Caitlyn's 13th Birthday!

A Coach purse!

Thirteen years ago today, I became a mother. It seems like it was just yesterday and so long ago, all at the same time! Caitlyn makes us laugh every day. There is no greater joy than watching my daughter grow up.

Of course, this means she is a teenager. We all know how challenging these years can be! I wrote in her birthday card that we love hearing about her day and we will never be too busy to listen. I'm hoping that she takes that to heart and we can get through these teen years with minimal screaming and threats of running away!

Happy Birthday Caitlyn!

A proud moment.....

Caitlyn has been working her butt off this year! Immediately after walking in the door every school day, she heads to the table to do her homework. She has even been know to set her alarm on a Sunday morning and do a little studying before church! Imagine how surprised we were to get up in the morning and see that!

Last month an invitation arrived for the AAA's Award Ceremony at her school. Caitlyn received the academic award for maintaining a grade point average of 3.9 or higher all year! Her hard work has really paid off. We are so proud of how seriously she takes her studies.

Her future is so bright, I can't wait to see what she does with it!

A weekend of house hunting.

Eric and I left for Atlanta on Friday. We looked at several houses to rent in the Marietta and Woodstock area. We even found a couple that would work!

Now we just need to get our house rented out. If you know of anyone that would like to rent a 4bd 2ba house in Zimmerman, let me know!!

I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day. My awesome mother in law has been watching my girls this weekend, so Eric and I could get to Atlanta. I can't wait to pick them up tomorrow. I miss the little boogers!

Eric starts his new job tomorrow. I can't wait to hear how it went!

Moving to Georgia!!!!

There, I said it. Crazy, huh?!?

Eric has been wanting to move on to the next stage of his career. He has been nudged in this direction twice and just received an offer for a job at Home Depot's Store Support Center in Atlanta, GA!

We have very mixed emotions about moving out there. Leaving our friends and family is going to be so hard. I wish we could take our home, church, family and friends with us!

I have a feeling I will enjoy the winters, though. :-) I'm excited about moving to a new place. I've been in Minnesota my whole life and think it will be a great opportunity for us.

Now if only I could close my eyes, click my heals together and wake up with all of our stuff in a new home. That would be great! Moving our stuff 1200 miles is a daunting task. I just have to keep reminding myself that in a couple of months that part will be behind us and we'll be exploring our new city!

The timing is nice. Caitlyn will be out of school for the summer, so we have time to get her enrolled out there.

We'd really appreciate any good thoughts and prayers you can spare. We are hoping to rent our house out. We are also hoping to find a house to rent for the first year out there. Please pray this all falls into place for us!