Merry Chirstmas, Happy New Year, and a whole lotta life in 2 short months....

Well Guys, I do have to say I haven't had any internet for quite awhile. Life for the Gilmore's have been crazy busy and this week (tomorrow) will be the 1st week in months that will be "normal" for us.Let me share our crazy time line with you..... Novemeber 29th-Charlie lost his job... In the meantime, we prepared for Christmas and our 2.5 week trip west. I also had grand jury duty 2 days a week leading up to our trip. December 3 & 4th- Our last time serving at Church...(we didn't know that at the time) Dec 10- We went to our last Syracuse Orangemen basketball game at the Dome.... Dec 11- My Mom's family had a Christmas party To sum up the above weekend it was a travel weekend for us. The next week had us hustling and bustling to get everything we needed to for a very long vacation. Charlie also had a couple phone interviews with a company in Tennessee. Dec 15th we closed up the house,packed up the car and headed for our first destination. Charlie and I spent the weekend in NYC for our 4th Anniversary. It was kid free and relaxing; despite the weather doing literally everything!!! We got back on the 18th to spend a night with my parents. In the meantime, Charlie got a phone call and the company in Tennessee wanted to do a face to face interview on 20th. Soooooo, after slightly catching his breath he headed out very early Monday morning. Meantime, I stayed another night with my parents. Tuesday, I flew to Missouri by myself with the children. They were so very good!! While we flew, Charlie had an interview....and then he climbed in the car and met us in Missouri! Where we spent a wonderful week with his mom Ann. Our trip was cut short by another phone call saying he got the job in Tennessee and that they wanted him to start on Jan 9Th! Dec 27th- found our way to our friends house in Kentucky where we left the kids, so they didn't have to spend alot of time in the car. Dec 28th- Charlie and I made our way to Tennessee (4hrs from Lindseys) to look for a house. We had 1 house on our list and that was it. After, looking over the one house we had picked out and not liking it at all we called a few agents. There happened to be another house we could look at and HOPEFULLY like. On our way we saw 2 more houses for rent that were big fat NO'S! When we got to this house we are now in we loved it. Dec 29th-Charlie signed all contracts so we could get approved for the house. We left for Pennsylvania to see my Grandma real quick and break up the ride for the poor kids. Dec 29-31 We ended up getting stuck at my Grandma's house for an extra day due to weather. Which was good for us and the kids. We chilled and just spent some really good quality time with Grandma Judy. Dec 31 we found our way home. My sister came to celebrate New Years with us and we were in bed by 10:30...lol Jan 1st we puttered in the house. Did all the laundry....no we didn't unpack. made no sense to Jan 2-5th My parents came up and helped us pack, clean, and load the truck! We had a few set backs from this but had some wonderful friends come to our rescue. My poor dad got really sick and he was our truck driver, and Charlie's right hand man in lifting all things heavy! Our good friend Jerry MacNeil came to our rescue and helped Charlie while Dad's job became taking care of Miss Amelia. Jan 5th We headed to my parents house to say good bye to all who was able to come to see us. By the end, it got really hard, but we know that we are greatly loved and will be seeing everyone this Summer! Jan 6th Dad the truck driver, Charlie the driver of the cats, and Mom and I with the kids headed to Tennessee! It was a grooling 18hr day, but at 11pm we pulled into our new home! Unpacked the beds as fast as we could and headed to bed. Jan 7th Brought our wonderful friends down from Kentucky to help unload the truck, clean the house, and help us set up the house as best they could. They also blessed us with lunch and dinner for the day! It was a huge blessing to have people help us all along they way! We would have managed if we did it by ourselves, but so very grateful we didnt! Jan 8th Charlie started his first day of work. Yes, guys he went from chaos getting family packed up and moved; right to WORK! Bless his heart!! It also brought fevers, coughs, and sinus infections for Amelia, Titus, and I. It was not a good time all 3 of us being down and out. But again; God made sure we had help. My dad and mom stayed with us. Mom flew home the 11th, and my dad stayed till Tuesday the next week. Mean time, my wonderful sister came down for the following weekend. It was so nice to have everyone come down and help out right when we needed it! ************************************************************************************************************** Today, has been 1 month since we have moved to Tennessee! I can't believe it has been a month already. We are starting to get settled and find things we really like. It is hard being away from family, but we know we are right where we are supposed to be! The kids about once a week say they want to go visit Papa and Grandma......sigh! But we already have a mini vacation and will see them the end of March. Unless, they surprise us with a visit down! I have so much more to blog, but if I don't hit that publish button this won't get published and everything will seem like old news...haha