One very busy summer!!

Wow!! I can not believe it is the end of August already!! So much has gone on with our family since my last post! Ryan recieved two job offers in March. One was in Charlotte NC and the other in St. Joseph MI. We decided to take the job offer at Whirlpool Corp. in St. Joseph Michigan and put our house on the market right away in the beginning of March. Ryan commuted on the weekends and I stayed in Vandalia with the kids to finish the school year at my job. Our house sold the last week of April and we put a bid on a house in St. Joseph and it was accepted. We moved our family up north on Memorial Day and were moved in to the new house completely by June 2nd.

As if that is not a lot in itself, we have been traveling and having visitors all summer long. It has been so much fun showing our family our new city and new house. It is absolutely beautiful here in St. Joseph. The beaches are amazing the downtown area is very inviting and there is so much to do for children here all of the time. We live approximately twelve minutes from the beach and an amtrak train that takes you to Michigan Ave. in Chicago in an hour and a half. I love watching all of the boats drive by when sitting down by the pier.

The first week of August we took our annual Seagrove Beach, Florida trip with my mom and dad. It was very nice as usual and the kids enjoyed the ocean more than the pool this year. The highlight of their trip was getting to go to Build a Bear. It was so fun to get to watch them and how in to building their bears that they got.

This move has been a major change and adjustment for our whole family, but I think that we are handling it well and just taking in our new surroundings the best that we can. Ryan really enjoys his new job and I am now blessed enough to be home with my children full time. The kids and I have become very involved with the YMCA here and absolutely love it and go daily. Coby starts soccer and pre school all in the month of September and Brady will start a tumbling tots class also. I am very happy with the pre school that I have chosen for Coby which is at a Luthern Church here in St. Joseph and I have no doubt that he is going to love it.

I included many pictures from our lives here in St. Joseph so far. Hope everyone had as great as a summer as we did!