The Move is on...

Well, another event filled weekend. This one was filled with shopping. We were in Fargo and enjoyed a relaxing (as much as it can be with 2 small kids who are sick of shopping ;-) time. It's a new thing to go to the states and shop for Christmas where the prices are cheaper which they mostly always have been, but even cheaper cause our dollar is worth more. It's great!

I read a little clip about a blog which was all about to-do lists. People sent in their to-do lists to this lady and she said it was funny how personal they were. Everything from buying milk to finding a soul mate. This is an interesting thing to reflect on. Today I made a to-do list for myself and it looked like this...

-buy a stove
-book a moving truck
-fax paper to lawyer
-pick up kids from school

not so personal, but only the stove got bought and the kids got picked up. Other days, more personal things get on there, but I definitely make lots of lists, and sometimes feel I should make more. It helps keep my life feel in order. Even if not everything on the list gets crossed off.

What a Weekend!

Well this sure was one eventful weekend! It actually all started on Thursday night. One of our neighbors came by to give us the bad news that a friend of Jadon's had passed away on October 30. Andrew was 13. Jadon played hockey with him and they also live just down the street from us. Andrew had been battling a cancer -like disease for the last 4 years. Just recently Jason had talked to his mom who had told him that Andrew was finally completely healed! But about a month ago he had had swelling in his brain and they induced a coma. Although I am not completely sure as to the circumstance, his battle of disease ended on the 30th. Jadon and I are going to the funeral today. It will be very difficult as this is a hard thing to mourn the loss of a life so short lived.

For those of you who did not yet know, we sold our house in the beginning of October with a possession date of December 1. We were confident that we would find something quickly despite the current state of the market. We did find houses that matched what we were looking for but we were constantly outbid. We were feeling the pressure of the looming Dec 1 deadline, so we decided to consider some of the surrounding towns. Fri, we went to look at 2 houses. The one was everything that we have been looking for! We immediately wrote up an offer and they accepted it that night! So we have a house and we are moving in on November 25! So now it's pack, pack, pack! (I will try to post some pics). Thank you to all who were praying for us!

My dear little boy Jadon is having his birthday today. He is officially a teen ager! He is now 13! We threw a party for him yesterday and in the midst of getting everything ready, I discovered that Kyla's very much loved hamster had died! Our guests were due to arrive in 1 hour! I knew that she would be completely hart broken. Jason and I called here to her room where we broke the news. She burst into tears and I shed a few tears also, just seeing here hurting. We found a small box for poor little Hammy, she wrote a note saying how much she loved him and we put it inside with him. Then we had a little funeral where Hammy was buried in Kyla's garden.

The party was a hit! There were lots of kids, cake and fun. Jadon said it was the best birthday ever! (it may have had something to do with the cell phone we got him ;-) And now it's back to packing.....