Life Update | Weloob

It’s been a long minute, guys. Life has been crazy. We apologize for the quiet leave without letting you guys know. It wasn’t intentional. We have just been in a crazy transitional season and now that things are gradually settling, we are able to share here again.

So it’s time for us to finish this post which we started writing since June 24. June 24th!

Here are the things we will be talking about:

30-hour road trip
Moving house
Black kitchen
Homeschooling
Blog Design
Never giving up
Motherhood

So grab a cup of tea, coffee, infused water or Ovaltine like us and let’s dive in.

ROAD TRIP FROM CALIFORNIA TO MINNESOTA

In May, we took a 30-hour road trip to Minnesota. Me, Mr. N. and four kids 8 years old and under. Yes, we are crazy people. Now that we have gone by road from California to Minnesota and back, we feel like we can go anywhere by road! That was quite a TRIP!

We took a lot of breaks so the kids could have bathroom breaks, so we could sometimes grab food and to soak up on some of the stunning views. Prior to our trip, we packed a huge bag of snacks, fruits and all kinds of things that fit into the mouth. So feeding was not really a problem.

Mr. N set up mini-screens for the girls so they could watch some CDs. It kept them entertained so much that they didn’t feel very bored.

After that trip, driving 2 hours feels like nothing to us we did 30 hours so 2 hours feel like nothing now (even though we didn’t do the driving – our sweet hubby drove the whole time).

Things we missed on the road trip: road trip food. In our birth country, Cameroon, a highlight of taking a road trip is stopping to eat in small towns with roadside vendors. There is roasted plum (not the American plum but an African buttery fruit), there is grilled fish grilled over charcoal – the taste is epicccc. There is suya, roasted plantains, roasted corn and all sorts of goodies for the mouth. The food makes road trips so much fun! We miss all the road trip treats in Cameroon.

Here is what we loved though about the American road trip: the views! We thoroughly enjoyed the views of nature – the rocks, the canyons, the mountains, which all remind us of the God behind it all. We could not have enough of all the stunning views of nature. Are you a nature person?

We took some videos of the trip and planned to share them on our YouTube channel. But we've been so reluctant because our channel is called “Precious Kitchen” and a road trip doesn’t quite tie in with cooking. Is this something you would love to see on Precious Kitchen? Or should we create another channel for things like this? Please let us know what you think.

Our reason for the road trip was to attend Mr. N’s graduation ceremony. This hubby of ours has been studying hard for his bachelor’s degree. We are so proud of him. Working full time and studying full time with a family to care for is not easy but he did it!

MOVING HOUSE

We have moved house, guys. We are excited and exhausted. Moving house is not easy. We are thankful that we started packing early enough in order not to feel overwhelmed at the end but still, it isn’t easy.

As you may know, we moved last year from Minnesota to California. This year we are moving to a new house here in Southern California. We are obsessed with our new home!

We have all sorts of ideas for decorating and sometimes instead of focusing on unpacking and arranging our stuff we are planning decor. We know as an adult that the reasonable thing to do now is to finish unpacking first then plan decor. But it’s been hard to not think of all the ways we want to make our house a home.

Perhaps our favorite thing about our new home is the huge backyard which is basically dirt at the moment. We have dreams and visions of wonderful things that could be done to it. And we're so grateful for our home. It is a wonderful gift and we will never stop being in awe of how God continues to provide for us.

You can see bits of our new home in this video We recently posted on our YouTube channel.

BLACK KITCHEN

Speaking of our new home, we have a new kitchen now. And it’s not white. It is black and we LOVE it! The finishing on the black cabinets is lovely! Even though we really really wanted a white kitchen, we are learning to embrace our black cabinets. We will probably paint them white in the future but for now, black is where it’s at!

So the next time you see a cooking video from us, it will be in a huge black kitchen. We can barely wait.

HOMESCHOOLING

This past July 4th marked 3 years of us homeschooling our kids. We started on July 4th 3 years ago. We started in July way before the school year started in September because we said if it doesn’t work out, we'll just send our girls to school in September.

But here we are 3 years later, still going strong. We are so thankful to God for that.

And oh, The date July 4th coincided with American independence day. We didn’t plan it that way but now every time July 4th rolls by we are reminded of our homeschooling journey.

BLOG DESIGN

As you can see, the blog has a new look. We had to change the old design for technical reasons. We tried to make the new one match the old design a much as we could but there are still differences. So feel free to look around.

There’s still a search button on the right of the blog so you can search for any recipe or for recipe ideas. If you encounter any difficulties please let us know.

NEVER GIVE UP

Never give up! Even when life gets so hard, do not give up. You might go down for a while but don’t stay down there. WAKE UP and keep going. We must master the art of never ever giving up on the right path if we are to make it through life.

Successful people are not people who haven’t failed but people who have learned to rise up again and again.

So many times, we have wanted to give up on this blog but we keep coming back again and again. It is a sort of miracle to be that we get to do this. But we want you to know that what you see here is a result of never giving up. Hope this inspires you to keep going at that dream. Failures and setbacks are a part of your journey. They are necessary for your journey. They will only make you better – if you let them.