Facing the facts

I'm coming to grips with the fact that life isn't going to "settle down".  It's just going to get busier and change is just going to keep on coming.  So I am choosing to throw out some of the useless things I waste energy one, and add back in some of the more important things to me.  Tonight we sat as a family and read the Blog book my mom gave us for graduation.  It was so fun to see pictures of friends, the boys growing, my many hair colors, and to read about the every day life we had in Texas.  I love the little family history this blog has become.  So I'm getting back to recording.  My boys are at too precious of an age to forget a thing.  So here we go.

This past week was the first time in SEVERAL months that I actually felt like there was some routine.  It was WONDERFUL.  It was as if the boys are beginning to sense this is really our home.  We keep telling Hugh we get to live here "forever and ever".  Because lets be honest--it'll be at least three years and that IS forever to a three year old.  Geoff is loving work.  And I mean loving it.  In his own words, he said to me the other night, "Babe, I"m SO glad I chose this. I love it!"  It was  music to my ears.  It makes his sacrifices worth.  I am finding a rhythm with my calling, finally have a handle on the organization after all the unpacking, and am beginning the decorating process (YEA!).  No, I cannot find Walmart without getting lost going and coming...but hey, I can't rush too many things-right?

We weathered Irene just fine.  The rain was amazing.  We had a titch of flooding in the basement. I guess you can't even call it flooding.  Lets just call it leaking.  Lucky for me I had done all our emergency preparedness the week we moved into this house, so the only thing I was in need of was candles.  Oh, and today we decided to find a bunch of old second hand towels for emergencies too.  We didn't have enough old towels to use today!

The weather is wonderful.  The flora is magnificent.  Our ward is tiny, but great.  We miss our families.  We miss our friends.  But we are so thankful to be settling in and loving it here.  We continue to explore and had a hoot taking a Duck Tour around Boston. The boys LOVED it.  I loved it. Geoff loved it. I'm excited for October when all our visitors arrive and we get to go do it again! :)