and we're back

oh hey blog. remember me?

yeah... me neither. {or is it either? don't confuse me.}

so once upon a time i had a baby and a 2 year old and husband and we bought a new house and packed up another house and dropped off the face of the earth. the end.

i'm attempting to get back in the ol' blogging sphere. attempting being the key word.  and since i have so many millions of things to get caught up on, i'm just gonna start with right. now. and maybe someday i'll catch up on the other stuff.

which means i'll never get caught up on the other stuff.

anyway, this last sunday i was flying solo at church since the deek-ster was home sick. as i was hauling my 5 million pound diaper bag and my 7 million pound baby car seat with cal strapped in while trying to herd a wandering 2 year old all the way out to the car {because we always have to park in the very     last                  row}, i had a moment of appreciation.

i was so grateful we weren't still at the lodge.

because if we were still at the lodge, that would mean i'd be on my own every other sunday.  and after the car ride home i would still have to change 2 kids into snow clothes and boots and figure out how to carry them both through feet of snow through the hike to our double wide. and while i like to think my 5ft 2in in frame is somewhat tough, it's not quite that tough. i'm afraid falls in the snow would have been all too frequent.

but it was a good moment for me.  i've been waxing nostalgic about the smell of pine and fires and the slower pace of life, so it was good to gain perspective.

isn't it amazing how phases of our life come and go? perfect experiences at perfect times. even the challenges - as awful and long as they seem in the moment, they're there for a distinct purpose, preparing us for the road on the horizon.

no way could i have done the lodge with 2 kids, but for the space of time that it was, it couldn't have been a more perfect place to be.

and now we're here.  boise.

still getting used to calling it home, but i can't imagine being anywhere else.  {unless i'm stuck behind the infinite number of idaho license plates. geez, can't we at least go 2mph over the speed limit?}

love it.

and with that, i'll leave you with a recent photo of my goobers.

goober one {she posed like that on her own. is that a riot or what?}:

goober two:

 sigh.

they're getting so big.

why you gotta be like that huh?

love me some goobers.