I’m always hopeful this will change and I’ll find something fantastically exciting and noteworthy to blog about.

Well, I guess this makes the cut on both of those levels.

The Friesens are doing something I never saw coming. We’re moving. Not just moving houses in the same community, or moving to a nearby community…like moving, moving. Nathan was sought out by a company in West Des Moines looking for a software developer. We decided there was absolutely no harm in interviewing with them and seeing where it would lead. It’s led us to this…selling a house, buying a house (which has proven to be way more exhausting than I ever thought possible…although we have a fabulous realtor helping us out!), choosing a new community, a new school, and an eventual new job for me.

Emotion check: scared, terrified, excited, nervous, apprehensive, anxious, excited (oh, wait…i said that already). But to sum it up: OVERWHELMED

Then “Why are you moving?” you may be asking.

My answer…because we’re jumping and trusting we’ll land.  Because we believe in seeing signs around us and following those signs (which I truly believe to be divine) to where we need to be.

But, for as much as we believe, we still have fear. Which seems absolutely ridiculous to me…but we do. It’s in our nature. Mine for sure.

I’m still clinging to hope that we’ll see this in our yard very soon (I’m told it helps if you list your house first though…baby steps)…and then we’ll be truly on our way.

I’ve lost count of the new number…I just know that I’ve missed working out less than 10 days so far this year. I’m thinking #307 (this year’s goal) is going to happen easily. I, fingers crossed, hopefully will not have the same anxiety about meeting it as I was at this time last year!

So…since April, huh?

What have we been doing since then?

Well the list goes something like this:

Disneyworld, Dance Recital, Finishing first grade, Finishing year one of preschool, Trips to the hospital with Evan, Mom turned 35, Evan turned 5, Trips to grandma’s, A Trip to the State Fair, Swimming lessons, The Color Run, The Dirty Girl mud run with my sister, several other 5k’s, One fabulous trip to Arkansas with friends, a grand total of 8 lost teeth, fishing, The first day of second grade, The second first day of preschool, Wartburg homecoming

and here we are in October…almost the end of October.

Just in time for Halloween – my absolute favorite holiday! Nathan and I didn’t get much into the spirit of dressing up this year – honestly, I think it just got away from us. The kids are having fun with their costumes though – and it’s making us all want a return trip to Florida!

I can’t promise that I’ll update any more frequently…although I know there are family members and friends who read this blog and tell me they enjoy seeing what we’ve been up to. I’m a whole lot better at posting pictures and updates on facebook!

Did you start one?? Did you commit to being active at least 30 minutes everyday for 100 consecutive days?

My streak right now sits at 92 days and I have every intention of finishing it. It feels good to have that first 100 days out of the way when I’m aiming for 307 this year! almost 1/3 of the way there!

Progress also feels good. When I broke my foot in September, I gave up eating right, I had to give up exercising like I was used to…and I gained some of those pounds back I lost last spring…well, no more. Today, I have officially lost 10 of those 12 pounds.

This does not mean I’m 2 pounds from my eventual goal…it just means I’m 10 pounds closer!

Now, I only wish the days I did 2 workouts counted for 2 days.

New posts will continue!

The hard drive…a power supply issue…so nothing was lost.

Thanks to Ryan and his dad for helping me diagnose, and to Kevin for lending us the part we needed to pull information from the hard drive without a case.

Stay tuned for more posts…and soon…we hope.

Ellie and Ev got scooters last Christmas. After riding them once in Grandma’s living room, they’ve been stashed in the basement just waiting for spring. Haven’t we all?? (well, maybe you haven’t been stashed in your basement…but I think we were all happy to see spring!)

The first go round was very successful! They were so much better at them than I expected them to be. Evan got his right away. Ellie’s took a little more balance. But, before long they were having races up and down the driveway.

Look at the concentration necessary…tongue out and everything!

Thanks for the Christmas gifts Grandma and Grandpa Friesen! They make us happy!