Change is good..... RIGHT?

As you all know things have been crazy slow around my blog lately. I've made some small updates on my facebook page, so make sure to follow along so you don't miss anything :)

The past couple months have been full of changes for us. The biggest has been our decision to move in with my mom for a while. Our plan was to buy a bigger home and have her come live with us, but time was too short, and finding the right home just wasn't happening soon enough. Our home is not big enough for her to move in, and besides we couldn't close down the bakery. So we took over my mom's house, and now she has the bottom floor, and we have the top. We still have the bakery, and with me living here now, hopefully I can finally start my online shop soon. It's crowded, but it works for now, and everyone seems to be adjusting quite well. I'm happy that we are in a place where we can help my mom out. She works hard, always has, but making ends meet has proven too much for her. I hated seeing her stress every month, and with us taking over, hopefully for the first time in a very long time she can breath a little easier, and not have to worry about paying bills anymore. 
However packing up our home, and seeing it empty is hard. Much harder than I thought it would be.  Every time I go to pack another load, I feel sad. It still feels like home, only very empty, cold, and somehow I still wish we lived there. 

The only other house I was ever attached too was our house in California where I have so many memories of my family, and especially my father. I actually still DREAM about that house :) 
This was the first house my husband and I ever owned. The first house we could call our own, the first house we worked hard at making a home for our family. This is the first and last thing I saw every time we walked through the door. I love that mirror. 

 I will miss hanging my kids artwork all over the fridge. (We have a stainless steel fridge now). I will miss this house. I will miss my colorful kitchen, and all the big open space. I will miss my house.

This was our first house, and everywhere I look I see my kids.Every mark on the wall, every scratch in the floor, I remember who made it. 

 I love my beat up floors, you can tell a family lived here, and enjoyed their home. Even sitting here writing this post, brings back so many memories. I've sat at this desk so many times, watching funny videos with the kids, or seeing them goof off in front of Photo Booth. 

We've laughed, danced, and cried here. We brought two of our babies home here, the kids in the neighborhood grew up together. I will miss all of them. I know we are only moving 5 minutes away, BUT it won't be the same. 
Life is changing yet again. 
Life is always changing, and time passes, and we can never have back what we had even five minutes ago, so I just wanted to remind myself and all of you once again..... to cherish every day, and everyone in it, because tomorrow will always bring change.
We can only hope that the change it brings is good, and this move is good. Thank you Lord, we are truly blessed to have made the choice to move, rather than be forced to do so. We are blessed that we are able to help my mom out, and in the process I will have help myself with the house, and kids. We are blessed that my husband has a stable job, and provides so much for his family. 
I hope we will be blessed with a great family to move into our home, and take care of it as we did, and I can only hope that they enjoy it as much as we did. 
As the new year rolled in for us, we are happy, sad, excited and scared. We look forward to each and every day, and can't wait to see what 2012 brings!

HAPPY NEW YEAR  
P.S. I miss you all so much, and writing this post made me happy. It's been way too long, and I can't wait to get things rolling again around here. Hope you haven't forgotten about me, and thank you too all my wonderful friends who have stuck around these past couple months. I am so lucky to have friends like you.