I'm 32 now and a big announcement! (No, I'm not pregnant!)

It's the start of birthday season in our house! My birthday is in August, Abbie's in Sep, Jared's and Porter's in November, and Leah's in December. I turned 32 today and had a pretty good day, considering we just got back from a family reunion late last night and Porter has been sick with the croup. The girls found some old Christmas wrapping paper and went to town wrapping toys from around the house to "give" to me as presents. Jared brought home dinner from Panera Bread, my favorite, and a bumpy cake and we had fun just having a simple celebration and spending the evening together as a family since we've been apart a lot lately.

Abbie and Leah singing a song that they had practiced for my birthday

Just a cute one of all the kidsOne of the reasons we've been apart from the kids lately is because we also just got back from a trip to Utah where Jared was interviewing for a job! And he got it!!!!! That's right, folks, WE'RE MOVING TO SALT LAKE CITY!!!! In two weeks!!! Things have been pretty crazy around here lately, we only found out about the job a few weeks ago and then went and interviewed and looked at houses last weekend and now we're in the midst of renting a moving truck, canceling appts and rescheduling others, changing our address with about a million bills and online companies, collecting moving boxes, squeezing the kids in for last-minute checkups at the pediatrician, giving things away and collecting borrowed things from others, trying to get everything done that we've ever wanted to do here in MI, making calls and researching info about our new home and city, registering Abbie for school, figuring out travel arrangements, and packing! Aaaahh, packing!!! Last time we moved we only had one kid and were coming from a 2 bedroom apartment so we didn't have half the stuff we have now. It's going to be crazy trying to get everything ready but it will be awesome once we are in our new home! I have a lot of family in UT and we're going to be a lot closer to most of Jared's family so it's going to be so great to be able to see all the aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents more often and also to be there for all the big holidays and events like birthdays, blessings, and baptisms. We've been looking for a job out west for a couple years now so this is a long-awaited change. It's really short notice and seems crazy to try to get there before Abbie starts kindergarten but it will be so worth it once we're all settled in. So if I don't see you or call you back in the next few weeks, please forgive me! I'm packing!

P.S. Here's our new house! Isn't it adorable? I love it, it's perfect for what we need and is within a few miles of four of my sisters and their families! I'm so excited! Happy Birthday to me!