Change....a sign of life

 One thing for sure about life is that it changes.   And one thing about me is I really deep down inside don't like change.  

 I am in the middle of great change in my life.

I'm not handling it so well. 

We have lived in our house 7 years.  It's been the best seven years of my life in many ways.   Each room is filled with countless beautiful memories.  Our blood, sweat, and tears have been poured into this house.

Our house sold, and we will be moving in 23 days.    

We don't know where we are headed.  The house hunting hasn't been productive.  So when the stress mounts I have to remind myself that this is what I wanted.  We will find the right house if we are patient. 

On top of the stress of moving, packing, house shopping....our first furry child Katie is sick.  We got her when we were first married living in Plano, TX.  She has been the perfect dog for 13 years.  She's been having seizures.  This weekend she had a bad one that left her blind, deaf, unable to control her bowels, and unable to walk.  She's recovered some, but she's not the same.   She wants to be left alone.   I'm not ready to say good-bye to her, but I know the day will come sooner than later.  No dog will ever replace her in my heart. 

 This week Karis learned to crawl.  More change...time to babyproof and time for boo boos. I'm not ready for my baby to be mobile. 

 

Change is hard.  You have to let go of things that you love, cherish, want, know.  You have to let go of what feels safe and sure to see what's next on life's adventure.  

Otherwise you'll miss out on all the surprises that await.

 

It's never easy, but always worth it.

Or at least, that is what I'm telling myself!  :-)

  

Wrapping up the school year--2014

We have had a busy May so far!!!  With only 12 days completed, I can't imagine what the rest of this month will hold! 

We started out the month at Grandma and PawPaw's house.  We stayed there while Michael was in Boston.  We had so much fun.  The boys love playing with their cousin Hannah!!

 

Here's "Michael Jr." mixing up the past with the future.  He's playing his daddy's phone while wearing his daddy's childhood Mickey cap!

Here's my oldest and youngest sweeties during  a break from all our homeschooling.  We work hard and play hard around here!!  Clark has done great with first grade.  He's doing a fantastic job reading and writing.  Math is going great too.  But writing is by far is favorite thing to do.  He saves writing for last thing every day for his educational "dessert".  Joel has done great too.  He's reading phonetically and learning right along side Clark.

 One day we went to the aquarium to see the otters, and we played in the water.

Then we went on a homeschooling field trip to Johnson Family Farms and toured a dairy farm, took a hayride, saw a bunch of animals, and played with our homeschooling friends!!

We have our last week of soccer and a baseball game on the schedule this week.

And oh...we had an offer on the house, so it looks like we will be getting ready to move too!

Busy but blessed.....