Kiss Today Goodbye

There hasn't been too much going on at home lately. This picture is pretty much the norm. The boys are playing in their underwear with macaroni and cheese on their faces, and i try clothes on Joelle and admire how cute they are. It's been really nice outside so we've been able to play outside more, which has been nice. I got mastitis 2 weeks ago, and woke up with it again today. I'm not frustrated by it anymore because I know that I'm doing all I can to avoid it. I'm just susceptible to it because I have such ample milk supply. I guess I should just be greatful for that.

In other news, Joe just returned from a job interview last night. He assures me that it went really well, and I'm REALLY trying not to get my hopes up. It would be absolutely amazing though-pretty much everything we've been looking for. We won't know for a few weeks. I'm trying to keep in mind that we've come across options in the past that seemed like a perfect fit, and the Lord told us that it wasn't for us. I'm praying that we'll be let to where we are meant to be, but reminding the Lord that I REALLY hope it's this job:) I guess we'll see.

All of these decisions have made graduation real. We are going to be leaving Iowa in a matter of weeks. It's been bitter sweet to imagine. I am looking forward to the time when we won't be poor students anymore and we can visit family when we want/need to. But at the same time we have our Iowa family. The friends we've made here have been like siblings-the kind that don't fight over the front seat or convince you to play hide and seek without the intent of ever seeking you.

We've raised our families with these friends, we've supported each other through thick and thin, and we've arranged embarrassing words on each others refrigerator magnets. So while I am really looking forward to sleepovers at grandma's, and attending cousin's birthday parties, I am equally dreading missing the summer BBQ's at the Coralville Lake, or on our back porch with a slip'n'slide for the kids. People talk about this being a unique time in our lives, and it being the best of times... it really is.

I'm going to miss this beautiful place. I'm going to miss the soybean fields, and of course the corn fields too.

And the rolling hills, and the humid haze in the summer evening. And all of these people and more:Sorry ladies, I know every single one of you are going to complain about these pictures. Let's be honest, you know we'd all find something wrong with any picture I'd post. But I love you all the more for it.