In My Abscence

I'm back. The last month has gone by so quickly and so many things have gone on in the world of my little family. The third week of June my husband was gone to a conference and so I took the opportunity to take our little ones to visit my family for five days. They had a wonderful time and I was glad they were able to have that time with them as we likely won't be back for a visit until next summer. We also drove up to Canada for a day to say goodbye to my husband's Aunt and Uncle and their family in B.C. I will miss them as much as I will miss my own family. I have enjoyed our visits up there over the last few years and watching my kids play with their cousins.

The following week was a whirlwind of sorting and packing so we were ready for the movers to come pick up our stuff to ship to our new home. When we left Memphis for Seattle three years ago we arrived like modern day pioneers.

Everything we owned fit in our Pilot and the U-Haul trailer. Which we drove nearly 2,500 miles in three days. This time around our stuff will be meeting us upon our arrival. Thank goodness!

Our things were picked up on Thursday afternoon and we drove down to my hometown so that Saturday morning my parents could drop us at the airport to fly to Georgia to visit my husbands parents and siblings. We have not been able to make it out to see them in over a year due to his schedule so they were happy to have the time with us.

We have spent the week here enjoying family time and the holiday. My husband and I have spent the week trying to sort out the necessities to transition to our new home shortly and prepare for our drive from Georgia to West Virginia. We thought about flying initially but we do love a good road trip! So that should catch us up briefly in what's been going on in our world presently. Looking forward to writing about our new adventure!

(While we are excited about all of the new things in our life, we are deeply saddened by the horrific week of destruction of human lives and loss of all qualities that characterize our humanity in our country and in the entire world. Like so many others, we pray for peace, tolerance and understanding.)