Week-Long Visit 'Up North'

For those that don't know, we have had a lot of changes in our life recently. My husband got a job in December at Case New Holland in Racine, which is 4 hours away from where we lived. After weighing the pros and cons (only very briefly because we had done this when he had the interview), we decided it was a move that would be worth it in the long run for our family. So in a matter of weeks we moved to a duplex in the country in Union Grove, about 20-30 minutes from Tim's work. Life since then has been a wee bit crazy and stressful, but things are finally starting to settle down a little.

We found out a couple of weeks ago that the closing on our house was scheduled for Tuesday, March 12th. We had already planned on coming up for the weekend, but Tim decided that with how much we've been missing family the kids and I should just spend the week at my parents'. We planned on coming up Monday evening, but Sunday morning we made a spur of the moment decision to leave sooner. We got packed in 45 minutes and the kids and I hit the road to surprise my family by showing up early. I think it was a very happy surprise for them. Yesterday was a big day for us... we closed on our house! It was a very emotional, bittersweet day (for me, Tim was just happy to have it done and over with). Tim drove up Monday night and left yesterday afternoon for home. We're already missing him! We are excited, though, to spend the rest of the week here. The kids love spending the day with their Papa and he loves all the cuddling he gets from them.