New beginnings around the corner...

Last week our home sold.. we found out a week earlier that we'll be moving to Portland A LOT sooner than planned so the fact that our home sold is a blessing.. I know that. But I cried myself to sleep feeling the finality of it all. Being in Southern Utah this whole past week for Thanksgiving it made me realize although we're moving away apart of my heart will always stay here is Spanish Fork, where we started to raise our children just as apart of it has always been in Southern Utah. Change is good. Change is good. Change is good.

At least that's what I keep telling myself:)

WE LOVE THE JORDAN'S

We are so very blessed to have our children's birth families become our family!

Missing their daddy

I knew Seth's being away for his new job would be hard on Mason, he's always been so sensitive but to my surprise it's almost been harder on Aiden. Aiden is usually too ornery to be vulnerable.  But he has really struggled with Seth being gone. I printed off some Thanksgiving pictures to color him and send him in the mail since this would be our first holiday apart ever as a family. As we were coloring Aiden completely broke down crying and said "I just want my daddy to come home!" Ugh! Break my heart!

Goodbyes are TOUGH

A few weeks ago Seth started his new job in Portland and we still needed to get the house sold and in order so me and the kids had to stay behind for a few weeks! 

Mason's heart broke saying goodbye at the airport, Shay didn't know what was going on and the second we got back in the car Aiden said we needed a new dad because our other one got on a place! haha.

This is definitely not ideal. But we're praying all will be worth it in the end!

It'll grow back... I hope :)

... and so it happened. Those pictures you see other people post and that moment you realize you didn't hide your scissor's well enough and now you have a picture of your own to post:( 

Seth found Aiden playing "Doctor" (as Aiden put it) with Shay as he snipped away at her hair. All I heard was "Mom going to kill you!" Then Aiden comes into my room and says "mom, uhhhh I cut shay's hair so it looks different" .... my heart sank. I walked out to the kitchen to see Shay standing in the kitchen with her eyes wide... I could tell she was searching for safety knowing something happened. As I saw the locks all over her pj's I smiled as big as I could and told her how beautiful she was. As hugged her and more hair fell... She looked at me and smiled and said "yeah, mom I beautiful girl!" :) As far as Aiden goes I sat him in his room for a good 40 mins so I didn't kill him and I went in my room and cried behind closed doors! 

A Peek into our late Summer and Fall

These aren't always the best pictures having been taken by my phone but this is our everyday real life:)