It's Been a Long Time...

Wow, I can hardly believe that an entire year has flown by. We have been so busy with "life" that I have barely had any time to spend online. Currently, we are in the process of yet another move - hopefully to be the last. Scott is already in place, having just finished his training this last week. Because of a variety of reasons, some of which I am sure to remark on at a later time, he decided to change companies. So, we are no longer employed with Home Depot. The company my husband chose employment with is Tractor Supply Company (TSC). I am, so far, quite pleased with the experience. He has been promoted to Store Manager, which is something that will allow him a lot more flexibility to spend time with the family and it also allows him more freedom to create the environment in which he works. He is very happy with this decision and aside from some of the health issues he is going through, he is very content.

We can hardly wait to join him. We are taking this month and going through boxes that we haven't gone through since we started this whole "round the country" move from Maine to Arizona to Wyoming. Now, thankfully, our last move takes us to Connecticut. This will put us halfway between both of our parents, mine in Virginia and his in Maine. The land is beautiful, and it is in a rural enough area that when we are ready to once again start our farm, we will be in a good location. Our move is scheduled for the end of this month and the children and I are excited! We understand that there is a fairly large homeschool group in the southeastern part of CT, which is where we will be - Griswold. Plus, we will be close enough to see the ocean again, which is something I have missed terribly. God has blessed us incredibly with the beauty of His creation we have been able to see on this side of the country. I can find no suitable words to describe the majesty of the mountains here. However, the Northeast is "home" for us and I long to see the pine forests and the rocky coasts once again.

Scott was able to be home for Christmas which was a blessing. It was a nice time to spend together. We recently got a digital camera that can be put on a timer, so we finally were able to take a picture of the whole family at one time! All of the children had been passing a cold/virus around and in this picture Mae-Marie was right in the middle of it. But she was quite a trooper and tried to manage a smile!