I'll be home soon!

We are finally nearing the end of our 3 week trip away from home. Let me just give a rund0wn of what's been going on with us.
1. Sunday, June 8th:Drove to Birmingham, AL with three kids and our dog. Jeremy was in Chicago for a meeting. The drive took me 15 hours and permanently robbed me of some of my sanity!
2. Monday, June 9th: rested, visited with in-laws, and had a wonderful dinner with one of my best friends, Jennifer. It was just two of us at a fabulous mexican place - Heaven!!
3. Tuesday, June 10th: more visiting with family and Jeremy arrived at 10:30 pm
4. Wednesday, June 11th: leave kids with family and leave for Memphis at 8:30 am. Shop for houses Wed. afternoon and Thursday. Travel back to B'ham on Friday. 5. Saturday, June 14th: Go to Seagrove Beach, FL with my whole family. Spend a great week at beach house right on the beach for a whole week!! Actually didn't feel completely stressed out for a few days. 6.Came back to my mom's house and then went to Memphis again Monday and Tuesday of this week. Did some more house shopping... Jeremy left Tuesday afternoon for 3 days in Atlanta, GA and we will pick him up there on Friday afternoon. Then we will drive to Wytheville, VA to spend the night. We will arrive in Mount Joy on Saturday around 3pm. I may be legally insane by the time we reach our driveway. Wouldn't you be??? We haven't sold our house yet and the stress of it is really hard. Jeremy has to turn right back around this Sunday and drive his car back to Memphis to start work on Monday. I feel really sorry for him and know that he will be exhausted by the time he gets there!! We won't see him again until we sell our house and he comes up a few days before the move. Pray that this will all happen quickly and we can be reunited again and get back to a normal life! I know that God will sustain us but I am still dreading all of this....

Update

I keep catching myself thinking that this will be the "last time we will do _______". We are really going to miss PA and all of our friends and church family. Jeremy is leaving on Saturday and will only be back for a few days until we move. Still have no idea when that will be, though. Hope to move by end of July, otherwise I will be getting awfully lonely without my hubby. We will be together traveling most of June but July is gonna feel really long, I'm sure.

We have packed most of the basement, garage, and storage shed. We have thinned out our closet, packed up excessive amounts of kid craft supplies, and are going to finish a few other things by Friday. I also have to pack for a 2-3 week trip - that should take awhile!! Pray for me on Sunday - I will be driving (by myself) the 3 kids and our dog to Birmingham. It usually takes 14 hours. That's right, 14 HOURS. I have done it by myself 2 other times and it went OK. I go a little crazy during the last 3 hours, but I set 30 min. goals for myself. "Only 30 min. to Chattanooga, 30 min. to the Alabama line, 30 minutes to Fort Payne, etc..." I am trying to pump myself up for the trip, but so far I am not feeling too enthusiastic!

At least the drive is taking me to her - my sweet mom!

On the road again...

We are moving to Memphis, Tennessee this summer. Jeremy lost his job in April and the new one will have us moving far from our friends in PA, but much closer to family and friends in Birmingham. We are really sad to leave our cute house, fabulous neighbors and our best friends, the Troutmans. They have become family to us and we look forward to seeing them for family vacations and visits. We are thrilled, however, to be able to see our family whenever we want (Memphis is 3.5 hrs from B'ham). I will keep you up-to-date on the goings on with the move.

Camping at Pinchot SP

We went camping a few weeks ago with our best friends the Troutmans. We had a ball and I just wanted to show a few of the pics that we took. Brantley and Wills had fun playing UNO on this rock by the water. We also fished alot from this rock. You can see Jeremy fishing from it in my last post.
Brooke and Lily's favorite thing to do was pick up rocks and throw them in the lake. They did this alot!
Abby was a real trooper! She was 36 weeks pregnant at the time. (She is still pregnant and hoping to not be REALLY soon!!) Lily wouldn't pose for the picture, but at least Abby looks cute.
This is one of our campsites. You can see how we were right on the lake. It was so pretty!
Brantley loves to pose for pictures, unlike Wolfe who there are no pictures of this trip! They all had a fun time playing around the lake, playing frisbee golf, riding their scooters (except for the 2 serious crashes -still have scabs from those!), eating smores, sleeping in a tent, and testing out kayaks in the lake. The adults enjoyed themselves too, especially sitting around the fire after the kids were in bed! We look forward to many more camping adventures this summer and fall.

Still a little lost in the fog, but the sun is peeking through!!

We miss you Daddy!! We can't wait to see you on Thursday night! It will have been 9 days!! The kids have never been away from you for that long. Every time Brooke gets hurt, she cries for you. So sweet!

I think I just need one day of beautiful weather and I will make it through! I am feeling more upbeat and am trying to leave all my worries at Christ's feet. It is so hard to do that! I really appreciate all the kind words and cards. I am starting to feel guilty about all of the attention I am getting and the concern others are having for our family. I will try to remain humble and graciously accept all of the kindnesses being done and said. Thanks again for the love being shown.