One Week!

One week from today the Barnes close on their house. Wow! It has snuck up on me. I have mixed feelings about it. I mean on the one hand it will be nice for us to be just our family again. The noise level will be less and I think we will be able to relax a little more.

But, I really have enjoyed the companionship of Rachel. It is really nice to have another adult around to talk to during the day and to help out with chores. And when all the kids are in bed it is nice to just hang out and visit. Kind of a throw back to college days!

I think it will be interesting to see how our relationship will be. I wonder if we will see/hang out with each other more or less than before we lived with each other. There were some people saying not to live together because it could hurt our friendship but I don't see that being the case. At least I hope not! I have definitely gotten to know them better over the past month and a half. It has been really interesting and I feel like I have learned a lot from them as well as about myself.

Words

I really enjoy random words of affirmation and love. This morning Rachel sent me an e-card and it was very sweet.

I'm so grateful for this season in our lives. I'm not sure that many would see this time as an opportunity, but rather an inconvenience. I am learning to be a better wife, mother & friend. You are inspiring and my heart is changing because of you. Thank You for this opportunity and I pray we have many, many more <3

Warmed my heart and made my morning!

Happy 8th Anniversary!

Today is Hez and Rachel's 8th Anniversary. I tried to be extra nice to Rachel today. She got to sleep in, I made her breakfast, brought her lunch and then I went out so they had some alone time in the evening. This was my date night so I went to eat at Jimmy John's and to Goodwill. They had their favorite pizza from Old Chicago.

This morning I took the three boys to the dentist. They ended up doing really well and there were no cavities! Yay!

House Update

So Hez and Rachel got all the details worked out for their new house. The sellers are going to meet all their demands so that is awesome. Their appraisal came back really good too. So, they are good to go. I think their closing is going to be around May 26th but they may stay here some after that to do a little work to the house before they move in.

Sunday

Daryl headed out this morning to go to TechEd in Atlanta for a week. The rest of us went to church. I had to serve this morning in the 4 year old room. After church we went over to my mom's house for lunch. The Barnes went to Zappos again. I got some rest before LifeGroup. When we got back we ate leftover dinner together. We put the boys to bed and then Rachel and I went to see the movie Bridesmaids. It was really funny. Had some crude parts but I was laughing so hard during most of it. Had a good time.

Quiet Day

Daryl had to work this morning and so the Barnes and I went out to yard sales separately. We both found some good stuff (toys, baby backpack carrier, clothes, etc.). Then the Barnes went out Zappos for some shoes so we had a quiet afternoon with just my boys here. It is funny how having just 3 boys now seems like a break. :)

This evening we let Hez and Rachel go out to celebrate their anniversary that is actually next Tuesday but Daryl is going out of town so tonight worked best. They went to Chuy's and then PF Changs for some takeout dessert. They even brought us back one! Score! When they got back we all watched the movie Salt.

Girl's Night Out!

We had a fun Girl's Night Out tonight. We ate at PF Chang's and then went bowling. Half of the bowling was Cosmic so that was fun. It was fun to laugh at each other and just act goofy. The only problem I had is that it ended too early. I think we were home by 10. We then played a game of Hunter/Barnes Dicecapades. A funny part of the evening was Rachel testing out the reverse camera on the rental Yukon.