I Tapped Out For a Bit

Apparently when life gets a little chaotic, this blog suffers.  Honestly, I meant to keep better record of our life, but let's face it that was a pipe dream.

In the last few weeks, we've:

1) moved
2) started Pre-K
3) started AWANA
4) lost all track of time

The biggest happening that really feels like a month in the making is the move.  We had to do a three-point move.  My mom cleaned out her house and got ready for Zoe and I to move in.  I had to pack up our house for either my mom's house or for Oregon.  N moved into a duplex in Oregon.

It was much cleaning, packing, cleaning, de-junking, packing, sorting, packing, moving and moving.  We rented a truck for the big move last weekend.  In a sad commentary, the truck was too small, so not all our stuff fit in it.  We're having to do the remainder piece mail and it's ugly.  These last 48 hours have been the first of our new routine.  Because we're still unpacking, sorting, cleaning, unpacking it's taking a little longer.  This weekend is a big clean out of the old house and getting it ready to go on the market.

With the move has come some emotions.  We have a duplex that N's living in that has enough storage for all our stuff, so that's the great news.  It's a little place that's ours.  However, it's about 180 miles away from me.  That's been hard to lose my home.  I find part of my identity in my home and it's not a place that I live in daily.  I'm not complaining, this is just a stepping stone to a future where I can have a home that we hopefully build and then I can make up for these two years!

Zoe has adjusted quite well.  Her perfect place is where all her people are under one roof.  I honestly think if she could have a house that had rooms for the entire family, she'd be a happy girl.  She loves her new rooms, both at grandma's and in Oregon. 

In a nice blessing, Toby has also adjusted quite well.  He's come out of his shell and is total puppy.  We have a hard time getting him to come inside, which was absolutely NOT the case at our prior house.  Apparently Grandma's is also his happy place.  I can't even begin to explain how awesome that is.  We were worried he'd take several steps back and it's been a painful process to get him out of his shell.  Praise the Lord that he feels more at home at grandma's then he did at our home!
In the midst of all the packing and change, we started Pre-K.  Zoe LOVES it.  She's got 24 kids in her class and she's making new friends.  Zoe is a picky eater.  She only drinks water.  She isn't too keen on very many veggies or fruits.  She's stubborn.  After the first day of class she was SUPER excited because she tried something new:  a carrot.  She now claims them as one of her favorite foods.  Go Zoe!

In the midst of all the change, there are so many blessings.  N still loves his dam job.  He's making great friends and passing all his exams.  If we have to live apart during the week, it's such a blessing that he still likes what he does.

That's our life in a nutshell.  Nothing terribly exciting just terribly busy!