About Moving...

Well it looks like it is my turn to post about our changes. On Easter weekend I was finally able to go home and bring back Mandy and the kids. It was strange but nice to suddenly have TWO children. Both of the kids were very well behaved during the fifteen hour drive up here, Levi slept most of the way and Emma watched her cartoons. When we finally crossed the border into North Dakota, Emma said “but NOW can we go to grandma Marjie’s house?” She apparanetely has no sense of time, but boy was she excited when we first arrived at the house that night she was running all around the house, she was especially glad that all of the stuff in her new house looked just like the stuff in her old one. She was quite brave and was sleeping in her new room by herself after only two nights. Emalee has had a lot to adjust to, but she is doing an amazing job of it. When it comes to her new baby brother, she couldn’t be prouder and loves to be helpful. When it comes to living in the new house she doesn’t seem to mind at all. I think the biggest challenge for her is being cooped up in the house all day. When I come home she always wants me to go outside and play with her. We don’t have a yard with grass or anything yet (The landlord says they are going to plant some) so for now we just play in the “farmyard” having foot races from the granaries to the house and back and of course she loves to fly her kite in the field by the house. Having our friends the Millers living in our ward up here has also helped her to adjust, their kids are close enough in age for Emma to have fun playing with them, and their oldest girl Lexie always makes sure to hold Emma’s hand and make her feel at home, she is really sweet. Emma is having a difficult time going to her primary class, she pitches a fit when we try to leave her there, but is always happy by the time it is over. Tonight she started singing “the wise man built his house upon a rock.” When I asked her if she learned it in class she said. “I don’t sing in class cuz I’m too shy, but I did talk a little bit during snack time.”