seriously...

Seriously... my parents are the best. They will do anything for their grandkids, including...

Jumping on the trampoline

And playing Crack the Egg

I absolutely love it!

Change

We've spent the last six weeks at my parents. What a blessing. What a blessing to have a place to stay while we were homeless, but also a blessing to watch my kids and my parents interact. Halle, Zach, and Grandma weeded, finding bugs to examine and plants to discard. Grandma also made cookies with the kids, laughing when Halle's fingerprints ended up in all of them. Grandpa would tickle, chase, throw, bounce, juggle the kids after which I would always hear, "More, Grandpa!" Grandpa would always surrender before the kids had had enough of the playing. What a blessing.

Just last week we moved into our new home.

You know how some people are good with change. Well… that’s not me. I struggle with change. I have since I was young. During Junior High I hated starting the soccer season because I’d have to get to know the people on my team. I hated not already being in-the-know about how to do things, who I was going to hang out with, and how I’d fit into the team dynamic.

Well, it is the figurative beginning of the soccer season for me. Change is at my doorstep and I. Am. Scared.

There have been some hard changes (missing friends, neighborhood, ward), but there have been some positive ones too:

• Halle has moved into a big girl bed and it's been the easiest transition. Zach had some issues, staying in bed (see here for a reminder), but Halle's been easy peasy. Wait... she just woke up early from her nap. I knew I was cursing myself with that "easy peasy" comment...



• We finally got a trampoline. The kids want to use it all the time. They always ask to jump right after they wake up - 7AMish. Unfortunately, I have to refuse at the early hour since I am not yet comfortable with the neighbors seeing me in my pink bulldog pajamas.



• We got Lagoon season passes. We went for the first time last week with friends and the kids loved it. I laughed and laughed while I watched Halle drive the bumper cars. She didn't quite understand the whole steering concept. She ended up driving in circles in one corner of the arena, but she was proud as a peacock because she was doing it herself.



• My kitchen is big enough to house all my kitchen stuff. I have drawers filled with random stuff. Brandon asked why I had a drawer with six straws in it. I exclaimed, "Because I can!" I never knew having a "straw drawer" would be so liberating.

Hopefully, more good changes will be coming soon!