Change is good, but still hard.

I wasn't quite prepared for what life would be like while Matthew is studying for the bar exam. It's a little bit of a let down, having your husband graduate from three hard years of school only to celebrate for about 90 seconds before he is gone again and even more stressed out. Which causes more stress for me as well. I know he has a lot on his shoulders right now. He has been so worried about this exam as well as finding a job and moving into our own place. I almost in some ways miss the simpleness of living in Florida and going to school. Even with all of the stresses lately, I am still so happy to be around family and lifelong friends. It is the best thing ever to see your kids playing with their cousins and loving every second of it.

We are trying to make the best of this summer situation of Matt busier than ever, by keeping ourselves busy. So, the other day I told the boys we were going to the Logan Zoo. This is my conversation with Daniel.

Me: get your shoes on we are going to the Zoo.

Daniel: Oh, YAY we feed Giraffes?

Me: No, there will be no Giraffes.

Daniel: Oh, see the elephants?

Me: No, there will be no Elephants.

Daniel: oh (looking puzzled)

Me: We might see a duck.....if we are lucky.

Yes, the Zoo was very different from the Zoo we are accustomed to in Jacksonville, we did see some neat things but the boys were not too impressed. I think in some ways the change of moving from Florida is a little hard on the boys too. I still have to explain at least once a week why we can't go to the beach.

Things may be a little difficult right now but all I have to do is look at my two BEAUTIFUL boys and I can't help but feel abundantly blessed. It's hard to complain when you see their little smiles.

Beautiful as ever.

Living in Logan in the middle of winter can be hard, especially when you have two little energetic boys. Somehow we survived and it was days like this one that made the winter bearable. A visit to my favorite school ever. Nothing much to do there except roam the campus, visit the bookstore, play in the snow forts on the quad, get your picture on the "A," and of course eat lunch at the good ol' HUB. It was cold and foggy and I didn't see a whole lot of students as crazy as we were enjoying a campus jaunt. We had fun and it was in some ways a little sentimental remembering myself as a student, walking the same sidewalks on my way to class, and wondering what my future had in store for me. Then looking behind me to see my two adorable little munchkins and realizing things really did work out a lot better than I ever could have imagined.

As great as this day was. The warmer weather has been a lot greater:)