It's Happening!

I can't think of a better Mother's Day Present.  You know what I got?  A day full of packing out my house!  Most women would think that sounds terrible, but I've waited 5 long years to pack out and move back to America.  AMERICA!  It honestly doesn't even feel real to me.

They weigh it as it is put on the truck, instead of weighing the truck before and after!  

I'm so excited to go back and shop at the grocery store where I KNOW the products, I'm excited to go into a restroom and not have maids staring at me, I'm excited to have a house without someone else living with me, I'm excited for there to only be a 2 hour time difference with my parents when I talk to them on the phone, I'm excited to be able to text my sister without it costing a fortune, I'm excited to drive where the people follow the rules (for the most part), I'm excited to get involved in a church again and for me children to know what it is like to get up every Sunday morning and worship God.  I'm excited about lots of little things that I always took for granted growing up.  I'm excited to spend a few days at Christmas with my family.  Can't believe it's been 5 years since we have done that.  I'm excited to be able to buy a Mother's Day card and celebrate the 4th of July with fireworks!!  It's going to be a good year.

The boys are excited to play football.  American football.  They are thrilled at the thought of going to school where everyone speaks English (and I'm guessing quite a bit of Spanish!).  Landen is already begging to finish High School in Las Vegas and we haven't even gotten moved yet.  I pray they enjoy it as much as they think they are going to.  Jordyn was playing with her toys yesterday.  There were four areas and she told me where each of them were:  Las Vegas, Kuwait, Arkansas, and China.  I would never have known to say that when I was 5 years old!  She is excited to move to a place where there are blonde headed people.  Hayden doesn't say a whole lot, but he does ask how many more days until we leave.  The question he asked me the other day was about how long it would take to get something if we ordered off of Amazon.  He was amazed that we would probably be able to just go to the store and buy it!  And if we do order it, it will only be a few days, as opposed to 2 or 3 weeks (minimum.)

I'm anxious for my sweet maid, Kumari.  She has found another family to move in with and I hope they are good to her.  Please keep her in your prayers as she is wanting to move back to Sri Lanka to be back with her girls in November.  I hope she does because those girls are growing up and she hasn't been able to be there with them on a daily basis.  I hope we can stay in contact with her, though I am doubtful.  We had a box returned to us today of some stuff I had mailed to her girls in November 2010.  YEP!!  2010 and today is May 2012.  I'm not surprised the girls didn't get it, but I am surprised it was returned to us after all that time in the postal system!  Kumari has cried several days and I know it is hard for her to see me bouncing around the house with a smile on my face.  It almost makes me feel guilty for leaving.  She will forever be in our hearts.

Only 2 1/2 weeks of work left and 3 1/2 weeks of school for the kids.  This is getting real.  My house may be empty, but my heart is full!