Making Keeler Home

As of September 1st it will have been 2 weeks since we’ve moved into our beautiful Wyalusing farm house. I never imagined myself a “country girl” or living in a large farm style home on so many gorgeous green acres but I must say I absolutely love it and we hope to live here for a very long time! We’ve made a lot of progress and have quite a bit unpacked. Of course there’s the “little” things like hanging pictures and organizing my clothes but overall we are settling in quite nicely and I find that I fall in love with our home, land, and community more every day. I wake up with a smile on my face every morning - what a glorious feeling that is!  It has been absolutely wonderful having my in-laws across the street. They’ve truly been such a blessing to me, all of the kids, and my husband. Their kindness and understanding towards me has been so needed during this transition.  Gracie started her 1st day of pre-k homeschool (although I use mainly kindergarten curriculum) on the 26...

It has been a long journey!  Friday we spent the entire day flying from Sacramento, CA to Philadelphia, PA. It was Gracie & Charlie Joy’s first times flying on an airplane. Gracie loved it!  The first flight she spent the first 40 minutes excitedly saying how fun it was to fly (she really enjoyed taking off). Joy, on the other hand, wanted to get down and run around. Since I wouldn’t let her out of my arms, she was pretty frustrated and let everyone know it.  During our layover, baby Joy fell asleep within minutes and slept until it was time to get back on the last flight of our trip. She was much happier this flight. She played quietly while Gracie slept. I thought we were in the clear until the last 30 minutes of the flight Joy decided to scream until we finally landed. Oh my! This mama was tired and so ready to be done with planes, airports, luggage, and cranky babies. We eventually got all of our luggage. Hauled it to the hotel shuttle and made our way to the hote...

And so it begins...the week of our move, our long journey from Redding, CA to Wyalusing, CA. Today is Monday and by Friday evening the girls and I will be in Philadelphia.  Saturday we will drive from Philadelphia to Wyalusing to see our new home.  Tonight is our last night in our sweet little California home. While it wasn’t a big home, it was a great house for us for this season in our lives. We moved in when Gracie was 6 months old and brought Charlie Joy home from the hospital here. We knew we were beginning to outgrow our house as the kids are getting older but it is such a sweet house that we cherished as our own. Leaving this house is bittersweet. It never quite felt like “home” to me, yet, I’ll miss it dearly. It was just down the street from my parents house and my in-laws home. We all saw each other once a week, more or less. It was great to be so close and we will miss our California family so, so much!   We are moving on to bigger things...including our house....