Waiting...

I'm sitting here waiting for Pete to come home so we can go to WI!! I know we go all the time, but who cares. We love it and it's worth the work to us. Not only do we get to spend time with family but we get to RELAX and I get a break from living in Cortland!! I am so ready to be out of this house and out of this sad sad town. Does anyone know the Dixie Chick song about the square people in a world that's round? Well, that is how I feel. I feel like this is just a sad town and is so full of broken dreams. I hate that 1 1/2 away Tammy's house is being foreclosed on and that this is the place we were supposed to put our kids on the bus together. Then, it was the place I would put Timmy & Mak on the school bus... now it is neither. I hate walking the streets, I hate driving through it, and I just want out. SO, not only am I waiting to leave for WI but I'm waiting to MOVE. I am working on being patient and I know that God has a plan. It is so much easier said than done. Reading the Bible this morning helped me alot and I plan on spending my "hard times" sitting down and reading about hope and God's promises. Please pray that I have patience to stay here as long as God has planned.

Alabama Trip

So I've been up since 3:30am so this will probably not be as long as I want... but I'll try! I know I'll be too busy all week between work and packing up to go to WI for Labor Day weekend... so I'm going to post while it's on my mind. That being said, it is now officially "head up to WI every weekend the sun is out" season so I'm getting ready to hold on tight!!

We had a BLAST in Alabama. Timmy Ray & Timmy Lee are both settled and happy at home with Grandma & Grandpa Adams. Timmy Ray is going to a school to learn aluminum welding to work on the fishing boats down there. Timmy Lee is in "school" and has made new friends already. He is confused about the whole moving thing but has seemed to adapt well. That being said... he has not changed a BIT. Mak & TL did not skip a beat. They played great together and especially enjoyed the beach. We all jumped waves and played on the beach as often as time would allow. We also made several trips to the pool each day!! We are excited to have such a beautiful place to visit. Timmy Lee has a tractor that he drives around the yard for hours and he also helps with the garden!! The Adams' home is BEAUTIFUL and such a perfect place for a three year old boy.

It is still hard to not have him here in IL with us, but we were very happy to see them both smiling and enjoying Alabama. We do have plans to bring TL back to IL this summer and we'll have a big BBQ so that everyone can see him. Timmy Ray was attached to Mak all week, which was rather cute. We had our times where one kid or both kids would get tired and there were several emotional times but we made it through. We knew the first trip down would be the hardest and we're glad that it went so good. I know Tammy would have had a blast too but hopefully she was watching us and laughing at our crazy attempt to adjust to yet another change!! This past chapter of our life has been hard, emotional, crazy yet also memorable and has brought us so much closer as a family. Hopefully there is a happy chapter coming up and this would be a great start to it!!

Mother's Day Weekend & Some Revelations

I had a great Mother's Day weekend. It's hard to believe that it is my second Mother's Day!! Makenzie is getting so old and is doing new things every day. She is starting to say some words and she is happiest when we are outside. She even loves to ride in the car with all the windows rolled down and the music turned up loud. She is a little rebel and a free spirit but she is who she is and is and we love her for it. I cannot wait to have more children and see all the different personalities they all have! Plus, I am very thankful for my mom and mother in law who have become great friends to one another. We are able to celebrate holidays TOGETHER with both sets of parents. Chris & Anne were able to come up too! Between moving back into the condo and spending time with family, the weekend just flew by. We went swimming, ate a ton of food and did alot of talking.

I have always thought that my life has been crazy busy and out of control... but the more I think about it the more I realized that it is just they way I like it. I'm the one who wants to go up to WI all the time, I'm the one who booked the tickets to AL to visit my little nephew, I'm the one who LOVES to work from home, I'm the one who wants my house to be cleaned every week... no one is making me busy but me! At first I thought that maybe I should start saying no to things... but I really don't mind being busy. I am the happiest when I have a to-do list and when I know that I need to stay organized and on top of things.

Also, I realized that what I'm looking forward to most after moving from Cortland to the Burlington/Plato Center/Hampshire area is to having a yard. I cannot wait to have a flower garden for fresh flowers and to have a vegetable garden that I can cook with and share with anyone who needs fresh food. Plus, Mak needs room to run and that is NOT happening here. We are either too close to the pond or to the street. Pete & I grew up on acres and that is where we belong.