It's All Grace

a journey with the Thomason family

Category: Our Year In Czech

  • Back in the Saddle…I Mean, Sedlo

    We were back at it this morning, continuing our formal language learning with our our Czech teacher. It felt really good to be back in the saddle and just pushing forward. Speaking of forward, that’s pretty much what we we were learning, that is, directions. In the photo below, you can see Bethany working hard…

  • Celery and an Early Valentine’s Day

    As happens often I have to go on a hunt for a single food item. Tonight that item was celery. Bethany was making potato soup and needed a few things from the store. I went straight to the store that I thought would surely have everything, but for some reason they either didn’t have celery…

  • Encouraged

    Overall it’s been a really encouraging week. Many people have sent us kind words via email and social media in regards to our baby gender announcement (if you missed that post be sure and go check it out). Bethany and I have been working harder on reviewing our Czech language cards and I’m just encouraged…

  • Our 2 Year Visas Are Approved

    Today was kind of momentous for us even though it never feels that way when you’re in a government office in the Czech Republic. Our two year visas were approved! Our friend, Katka, got a call last week saying the paperwork went through and that we needed to go back and do photos and fingerprints.…

  • Boy or Girl?

    Instead of our normal written blog post, we thought we would have a little fun with video today. As you should know by now, Bethany is pregnant with baby Thomason #3. The big question on everyone’s mind: boy or girl? I guess you’ll have to watch this video to find out.