Ahh, Mountains again

We are HERE! Here, being, temporary housing in a cute little town that I will soon call home with new friends that I will soon find. We miss our St. Louis friends/family (Ella talks about Abby at least once a day). Grant loves his new school and informed me (on the first day) that he was the smartest one in his class and all the girls chase him at recess. I think he is adjusting quite well. Ella is struggling a bit - she seems to be out of her element and a little crazy. Dallin seems unaffected, although he does wander aimlessly looking for toys to play with. Paul is 'ramping up' with his new position. And I have become obsessed with trying to find our 'perfect little house ... in a good school district ... within a predetermined price range'. We went to dinner with Paul's boss last night (thanks to Bridget for watching our little monkeys late into the night). As we talked about Logan and Pauls new job, it sank in that we are here to stay and not just vacationing (which it seems while living in temporary housing). Life has calmed down a bit, but feels just as busy/stressful. I'm begining to wonder if that magical dream of just living and enjoying life is really ever going to happen. I keep saying ... "once we are in Logan" ... "once we sell our house" ... "once we find a house and close on it" ... "once we are moved in"... I'm pretty sure more ... "once we" s will sneak in. On that note, I will just pretend that we are not in chaos. Rather, I will make memories and really enjoy the "once we" s. Who knows, maybe even take pictures and post them for all you to see!!!

CHANGE

So, my goal is to update at least once a month. It just so happened that right when my month was up, we received some interesting news. (I'm sure most of my family and St. Louis friends already know.) I am officially announcing that ... we are MOVING. Where? Logan, UT When? Me and kids - Nov. 5th, Paul - Nov. 7th Why? New job with better pay and NO TRAVEL and closer to family.

With the incredible help of friends we have managed to put our house on the market (here's the link:

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I spend each morning getting ready and making sure our house is in perfect selling condition. Then I spend the rest of the day finishing my never-ending list of things to do for this transition. I feel like I am on a crazy roller coaster right now - stress mixed with excitement, sadness, anxiety, frustration, hope, impatience, and relishing our final moments with friends in St. Louis. We barely managed to pull off carving pumpkins and Halloween. I keep thinking that once we are in Logan, I will only be focused on settling in and that seems a little less stressful (mostly because I won't be spending the good part of my day making sure my house is in 'perfect selling condition' - I was going to write "the good part of my morning" but decided on "the good part of my day" because it is something I get to do every moment of every day while we are here). Hallelujah for Paul's new job that is putting our whole family up in furnished housing for a few months. Now it is the day after Halloween and by the looks of it - I have a lot to do to get my house back into 'perfect selling condition' in addition to my 'never-ending list of things to do'.