All of our things are now in Macon, GA being stored until we reach the base and set up for our things to be delivered to our new home. Yes... we have a new home! We will be moving to 202 Fort Valley Street on Warner Robins AFB. The home is brand new as are the homes in that area. It will prove to be our most interesting move yet as we have 5 children this time and we will be living on the actual base. We have lived in base housing before... just never ON base. The benefits are very good. We will be close -as in a half a mile- to a gym, a lake, and a running track. Thankfully, we will also be moving up in square footage too! The house is 2500 sq. ft., 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths with a 2 car garage attached and all in a single story! It will hopefully give us some room to breathe! We were in 1580 sq. ft., 4 bedroom, 2.5 baths, with a single car garage in a 2 stories in Dayton. We are hoping to downsize a little with the amount of "stuff" we have too...
While we are in transition, we are staying with Jerry's parents in Whitestown, IN. We will be here until the 20th of June or so. We are hoping to get our house on the 22nd and get delivery of our household goods that week. We will keep everyone posted as to when and what we will be doing.
A funny story from when I brought Jay and Anna and Caleb back to IN:
We stopped at Cracker Barrel in Richmond, IN to eat supper. We went in and got our table. The server came up and asked us all what we wanted to drink and Jay was quick to answer, "I want a diet coke!" I quickly shook my head to the server and said, "No, we still have a long drive ahead of us. We will all take water. Thank you." The server paused for a moment and Jay again quickly responded with, "Well how about a beer?! Can I have a beer?" Wow... really?! See, I know I looked like I had been living a rough life b/c I was in my cut off sweats and a T-shirt, NO make up to speak off, and I am sure my hair was looking a little wild! What that server must have thought... I have no clue! I just laughed and said... "No... we are not having ROOT BEER either!" At least the server got a little giggle out of it... I was mortified! Oh well. What do you do?
On Memorial Day, we went over to see my Grandpa Dragon's new house and visit with the family. It was a lot of fun! We got to see all the cousins -well, the closer ones- and their kids and life was grand. Xavier had to life threatening events... He fell down 3/4 of the basement stairs, from the top of course, and he almost ran behind a car backing out. I love that boy dearly, and I swear one of the days he is going to give me a heart attack! Someone asked me if I ever wished I had stopped at 2... to which I replied, "On days like today... yes!" However, I can't imagine my life without my 5 kids. And I do thank God for them daily.
Despite the rain and the mud, we had a fantastic family gathering. One of my uncles brought an old home video from 12 years ago. That was fun to watch and see us all young. To be honest, I don't remember that day, but it looked like I had a lot of fun. What a joy it must have been for my grandparents to see their kids and their kids' kids all playing on a beautiful afternoon! I look forward to those days with my own children. But I sure don't want to rush to it! I am enjoying this stage a lot right now!
Gotta get the last of the kids to bed!
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