Week 5 Blog 1

Oh my goodness, fall is in the air. I am so glad its official start is tomorrow (Friday Sept. 23) and it will be time to start decorating for the holidays soon.

Last year I was done Christmas shopping by the end of October and I don’t think I want to do that again. I guess it was nice to not HAVE to get out in the crowd but that’s what makes Holiday shopping the most fun for me. I think I actually spent more money than I would have had I waited until after Thanksgiving.  All the black Friday deals that just couldn’t be missed and all the other “Holiday specials” caused me to kind of go off budget a bit. My kids loved it, but my husband…not so much!!!!!

I think I am most excited for Christmas this year because my 20 year old son will be coming home to visit. When he decided it was time to leave momma’s nest he went way out of momma’s nest. I live in Monett and he moved all the way to San Diego CA.

I think taking him to the airport when he was moving was the hardest thing I have ever had to do. I went from my baby boy living at home with me to not being able to see him for months at a time. Not only do we (my husband and I) miss him tremendously but his little brothers are super excited to see him. They all love each other so much and I am so lucky to have 3 great boys.

Korry (oldest son) just got a new iphone so we were able to do FaceTime for the first time a couple of nights ago. That, all in itself, makes the phone worth the money that was spent on it.  For those of you that don’t know what FaceTime is let me explain, it’s kind of like video chatting except instead of using your computer it is from iphone to iphone. You can see each other while you talk and it’s got to be the coolest thing since sliced bread. The two younger boys were so excited to be able to see their brother while they were talking to him. Of course, the youngest (Miles) was able to show his big brother all his papers he had done in the 2^nd grade that day and was so proud that his brother got to see them. Jacob (middle son) also got to show his brother some new things he was doing on his laptop and latest video games which made him extremely happy also.

Of course, last but not least, momma got to see her baby boy for the first time in months. It about makes me cry just thing about it. I am so proud of the things he is doing and he was so brave to move so far away from home. I was so worried at first then my husband sat me down, looked me straight in the face and said…..”he will be just fine, we raised him to be a good, responsible and sensible young man and all we have to do is trust that we did a good job with him”.  I realized right then that my husband was right! We did raise him!! Therefore I know that he knows what to do from here and trust that he will be just fine. It still doesn’t change the fact that I miss him terribly but it does make it easier to not lay awake at night and worry.