No more Bleh

Well the feeling of "Bleh" has been overtaken by the feeling of sheer panic!  

My husband and I decided it was time to be closer to the things we love, our families.  This decisions end result is us moving far far away from Southern California to this place:

Idaho

So in two of the shortest weeks known to man, we're packing up and moving 1000 miles away!  No we don't have a cushy job waiting, we don't even have a place to live yet.  

But the blessings have been pouring out since we made this decision.  Our house being approved for short sale and sold this week were on top of the pile of blessings.  

It will all work out, and if it doesn't at least we'll be close to our families to come bail us out!!

I'm going to miss so much about California, where to begin. 

 The BEACH!  Really my favorite body of water, ever.  

Disneyland

Legoland

Sea world

San Diego zoo

all so close

The sun, we see a lot of it down here!

Our first home, where we first became parents.

My Doctors, they are seriously the best at what they do! 

 (getting me pregnant)

And then there are the friends. 

Some have been grafted into my heart as sisters forever.  They are the hardest thing to leave behind.  The every day companionship will be missed, but it's not a forever separation.

Things I won't miss are the $4.50/gallon at the pump

haze

lots of freeways with lots of people driving on them

the 1000 mile drive to visit family

termites, black widows, bees, rats, mice, gophers, and all other pests I'm going to assume don't live in Idaho.

So, there you have it, I'm not "bleh" anymore, yay me?

  

Uninspired. . .

I'm feeling "Bleh" lately, and my blog has suffered because of it! 

 I'm not creating, not even cooking much, so I don't feel like documenting.  I take pictures still, my kids have done great, cute things, I just feel "Bleh".

But this isn't for ME, it's for my family and friends, so here's some cuteness from my boys over the last two months:

Mason loves books!

 Dustin got older, this is his last year in his 30's!!

We picked blackberries, I guess Damen really liked the syrup I made from it.

We also made apple cider, it was GOOD!

Damen started first grade!

Dustin's brother and his three boys came to visit, this is Damen's "almost" twin cousin Ryan.

Here are all of the cousins together! 

I helped Damen clean out his room and found (scored) all of this candy!  He is strange, this never would have lasted in my room!

 Mason learned how to pull himself up and consequently, to walk.  He's quick and he's into EVERYTHING.  He thinks "No!" is an invitation to run away, throw something, or laugh at me.

A few nights ago at dinner Damen said, "MOM, I just took a drink of water, and my chicken was FLOATING!!  IN MY MOUTH!!"

He was so excited that he'd made his chicken float in his mouth, we laughed out loud!

Looking at these pictures and recalling the past few months is great therapy.  I love my boys so much!