Saturday, February 26, 2011

Making our HOME a house...


It's a lot of work to make our home back into just a house again. Besides the painting, carpet cleaning, wall cleaning, everyday cleaning, snow shoveling, snow days, studying for boards, working shifts, going to classes, puking children, laundry, field trips, homework, gymnastics, karate, church, and wed night activities, it's starting middle school, it's starting kindergarten twice, it's the home of the dangerous duo (yes, Quinn and Lex), it's the fact that our pictures are off the walls, closets are cleaned out, baby stuff given away, toddler stuff given away, moving on... It's saying good bye to our first home that we bought and remembering how excited we were to find it, it's remembering that Lexsie was due to be born any day as we unpacked and moved in, and seeing this big girl walking around the place wondering, 'where did the time go?' It's friends and neighbors slowly pulling away anticipating us leaving, it's the pre-preperations for moving on. Moving where? you might wonder - we still don't have a clue. But we know we must go. Already saying good bye to our home and still living in our house.

7 comments:

Weideman said...

we are going to the exact same thing over here! It's so sad to pull my favorite vinyl lettering off the walls and throw them away and live in a plain house! And my kids are more than tired of hearing "don't get that out! The house has to be perfectly clean!"

jarrleckie said...

Hi Trish! It's Allyson Leckie - so fun to see how your family has grown! Are you waiting to hear from military about where you are going or are you job searching?

trish said...

we are waiting (impatiently) for the military to tell us where we are spending the next few years. then on to the job market... finally! LOL

Heber and his "Deli" aka: Adele said...

Boo!!! I'm sorry but Heber and Adele and I have decided you have to stay.

nicole said...

Trish, must be kind of bittersweet. Best of luck. And hope you will still consider Corvallis(is your sister still here?) when your military time is up

Jen said...

hope it's nellis!!!! :)

Natalie said...

Wow!..... time flies for those not living it! Are you really done? Crazy.......
I'm jealous and so happy for you guys!