My first blog

So... ok... I'm gonna blog. Might as well, right? I would like to think there's enough people who might be interested in what's going on with me and my little family. Not to mention it will give me a little something to do since I'm a stay at home mom for the first time in my life.
Ever since I was 16, I've always had a job. This "staying at home" is pretty new for me. So far? I LOVE IT!! I actually have the energy to do the housework and still do fun stuff with the kids. We've been to the park or pool or whatever fun stuff I can find for us to do more in the past couple months than we have in the past year! I've been trying to keep the kids occupied since Jim started his new job driving truck. That's been a HUGE adjustment for all of us. I did find it interesting that the kids seemed to do better with the change than I did.

I'm sure most everyone know Jim injured his back several years ago now. The past two years, he's pretty much been a stay at home dad, unable to work per doctor's orders. He was home ALL THE TIME!! So much actually, that I looked forward to my "alone" time and never seemed to get enough of it. Funny how fast things can change... Now he's never here and I've never missed anyone so much in my life.
He was home last weekend for a few days. It was so nice to see him, but once he hit the road again, it was so much harder to see him go. I guess you could say I had gotten used to his absence. Once he was home and then gone again so quickly... Let's just say I've been walking around the past two days in a mild depression, fighting off tears every few hours.
Thank God for my children! They are what give me the strength to get thru all this. I have to stay strong for them. Little do they know they are the one's holding me up. How ironic is that?? Devon's had a harder time having his dad gone this time around. I think it's because his birthday is this coming Wednesday and he knows Daddy is gonna miss it. Jim and I tried to make up for it by having a "mini party" for him while Jim was home, but... guess it wasn't good enough. Devon understands that when you get down to it, his dad is gonna miss his birthday. :-( We'll all be ok though. There's no doubt Devon will survive not having his dad at his birthday party.

Speaking of... my son's gonna be seven!!! Umm... when did that happen?? Where did the time go? What happened to my tiny little baby boy?? Not to mention, a week after his birthday, he starts first grade. Gotta take him and Nicole school supply shopping tomorrow. Nicole is starting middle school this year... sixth grade! I'm definately starting to feel a bit on the old side. At least my little Ella will still be at home :-) Gotta couple more years before she starts school.

I guess that'll do for my very first blog. I'm gonna play around with this and work on getting some pictures posted and whatnot. Hope you all enjoy! More to come :-)