The Joys of Moving...

Here we go again- all packed up and ready for another move! This time, though, it's only 10 minutes away, and into a house instead of an apartment. Praise the Lord, everything seems to have worked out, and by this time tomorrow we'll have the keys to our new house! We're excited about the house....Mama's excited to have more windows and sunshine coming into our home, Papa's excited about finally not having carpet under our kitchen table (!), M's excited about having her own room (ahem...we'll see how that actually pans out for her!!) and about starting a garden with Mama ("but we need to have both flowers and food in our garden!"), L doesn't really know what's going on, and C is just happy if she's in Mama's arms. Since we're only moving 10 minutes away, this move has seemed the least stressful (and being our 6th move in 5 years, I'm certainly thankful for that!!). It's also been the first move where I've realized how different moves can be with 'older' children... M has been sooo helpful, begging to help us in any way. So, we delegated special jobs to her- labeling the moving bins, helping to tape boxes shut, packing books, helping Papa wrap things in newspaper and pack them into boxes, etc- and she was delighted to oblige! L wanted to help, too, though his interest came and went, and I'm not proud to say that the DVD player has been his close friend this past week! I'll make it up to him once the move is over, though!! Thanks to everyone for your prayers regarding housing stuff for us. We are so grateful to be moving into a home, and we can't wait to have lots and lots of visitors!!!