New Amendments

You know, every time we move I made amendments about what I need to do differently as a mother, wife and as myself. This move is no different. There are things that I want to change not only to help make things easier on myself, but also for the better of my family. Upon moving back here to Tacoma, I wanted the kids in their own bedrooms, their toys split up into their own rooms, to go back to Church and to keep my house up better (not that I don't anyways, but it can always be better). Well I accomplished a few of these with this move, but with us moving again I find myself thinking about what we need to do differently at our new place. Each move is like a new beginning and for this new beginning I am finding myself focusing more on being a better wife to my husband and better to myself. As I have been working on getting the house ready for the movers to come pack up our things, one thing that I have noticed, is that I suck at dusting! Lol. Thinking back to the six months that I have been living here I honestly can't remember dusting... YIKES! So, one of my many amendments for the new place is a better cleaning schedule, to include the tedious job of dusting... Some other points that are in progress of amending with our new beginning is below:

~ An important part of maintaining a healthy relationship with your spouse is to continue to date them, something Mat and I have not been doing. So, the first and most important amendment is for us to get back to the root of things, to start dating each other once again! :)

~ Keeping those dust bunnies under control... ugh

~ Continuing to teach my children the importance of faith and keeping ourselves close to God. While this is something that I am very focused on, there is ALWAYS room for improvement!

~ My own health and the health of my family. Making sure that we continue to eat right, stay active... and more for me... a regular exercise routine... it is important that I be a good example for my children. If I expect them to live healthy lives, I need to show them the right path

While there are several other things that I want to make sure we amend when we move these are just a few of them. No matter how together we think we have it, there is always room to make improvements for us and our families.

Ft. Irwin here we come!!!

YES!!!! We finally got our orders! Woo Hoo!!! It is now official that we are heading off to Ft. Irwin, CA. Mat will start out processing this next week, then we head off to Oregon to spend a week with family before heading off to our new accommodations, all thanks to the new Mrs. Daily and all her hard work in preparing us a place that we can call home until we get into post housing. While I have to admit that I say I hate moving, I am really excited. I am ready for a change, and even more ready to be close to the Daily's again. We haven't seen them since their wedding back in July. It feels like it has been forever! I can't wait! I am more ready now than I ever have been to move. I want to be close to true friends once again. We have been through so much together in Germany that I look forward to the relationships that we will form at this next base. As well as for my chidren to get to know their new "cousin" whom will hopefully be joing us this next year!