Moving

This last weekend went pretty well. Jan (my sister) helped me all day on Thursday and we got a ton packed up. Janet had a great time stuffing Audrik in all sorts of places: the closet, boxes, and anywhere he would fit. It made Thursday a lot more entertaining. Then on Friday we moved everything and got our old apartment cleaned - very impressive in my opinion. We would never have been able to do it without everyone pitching in and helping. My family is the best! I have never been good at asking for help and even when people offer I am bad at taking it, so. . . thank you for just stepping in and being there!

On Saturday we went bowling. It was Draven's first time and of course I couldn't find my camera but Barb took some pictures with her Blackberry so they are a little fuzzy, sorry. I was just happy to have some.

Big News!

I know in previous posts I have discussed the fact that although I am a true planner and really like to be organized - my life just doesn't work that way. Nothing is simple and no matter how well I plan nothing goes the way I envision it to. We are moving in a week (yep, number 7 since we were married almost 7 years ago). This isn't the big news but I should have known something else was coming since we never move without something else happening at the same time. Twice it has been an addition to the family, once I had work meetings (and Kurt packed and moved us), and on and on the list goes.
To the point of this post. . . a few weeks ago I received a very surprising phone call. It was my previous boss from RRD in Thurmont, Maryland. After the pleasantries he came right out and asked if they hired me back on under Thurmont if I would be willing to come back to work. Without a second of hesitation I said NO! Then I had to be the logical soul I am and say but maybe I would be willing to work one to two days a week depending on the offer. Since, he is only working as a contractor for RRD on Fridays he said he would pass the word on. I received an email a week ago offering me a position at 20 hours a week and with a slight increase in pay. So, I made an extremely ridiculous counter offer (in my opinion) thinking they would never go for it. Well, who would have guessed but they called and agreed to all of my conditions and now I am going back to work. Aaaahhhhh. I really don't know what else to say. I have no desire to go back to work but I logically can not say no (they made it nearly impossible). Plus, to be perfectly honest I see the Lord's hand in this and what a huge blessing it will be for my family. We can save for Kurt's doctorate school and it will help in the long run. We are so truly blessed.
Sorry for the rambling . . . you can tell I am still a little shocked :).

Geocaching

Last night we went geocaching for FHE. It was so much fun! Jim and Britanie planned the night and they did an awesome job. We split into three groups and we each had four caches to find. After the caches were found we went back to their house and ate pizza, veggies and angel food cake for Maddie's birthday. I hadn't ever been geocaching before and had a blast!

Bill, Dusty and Caleb after finding one of the caches.
The Gang
What a hottie!
Kenzie and Maddie - Maddie turned 4 years old.

Audrik's Blessing Day

We are so blessed! We have such an amazing support group. Thank you so much to everyone who was able to make it. We missed those of you who were to far away or had to work. It was a wonderful day.