How we've been!

Whew....to say it's been a bit busy lately would be an understatement. We have litterally been running every which way for months now! Let me see if I can put it all together and catch everyone up
Ok, so the move began on August 9th....I know this exact date because it was our wedding anniversary, and we got the keys to our new house that same sunday! I was uber excited that the two dates were the same it just helps make the celebration of both simpler and convienent. I am truly thankful we made it through the move. There was a few times when dh and I were at each other's throats I got kinda worried we weren't gonna make it out alive! However I am happy to report we are back to good....better than good were, believe it or not, even happier than we were before the move! Nothing like a small family disastrous event that ends in a happy ending to put everything back into perspective!

So once the move was behind us and the worst thing looming was the unpacking....which by the way I have still not technically finished....Life began to take a new and exciting twist! It seemed before we moved that we didn't have much of a social life. Well we did we just didn't commit to it! When we moved into the new house I told the dh I wanted to turn over a couple of new leaves....I really don't understand what that means, but I said it anyway. I told him I wanted to keep the house cleaner, I told him I wanted to become more spiritual, I wanted to have more game nights with dd, I wanted to be more socially active, I wanted to keep in better contact with our friends, I wanted to go out more, basically I wanted to improve our quality of life and try to enjoy it more, put into action the "work hard play hard" moto.

Even now sitting here, I'm unsure of what action we might have taken to put any of this into effect, perhaps just saying it's what we wanted was enough just that little bit put into the universe was all we needed to make the "new leaves" turn over. Perhaps it is this house which I have always claimed has such a comfortable inviting, warm homey feel to it, either way things began to happen. We had more visitors the first week we were moving in than we did the entire time we lived at the other house. We have some guests we expected some we were just to eager to wait to show and some that were a surprise even to us. It's not just that they visited it was the time spent and the feeling while they were here. We have also meet some really wonderful new friends as of late....some we made just before we moved some we have made since we moved. Some we met before, but have become closer with since! We have reinforced strong relationships to make them stronger as well.

I have put forth massive effort and our house, although not always "spotless" per say is consistently visitor ready. I am never more than a quick 5 min pickup away from having things in a non embarassing order. That has been wonderful for everyone's mood and continuing enthusiasm and excitement about the house! I have also noticed an obvious effort on the part of my family to assist me in the day to day maintenance of the house...I can't begin to tell you how wonderful that has been for me.

We have made wonderful strides in our spirituality learning and working more and better towards making it a part of everyday life. We have purchased new games and spend most sunday's watching movies with dd and playing games. dh and dd have started a new tradition of going to breakfast just the two of them on Sat morning. DD's grades seem to be pretty well so far...she is a kid and has already tried to pull a few things, but she is a kid and this is to be expected. We have had something going on almost every Sat, but we seem to always make it back to normal by Sat night...though sometimes late at night....and Sun's have become an almost family day!

We talk and see our friends more and we I feel are truly forging those strong bonds we will carry for the rest of our lives.

To say the last few months have been positive, uplifting, prospurous, sucessful, and joyful for our whole family is a gross understatement. It has truly been a shower of blessings and Wonderous happiness!

We are still in our busy season what with v-ball, Girl Scouts,dh's out of town work, school, and everyday adventures. However it has been a blessing all of it! I can't wait to see what's in store for us next!

Be well everyone!