Home

Almost 3 weeks ago today the boys and I threw our towel in and came home. I have been busy getting things going here. We took our home off the market, we got the boys into school, we got our home put back together, mowed a few times and tried to just enjoy being home. Yesterday we got the boys all set for winter and went to the pumpkin patch. A great family tradition we all really enjoy.
Fall is in the air. The trees are beautiful full of fall shades of red, orange, yellow and some are at there end stages of brown. We live in such a beautiful area were we get all 4 seasons. We take it for granted. Imagine no Autumn or Winter. I know it's a little tough cold and a lot of work. My kids are so excited for snow that when we have a heavy frost like this morning it's next to impossible to get them to eat breakfast and wait until 8:00 so my neighbors don't get mad at us. They are out the door with all there winter gear sled in one hand and snowboard in the other. Clayton pulls them they call it frost surfing! They love it and look so forward to it each morning. Then the sun comes up and the frost that the sleds were gliding over turns into wet grass and the fun is over till tomorrow.
Oh to be a kid again full of energy and life.

Things haven't changed much. Aaron is getting more comfortable with his school and the class room setting. The boys are struggling to adjust. It took me 45 min. to an hour to drop Cody off to kindergarten the other day. Clayton missed the bus 3 times this last week and every day was the same crying to stay with me or he would only go if I promise to take him out of school early. For now we are holding on to the first of Oct. when were flying home!!
I miss my family and my friends so much. Aaron even says sorry we don't have your family and no Vicky here. I can understand how it can be hard on you and it is. So I think that we are going to try to rent this school year. Vicky knows how wishy washy I can be. That's our play today anyway. Hopefully we will make it next summer or that's my hope.
On the flip side the Leisures are very nice they try to help us feel welcome and loved. They are great!! We are so thankful for the friendship and kindness that they have shown our family. On a SPECIAL note, it is my older sisters birthday.
JoAnn Happy Birthday! I Love You!!

Twin Falls

Well Aaron came home for the Holiday weekend!! It was such a nice reunion that the boys and I hurried and packed up. We canceled Aaron's return fright and hit the road. We are all in Twin Falls.
It is so nice to be here as a family but other then that I am kind of struggling. I took my kids to school yesterday 1 week after they had started and Clayton started his IRI testing that very moment. Then I got Cody to his class, he is in afternoon kindergarten. I felt lost I can't explain how much I miss my boys. On the way home from dropping Cody off Casen fell asleep so now I set here in a town that I can't find anything in, I have no family, no friends and nothing to do. So needless to say I really miss my garden and my lawn, my family and friends right now.
The Community is different. I truly see how sheltered I was there in Hayden and CdA. We were blessed to live there as long as we did.
This transition is harder then I thought. The people that we are staying with are so kind and giving. They try to make us feel at home and welcome. They are good people. They have a beautiful home, goats, horses, chickens, dogs and cats. The boys are in country heaven. The dog jumps in the irrigation canal for Aaron every night to sleep in the kennel and stink the place up. The boys have seen horse come and go the goats got our this morning it was entertaining. The chickens run from then after the boys its funny they are afraid of them.

Mom keeps reminding me to Bloom where your planted. So that's what I need to do. I just don't know how deep I want my roots planted yet.