The World is Spinning

Ok, so yet again I have gotten behind, WAY behind when I think of how much my world has changed recently.  I’m almost too scatter-brained to know where to start.  I will give some of the following happenings their own special blog, as they deserve it even if tardy, but I will just catch up briefly on whats been going on.  My little guy tuned 2 in early May, we had a fun day of finger painting and eating too much yummy chocolate cake. He was spoiled and opened presents all day long.   I made wind chimes out of silverware, which turned out really fun I think, those were mothers day gifts for my mom and mother in law.  We found out with two weeks notice that Ben got a promotion to a much larger store, and that we were moving to Fort Wayne, Indiana.  After I lived in South Bend, Indiana for a year, I swore I would never live in Indiana again, yet the Midwest has this sort of pull over me like I’m attached to it by a giant sling, the farther i try to run, the faster it whips me back.  So I packed up the house as Ben worked 80 plus hours that last week, had lots of friends to help, and finally packed up and moved East with the Mountains in my rear-view mirror.  So here I am, in my new home in Fort Wayne, exhausted after the whirlwind drive complete with two flat tires, 3am landing times each night, cranky sick kids, sliding fish tanks, too much road food and crazy country bathroom hunts.  My saints of in-laws took the boys off our hands once we arrived in the Midwest, so we had a few days of kid free house hunting and unloading.  Its been one hell of a ride, Fort Wayne seems a lot nicer than South Bend, and it feels like a little mix of all our previous Midwest homes. Very family friendly and lots of community activities.  I miss the mountains and the wildlife, but I wont be far from the West for traveling and most likely moving out there again sometime.  For now, its just about settling into a new home, finding new schools and routines, and seeing what new adventures are hiding around the corners.  Stay tuned for pics of our last mountain drives before we left, our little mans birthday, and this time I will try to stay on top of things, we shall see how it goes and how fast I can get settled.