Being in the Moment vs Capturing the Moment

I had the strangest dream last night.  It had me tossing and turning and I got very little sleep.  I was franticly running around trying to hold onto memories.  Worrying that I wasn't taking pictures of moments that I would never want to forget.  Even in my sleep I was trying to remember moments with Bryan, my sweet and sarcastic brother-in-law.  Gone too soon.  So many moments with my boys that he is missing, so many memories that we are making without him.  I remember late night conversations we would have long after everyone else had gone to bed.  I remember him coming into my kitchen to check on me because I was baking a cake while everyone else was enjoying happy hour in the living room.  I remember late night knocks on our door open to an unexpected visit.  I remember catching him making early morning departures so he didn't have to say goodbye.  I keep remembering these things that I don't have pictures of because no one takes pictures of those things.

Uncle Bry answering Jackson's many questions

With our 365 albums we watch our lives in snapshots.  We watch our children grow and we capture these moments that no one thought to capture.  My friends are capturing the moments that make up our lives and it's a wonderful thing!  I used to think it was so much better to always be in the moment and not behind the camera but now I see that I can take a quick photo of a sweet 6 year old teaching Jackson to dive and another of Joel carrying his brother across the hot payment because he forgot his flip flops and another running out the door for our last night of bible school.  And then I jump right back into the mix with my drive-me-crazy-rough-and-tumble-can't-imagine-life-without-them-boys.  I prefer the quick break for the photo op to tossing and turning and trying to remember how my boys looked when...

Heading out for our last night of VBS

Action shot of Action Jackson

A teaching moment

Me and my sweet middle and a mouthful of gummies

PBSkids.org he is getting so big!

We are here!

The big move is behind us!  We have been in Jesup a little over a week.  In that week we have done A LOT!!!   Have I mentioned how welcoming everyone has been in Jesup?  How determined everyone is to make my transition and my boys transition as easy as possible? I was having a super healthy dinner with milkshakes at Sonic, which of course made me think of friends at home, so I posted a status update.  Within minutes I got a response which I though would be from one of my super jealous friends but instead was from a new friend "I'll be right there!"  This was my first face to face with a friend who is proving to be worth her weight in gold! 

So in our 10 days in Jesup we have gone to the big night out in Jesup "The Taste of Wayne" where all local restaurants and vendors come out to show off their wares, it was fabulous!  I made a few more friends.  The most amazing thing about this night is I entrusted my sweet boys to 3 other sweet boys for the night.  I was nervous but all they have talked about it going back to Mrs. Connie's house since that night, so I think they were just fine!

We took a not so quick day trip to Clarkesville to sign some papers and my home is officially not mine anymore.  

We made an offer on a house in Jesup which was accepted, so in a few weeks we will be homeowners again!

We were invited to a birthday/pool party.  Super fun for the boys but next time I am taking my swimsuit for sure!

We were invited to VBS!  The boys are still unsure but we are trying it out and hoping to make even more friends.  Mommy met a few more people but the boys are still working on it.

We were invited to spend the day at the pool with a new friend that Mommy met at The Taste of Wayne.

I think all my pictures are on my iphone and I am still figuring out how to transfer everything but be looking for pics when I figure it all out!  But so far our first week or so has not been too bad!   I still miss all my Clarkesville people LOTS but we are all being well taken care of!