Breath

Wow! A lot has happened/is happening since the last time I blogged. We are staying super busy, and I have been slacking with my camera. I actually haven't taken ANY pictures... So I am very sorry, but I promise I will get better. Starting TODAY!!! Here are some of the things we have been busy with: 1. Swimming Lessons! Brilee started swim lessons two weeks ago. We go every Tuesday and Thursday. Brilee loves it (who would have guessed...) She is doing so well, and is finally swimming. She can swim about 15 feet take a breath and swim some more (she made it clear across the pool yesterday...with help), push off the wall, float on her back, turn from her belly to her back, and push off the bottom of the pool. Her teacher suggested yesterday I put her in the 3-4 year old group for the next section. I am all about it, because I won't have to swim with her! 2. Horse Training. Jake started training two horses two weeks ago. One is Jeremy Harris' and the other is Bruce Horrocks'. He has made it this long and can still walk and has no broken bones so I think he will make it! The first week is the LONGEST, and he puts in a lot of hours. The horses are finally starting to come around and so it will get easier now. 3. Moving.!.! The much anticipated moving day finally came and went... Jake and I started getting ready to move and saying, "Any day now" the last week of March. We were starting to get nervous when it took so long. Friday afternoon I got a phone call from the loan agent at Mtn. America saying that Dustin was signing immediately, and that we needed to sign right after him. He said, "It has to be today, because I just heard about the government shut down and this could really mess things up." UGH hello... were you living under a rock? I then had to explain the whole shut down to him, and he really knew nothing about it. I called Jake and we headed to Roosevelt. We got to Basin Land and Title and signed our house away. Those closing costs... WOW! We are up to 10,000 dollars this year in closing costs. Geez. After closing we headed to pack. We walked into the mad house of my Mom (who had a colonoscopy done that morning) and Stacia tearing apart the kitchen. We got a lot done, and then called it a night. Poor Brilee struggled with the packing. She didn't like her house been packed into boxes. She cried when we boxed her toys and books up, bawled when we took her bed down, and hated seeing her shoes being taken out of her dresser. She is such a good girl though. Even with all the stress in her little life she just keeps going. She keeps us all laughing and smiling. Saturday we just had a fun day. Stacia, Michael, Jenny, Julie, and I all ran in the Roosevelt 5K. It was fun! Then we spent the afternoon waiting for our Bountiful Basket, and the evening hanging out with Stacia and Michael. Sunday we jumped back into packing full swing! I am SOOOOOOOOO grateful for Julie, Jenny, Elly, Jens, and Kevin. They helped us more than I can even describe. Not only did they help move everything, they helped make it fun. Monday Jake and I had to be to work for the all employee's meeting about the shut down, but as soon the meeting was over we left to finish packing. My Mom and Brilee met us there, and we all worked like crazy. We were officially moved out Monday night at 11:00 p.m. We love you so much Mom, thank you for all your help. Jake and I both felt sad leaving the house, but it was fun to see how excited the new owners are for it. The camper is small and cozy, but will make a nice little home for the time being. Our first night in the camper was fine. It was so late, and we were all exhausted. The furnace ran all night, and we all slept good. Tuesday night when Jake and I were putting Bri to bed she had a melt down. She was bawling and saying, "I want go home. I want bed at home. I not sleep in camper. NOOOOOOO home." Jake got her calm downed (I was a mess... I felt so bad.), and she did better last night. She still asked to go home, but there were no tears. She will figure this out, and August 1st (our next moving day) will be here before we know it!!!!!!