Family

I don't know where I would be right now if it wasn't for our wonderful family. We truly have the best family ever. As you all know, we are gearing up for our big move, and have been so busy and preoccupied...and so this blog has suffered because of it. I recently had an Aunt ask me where I find the time to blog-and I told her "I don't! At least not right now!" And it's very true...I don't have the time. But I did want to take a minute to just update everyone quickly on our crazy life right now. We officially will be on the road in a week. First thing next Tuesday morning we will begin our drive across the country. And because we have the best family in the world, we won't be tackling this adventure alone. Everyone has been so wonderful and generous with their help and support, and doing everything they can to help make this juncture in our life a little bit easier to handle. Whether it be making the trip with us, helping us pack, watching the boys, or making food for our going away parties-each and every one of them has blessed us with their time and talents to help us out. We love you all and seriously cannot express to you how grateful we are for all you have/will do for us!!
I also have some of the best friends in the world-and I cannot tell you how sad I am to have to leave them so soon. I know it will probably be years before we will be able to see one another again. But as soon as we are all done with residency/fellowship we are going to have girls weekends :) And I'm holding you all to that! haha :)
Last week I wanted to make sure to get a few family pictures taken (especially now that I have dark hair again) before we left, and asked Laura if she could take them for us. She is so very talented and I love all the pictures she takes. And as crazy as our lives are right now, she took the time out of her very busy schedule to do this for us. I was supposed to return the favor, but Aiden gave James a black eye (an accident, they ran into each other, and Aiden just got away with a small cut in his lip while James' eye swelled immediately and now looks just awful!). Hopefully it will go down enough so we can take that picture before we all leave! But here are a few of our favorites. Thank you Laura!!

And might I mention that those boys were just not cooperative at all...and both of these pictures were taken within the first few of over a hundred I think! She was so patient...thanks Laura!