Busy week....

Although it is only Wednesday, it has already turned out to be quite a week....I'll start at Sunday and work my way up, trying not forget anything that has happened.
Sunday night Mike left for yet another week in a Colorado. I was up waiting for him to call and tell me that he made it, about 10:30 p.m., and realized that I did not feel well at all.
By Monday Morning, I thought I may be dying...no, not dying, but knew that Strep Throat was back with a vengance! And like last time, was alone to suffer through it. I went to the dr. first thing, because my sister was getting married the next day and hoped that 24 hrs. on medication would make the wedding day at least tolerable...A couple really great ladies and some great grandparents were so helpful to take my kids, which made it much easier for me to lay in misery...Thanks Guys! I owe you one!

Tuesday was my baby sister's wedding. She was married in the Draper Temple. I caught these shots of my girls while we waited for Carley and her new husband to come out of the temple and LOVED them.

A LONG but nice and happy day...Although I was feeling a bit better, I wasn't 100%, so when that reception ended, I was ever so ready to go home...
On the other hand, Carley was a beautiful bride, and I think it turned out just how she wanted...Skylar and Chase were fascinated by the whole process and followed Carley around like little ducklings follow the mother duck...

Wednesday, the wait was finally over...my new fireplace was complete!...and it looks awesome I might add! ;) Thanks honey, for all the hard work to once again give me what I want..

And Last but not least, with some excitement and some sadness, the FOR SALE signs are finally up on our house. Both Mike and I were very hesitant about this decision, because he has been here for 42 years, and I have been here for 29, so there are lots and lots of roots here...Both families, our childrens schools, all of our friends, and our comfort zone...
But my sister Wendy said it best when I emailed her in a complete meltdown and her advise was "Ask yourself the hard questions...What will you miss if you go, and what is Mike missing if you stay? And can you continue to do what you are doing alone?" The answer...I'm not sure how much longer I can continue to do this...Most days I feel like I cope well, but the last three times I have watched my husband pull out of the driveway and head down the road, it felt like my heart was being wripped from my chest. And when I asked myself what Mike would miss if we stayed, I thought of things he has already missed in the past two years...Chase's 3rd and 4th birthday, Skylar's 5th birthday, Two Halloween's, two Thanksgiving's, two first days of school, every parent teacher conference, two New Years, one wedding, Skylar losing her first tooth, and every little thing that happens everyday...When I realized all of this the decision was easy...Colorado is where we need to be...So now we enter into a world of being ready to show our home to anyone that may stop by, and pray that Heavenly Father will have a hand in letting us all be together under one roof in a short amount of time...