Drive in movies!

Last night I went to my first ever drive in movie. It was a lot of fun. I went with a college group I went to this week. We saw Monsters University and Man of steel. Monsters was really good,cute and funny. Man of steel was pretty good, the parts that I was awake for! I am so glad I can still have fun even tho I am not at home with my friends. This week has been a better week then last. I am still calling home every other day and emailing my dad with help in the subject line. And he keeps telling me you are there for a reason, God placed you with this family. And he has great plans for you. I know God does have great plans for me, I just wish we could kip the being homesick part and all the tears that have come with it. I am on an adventure with God. And it has already been one. I just hope that the rest of my adventure there is less tears.

Knowing people here!!

I forgot I had some friends that live in Mount Vernon. So I remembered this week and emailed them and they live just up the road from me. It is helping with the change. I love that they are so close to me. I have seen them a few times in the last week. They know what I am going through and they are helping me get through the change. Hope I will start to meet more people in the area! It is still really hard to be here and not have my family here. But everyone says give it a month. So I am trying!

One Week!

Well, I made it through my first week. It has been a really hard week. I have been missing home really bad. Lots of tears this week. If I could talk to people back home everyday it would be nice. But I know God has some great plans for me. And as my dad says this pain I am feeling is just begin of my great adventure. The kids have gotten use to having me around! It was a pretty easy changed for the kids. This week was a little different then normal. Jenna was gone at school all week. So I jumped right into things. I did pretty well. Still learning how to do things, but I am getting there. Next week will be a little back to normal for this family. So the feeling of missing home I am hoping will lessen as time goes by. I am planning on getting into a group of people my age. So I am hoping that meeting new people will help.

Let the Adventure begin!!

I have been here for a whole day. I have gotten all settled in to my new room. It is all decorated and looking like my room at home. Except it isn't bright green! The kids seem to like me, Noah(3) said "hi" to me around 10 times in the first hour I met him. Gabe(1) is taking a little longer to warm up to me. But I held him twice yesterday and he didn't scream, so that is good.

I get thrown into their life this week. Jenna( the mom) is in school all week. So it is me and Jason(dad) home with the kids. So I will get the full effect of their life this week. Should be good, if I can get the hang of clothe diapers!! :) Gabe is the only one in them full time. So I should be able to handle it! Their pets not as bad as I thought they would be. They have 2 turtles, 3 blue frogs and geckos.

I have only called home twice, but only talked to someone once. It is a little weird knowing there is person at camp and I am not there. That is a little hard. Camp is all I have known for 15 years so this is a big change to not be around. But should be a great summer here to!

Last day home!!

Today is my last day at home. I am finishing up packing, I think I have everything! Tomorrwo my adventure starts. I am feeling every emotion you can every feel, at once. I can't believe the time for me to leave home is here. It feel just like yesterday that I found out I would be moving to Seattle. Where did time go? I know God has a great plan for me and he is going to use me for great things. Once I get there it will be a little easier. I hate packing so the last week I have been going crazy!!! Had to say good-bye to lots of friends yesterday. It was one of the hardest days I have had in a long time! But thank goodness for texting and skype, I will still be able to talk to every back here. Well need to finish packing all the little stuff!!

Packing and more packing!!!

With one week to go, the packing has to start. This week is going to be fun, sad and an adventure. The adventure of trying to get my room into 2 big bags!! The sad part is saying good-bye to everyone, my life as I know it and a job I have had for 5 1/2 years! The fun part making a few new memories before I leave!! Hope I don't go crazy this week trying to decide what has to come with me and what is staying with me. Here is to a crazy week!!!