Goodbye Murray

Brevity is not in my vocabulary. I tried to keep this short and not too detailed info about my personal life but I hate repeating myself the story of our summer over and over again so here goes.....

Our life is a whirlwind. I tell myself I am pretty adaptable to change but lately I wonder. I just go along with what Tyler has in mind. So far, it's turned out okay. The first time he had a crazy idea we ended up in Paris for a year. Then we moved from Provo to Arvada to Murray all within 4 months. He received an offer to teach at SLCC, Salt Lake Community College, and while we we were on vacation in Utah we looked for a place to live and the next weekend we moved back out here. We lived in Murray for 20 months. It was a wonderful experience. I met some of my closest friends here. The kids grew up a lot here and I'll miss it. And now, the time has come, to be uprooted again.

We've left our apartment contract early to come back to Arvada for a short summer of work. And then back down to Provo again for schooling. Just in case you care here is our time line:

This week: Packed up moving van, cleaned apartment, unloaded belongings in Uncle's basement to store for the summer, stayed with great Aunt in Provo, attended Samuel's pre-school end of year party and drove for 9+hours to Colorado (luckily, I had help this time).

Tomorrow: Tyler's sister graduates from High School.

Sunday: My nephew, Warren, is blessed.

Next week: Re-open shop, adjust to living at the in-law's (not that they are hard to live with at all, it's just not our space....you know what I mean?). Remind children, particularly Jocelyn, that we are not going back to "our home" and that we are not in Colorado on vacation but to live.

Around July 1st: My sister Rose gets married, so we'll pack up and head back out to Utah. I'll stay w/my folks, Tyler will do some work for my dad for about 2 weeks before he heads off to Alaska with his father and grandfather to fish for salmon and halibut. I'll stay w/my folks still and periodically find reasons (like visiting friends and using zoo pass) to drive up to SLC.

Early August: Go to Lake Powell with Tyler's family for a week. Wahoo!

August 19th: Tyler starts Law School.

Sometime in July/August, we'll fix up my grandma's basement so it's livable with two children and my sanity level.

Hopefully our contract, which ends at the end of August will be over so that we don't have to break our lease (which is super expensive).

So that is our whirlwind of a summer. You may ask, "Why are they moving so much especially when their contract is not yet up? " Yes, I ask myself this sometimes too. But we felt we should come to Colorado. Tyler can work for his dad (a realtor) and his grandfather (also a realtor) doing odd jobs like digging ditches for water lines, pouring cement, staining decks, mowing lawns on his dad's properties, etc.....physical labor kind of stuff that will allow his farmer's tan to improve and he'll make more than working at Best Buy or somewhere like that, if he could even find someone who would hire him at high enough pay and only for 2 1/2 months plus 3 weeks vacation!

So we're in Colorado. I grew up here. It feels like home still. I love my in-laws and so do my kids. I have two young sister-in-laws and great parents who help out immensely with the kids so it'll be good. Plus my sister lives 2o minutes in downtown Denver so we'll see each other often. I only hope to set up my etsy shop comfortably enough to keep it up and find the balance with that in my life w/children, husband and self :)

It'll be interesting. It'll be fast. It'll be an adjustment. I hope I can handle the stress of all the moves. And I hope the kids can too :) As they get older I notice change is harder, in moving type situations. They can't see the whole picture and timetable and they act out more.

But we'll live and move onto meeting more special friends (though, how can I beat awesome neighbors who'll watch my kids while I take Samuel to pre-school, or bring me goodies in time of need, or stay up at ladies nights till 1am?...I am sure I can find someone....I just don't know if I want to....sad)

Au revoir, Murray! Bonjour....uh, Provo?