In My Mind I'm Going to.....

Carolina! Raleigh, North Carolina that is! We moved on Monday-except fot the 1 1/2 hours of sleep and Abram puking in the car when we had been on the road 2 hours (of the 6 hour trip) it was thankfully uneventfull.  The kids did great in the car, and Kris had left hours before us (because he drives like an old lady and he had to go even slower b/c he was towing his truck behing the moving track), and we made it about 45 minutes behind him.  There is SO much to update on-and now we have internet-so HOPEfully I will be back to blogging more often.  Here is the jist:
Kris was laid off in April, had some work that he helped a friend do since, but nothing stable.  My mother-in-law was VERY generous to us, and let us live in her condo while she moved to Missouri to help out with my brother in law's chiropracting clinic (and be with family out there).  So many changes happened to our family-Kris had been traveling 5 1/2 days a week for almost 6 months before he got laid off. It wore on all of us, so it was a blessing that he was laid off in ways-such as renewing (right word?) relationships with the boys and myself. We lived in Sevierville and got to connect with old friends and had many service opportunities with church to do. By no means was it any sort of vacation, money was VERY TIGHT, and it was a great struggle for our family. But I can't begin to tell you how many blessings and miracles we saw in that time. A month ago, Kris's old boss said they had a project coming up and wondered if he was interested (um.....YES!!!!) So last week, they called and needed us here pretty quick.
We were able to have loads of fun this summer-especially reconnecting with old friends, and making new ones.  The boys are enormous, Reese will be 18 months next month and Abram will be 4! I will have to do a "Summer Summary" post.  As for right now, boxes still need unpacking, washer needs fixing, playgrounds need to be found, and I haven't lived this close to a Target in 4 years!  We are so grateful!!