a-NOTHER move!

So....we moved again. Agh! Yes, we didn't think it would all actually work out, but it has and we are no longer the owner of our house on 31st, but now the owner of a new one 13 streets away. It has been ALOT the last two weeks, more than I can go into. But, suffice it to say, it is over. We are back in the back house behind my parents for two months while we add a bathroom and then we move in three weeks before baby girl #2 comes....

A whirlwind, yes, but I am just trying to focus on the here and now and be grateful for today. Here is the last semi-picture of our 31st street house/Dan's truck with the chickens in the back of it on the way to their new home.

Goodbye Sayed :(

This morning, Sayed left on his three day flight back to Afghanistan.

I cannot even put into words how sad we are. He was really like our son (after lots of adjusting on my part!) after only six months and we miss him so much already. Today, at the airport, I told him that he was just going on vacation and would be back in a year or two for college and I really hope that is true.

He is literally one in a million. Every other one of the 34 kids from his program ran away to Canada for a better life except him (and they have now cancelled the Afghanistan program!). But he knew what the right course was and he decided to go that way. Others might see temporary relief but Sayed will win the eventual prize with all his hard work. We will miss him dearly and will be doing everything we can to get him back here in the next two years.

Skating

The other night, (ok, a few weeks ago, I am way behind!) one of our friends had a going away party at a skating rink. She does roller derby so her and her friends are super amazing skaters. She is going to the peace corps, so we went to wish her well and get in a little skating action, remembering some good 'ole times from Junior High.

Well, apparently, Sayed missed the roller skating rink in Junior High, and if you don't remember his interesting demonstration of agility on the trampoline, you may not understand his attempt to skate. But let me just say, we were not short on laughter! Here is June's reaction to Sayed's inability to stay standing:

Our friend Rachel, pulled him around, but it was very difficult to get him to skate on his own. LOTS of falling....

This is the only picture I got of him (before all his falls with optimism), because after this, he was constantly on the ground, poor guy.

June, on the other hand, was a pro. She loved skating, what little she could do with her daddy and our friend, Chad. Fun times.