Constant Beginnings

My Mom and I have returned from our week long trip to Arizona where we spent precious time shopping, bonding, laughing, scrubbing and scrubbing some more. Their new house is LOVELY. She is thrilled and so excited to be close to her brothers as well as within a short driving distance to pretty much any shopping experience or restaurant she wishes to enjoy ;) I am happy that she's happy and looking forward to enjoying the new house with my family as well. We scrubbed every nook and cranny, got the grout on her tile floors from black to a beigy red and hung blinds in every stinkin window. It was a job! My hands hurt, my knees are nasty, but it looks lovely and again, she is thrilled. I talked to Claire and Mya everyday. Claire had a countdown going and talked on and on about all the fun she was having with Papa. He did a great job, not that I had any doubt. I was simply worried because I know how exhausting our adorable children can be ;) He took them to our farm where they rode in th...

another week has passed. it is hard to believe we've been gone for this long already. typically our trips to nd are limited to 2 weeks or less, so this feels kind of strange. here is the review: monday-- we went to the zoo. i think i posted about that last week. that evening, we watched luke play baseball. claire enjoyed  her first taste of sunflower seeds--shell and all. i tried to explain that she needed to remove the shell, even offering to do it for her, but she tends to be stubborn. i guess she needs to learn somethings the hard way. several spitting moments later, she listened. amen. mya enjoyed running around, jumping up on chairs and finding treasures like rocks and sticks. luke's team won. tuesday--babysat my nieces and nephew for the day. olivia and luke had basketball camp most of the afternoon, so i really just had my kiddos and ava. it was nice. the girls played, we attempted a nap and then hung out. i also had my phone interview with the principal in korea. that...

Poor Mya, this seems to be a pretty regular occurance. Luckily, she is pretty laid back. The twin theme extends beyond my kiddos. Love it! one week is done and because i have been so terrible at updating this blog, i'll do a week in review with a daily play by play. monday--picked up my parents at the airport and literally went back to our apartment, emptied the trash, finished packing, picked up our dog and hit the road. it was crazy. i drove us too, which is even crazier considering i have never driven across country before. we drove to rochester, ny. tuesday--hit the road again. drove all day. insane. kids did great.claire had one major meltdown around lunch time. it was awful. definitely a moment i was wishing chris was with me. my parents helped with mya while i dealt with claire. she ended up calming down in the car while the rest of the crew went to mcdonalds. i waited on the curb outside. it was great.  my dad took the first shift, while i took t...