly inside because we made a connection. We've embraced Austrian peanut butter. We've grieved Oklahoma Boomerang hamburgers. We've been in awe of our new surroundings.

I'm confident that if you interviewed every Elledge, and asked them if they had to do it all over, would they still have moved to Austria, the answer would be a resounding, "Yes!"

We are better, bolder, more grateful and deeper connected with each other for having walked this journey! We've experienced God in new ways that having never left the comfort of our Oklahoma roots we would have missed!

Here's to a new year in our "home"!