Ch-ch-ch-changes

WOW.....

After spending a pleasant week with my siblings and their families, everything is happening all at once. Shawn went for a second interview with a fire department near Kansas City on Tuesday, then we went to my sister's house for three days.

It was a blast to see their little ones and all four of our kids together, though a bit crazy. Shawn and Jamas put up a new chain-link fence in their backyard, so Celeste and I were stuck inside with four rowdy children. It was stressful and fun at the same time, but obviously I'm feeling much more nostalgic looking back at it than I was feeling at the time. Next time, though, we'll have a fenced in yard for the kids to run around in when I visit. I can't wait!

After that, I went to my brother's house and spent a couple of days there with him and his family. We played Guitar Hero (which I'm not so great at) and went to the Titanic Museum in Branson (thanks, guys!). It was a fun time and it was good to see my great-nephew Blake trying to toddle around.

During our week in the Ozark area, Shawn got a call from the fire chief of the department he interviewed at and found that he had beat out 21 other candidates to get a new job there. The catch is that they need him to start right away, so he's starting his new job on Monday! He will be working as a firefighter/EMT and doing more hands-on stuff than he's been doing. He's very excited. That means we've got to find and secure a house and move all of our stuff there by this weekend! We found a house we like and are waiting for all the paperwork to be processed on it; I'll keep the blog posted and be sure to put pictures up once we have them.

Another exciting change is that I'm going blonde again today, after over a year of being a brunette. I will let you know how it goes!