Why I Haven't Posted Anything In Ages.

I am so overwhelmed by all of the congratulatory comments I've received the past couple days. When I made the decision to switch to full time, every other aspect of my life got put on hold. It's been fantastic being home with the girls and just being DONE. The last five weeks, I've had to drive an hour and a half-2 hours (depending on traffic) to school. On one of my final drives, I was so overcome with gratitude at how blessed my little family and I were. This entire journey was very inspired and we were cared for and looked after in innumerable ways.

In July, I felt so strongly that I needed to switch to the full time program, despite having three kiddos 3 and under and no childcare planned out. A month or so after making the switch, I found out the campus would be closing sooner than originally stated. The past few months have been challenging. Ross has had to be a single parent, switching schools was financially straining, and the girls have been calling me "Grandma, I mean Daddy. Wait... Mom?" I spent many sleepless tear-filled nights wondering if I was making the right decision and if I was a crappy mother. I missed out on Tiegan sitting up for the first time, crawling, and getting her first tooth. (Which may or may not be a blessing in itself.) I went almost 5 weeks seeing the girls only on the weekends.

I know that this was what I was meant to do. And because I followed through, my family got to see and experience the Lord's hand in amazing ways.We were so blessed. Family members flew in to help with the girls, friends from church so selflessly volunteered to care for the girls. Sometimes even last minute the night before I'd get a text asking if I needed help and that they just felt like they needed to ask. On my drive, I'd be so exhausted and my favorite song would come on the radio, sparking some energy I didn't know I had. I met some incredible people, the girls were always happy and kept asking when they could go to their friend's house again. It was a crappy crappy situation, but I learned so much and I'm grateful for it. As much as we struggled, we were looked after and best of all, the girls were happy and well. And then the day I graduated, season 10 of Grey's went on Netflix. Which was also the day before Ross went out of town.

I found an amazing salon to work at where I pretty much got to set my own hours. I get to go back to being home with my crazy critters during the day, hopefully figure out my gym schedule since my thighs haven't seen a squat rack in months, and enjoy the Holiday season with my favorites. So many good things coming our way and I'm so grateful for everyone and their selfless service and support throughout this journey. And maybe now I'll actually update the family blog more often.