Saturday's....sweet Saturday's...

~Today I had minimal plans because I still feel icky from yesterday's fiasco with procedure's galore! (Sarcasm!!) I wanted to pick up a few groceries, take the kids to the park, enjoy the weather and simply relax and well-BE. The kids love cuddles on the couch, and that was a plan in my mind...then fast forward to heading to the car dealership for our scheduled routine maintenance and oil change, not to mention an all over check to make sure the ole' mommy-misile is good to go for our cross country trip come next month. It turned into 4 plus hours there with 3 kids who at this point were less than thrilled at STILL being there. It was packed, I will NEVER go there on a weekend again. Note to self! They had popcorn, juice, tic-tacs, you name it they had it. Whatever I could rifle from my purse, pockets, etc...in order to please the trio, I did not want to be "that mom" where my kids are screaming bloody murder and I am just sitting there enjoying the melody of it all...Ummmm no- my OCD is always in full effect to be that way! Ha! Around hour 2 Kellan was chatting with a man who looked familiar to me, realized after chatting with Kellan that he works on Peterson AFB and we have encountered in the clinic where I work before...during said conversation, my son, NOT SHY at all sticks his finger on the man's busted up knee and said "Why you bweeding?" Yup only my kid would stick his finger in someone's wound and ask why it is there. All I could do was laugh and say I am sorry, he said his kids are all gone to college so he understands and laughed with me...Fast forward another 45 or so minutes and both Violet and Scarlett started to try and climb in this man's lap to snuggle! I kid you not people-this really happened! I am grabbing my girls and plopping them next to me and again saying I am sorry, and thinking in my head "geez I hope this poor guy leaves soon!" With a GIANT SMILE a few minutes later he literally ran out of there...Yup my shy kids ran a total stranger off...I am sitting here laughing about it now but right about then I wanted to pull my very short hair out! Then came the balloon man-don't all dealerships have a really old man making balloon everythings for kids and adults? Yup mine does and this man is also dressed as an elf or something like that-talk about a tad odd? I felt like I was in a Twilight zone episode-the weird hits just kept coming...Attached are pictures of the kids in their balloon hats! Finally got home around 515pm or so, Kellan fell and his finger nail came off, then Vi tripped and cut her chin, finally Scarlett fell in the bathtub while dancing it would seem and busted her lip. Yup my kids inherited my gracefullness for sure! Haha! So now I sit here, waiting for the kids to hit the hay where I will watch a movie..relax and reflect, although a busy day I was with my kids...Eventhough a tad stressful at times we were together, and lately it has been late nights with mommy not feeling so hot so despite the chaos we needed this, we are a team and for the last year they have been my best friends, and we will continue down navigating this path together. This coming week starts planning the move, hitting it heavy and hard. Orders finally in hand (Only took a month!) I will plan for movers, still am weeding through stuff to give away or attempt to sell, have a list 5 miles long. Figure we will leave my beautiful Colorado on or around the 23rd of October, hit some stops and see some friends and family along the way I hope and then finally go to West Virginia where we will wait for Jason...Then another 12-15 hours to Florida, our final destination. It all seems surreal, we/I have been here since 2003 or so..This is home, our home that I have put so much love and TLC into this year with the front and back yards and making it pretty for the kids

and I...I have to say goodbye to, I hope it is well taken care of because this is a nice family home with wonderful neighbors/family that I cannot even think of saying goodbye to just yet, that also goes for some dear friends Marci and Jay (Or JJ as the kids call him!) All in all I am pensive in thought, my heart hurts at the saying goodbye to many, and just the whole big deal of it all. Please keep us in your thoughts as I navigate this alone-to be continued sport's fans! Thank you for the love and support~