In some ways I feel like I’ve missed out on the last 10
months of life. I know everyone is
busy, but I truly don’t think I’ve ever been as busy as we’ve been
recently. For those who don’t
know, here are the Cliff’s Notes:
• Last July Wes was informed that his company was doing away
with his position at the end of the month.
• I started working full-time in September.
• Wes started a new job in December (while I was still
working full-time). Thank goodness
for our moms and some flexibility in their schedules!!
• Having mom gone so much was pretty rough on the kids (I
worked 14 hr shifts and some days didn’t see them at all). We really didn’t anticipate just how
much it would affect them. We’ve
spent several months working on undoing the clinginess and their wanting
nothing to do with anyone else when mom is around. We’re getting there.
• In February we began preparing to put our house on the
market- Oh, yeah. That’s why we
haven’t moved in a while!
• We spent the next three months driving back and forth
between Texas and Tulsa looking at houses, visiting schools, meeting with
principals, trying to determine where would be the best fit for our family for
the next phase of our lives.
• Two weeks ago Addison graduated from the Little Light
House and we said goodbye to many, many wonderful friends and teachers who have
spent the last six years giving Addison the best preparation she could possibly
have for starting kindergarten next year.
• Two days later we packed up all of our belongings on a moving van and said goodbye to Tulsa. We have been living with my parents in the meantime, and I think it is safe to say we are ALL excited that we finally get to move in to our house this weekend. (We might have taken a few years off my parents’ lives from this stay- well, months, maybe. You know what they say about fish & company. And it’s been a lot longer than three days.)
We are very excited to start the next adventure of our lives
in Allen. We will be very close to
some family and much closer than we have been to others. So far we love the school Addison will
be attending and are excited she’ll get to see her cousins in the hall. We will definitely miss Tulsa, but we’re
thankful for the friends we have there and for the opportunity to know another little
part of God’s creation. I hope to
do better on keeping the blog updated as life settles down a little bit.
