Life

I thought I had better give another update since we've had some crazy life changes happen this past month. Davy moved to North Dakota and we said goodbye to him yesterday morning. He took a job with a company there and he'll be back every 4 weeks for a week at a time. This means we won't get to see him as much as we are used to and that will be hard, especially for Jackson since he is daddy's little buddy.

So far we are doing alright. It's only been one day though so I'm sure that we'll have some tough days and nights ahead of us.

The bittersweet news is that the boys and I should be able to move to N.D. with him in April sometime. We aren't looking at living there full time as I want Jackson back by late August to start preschool, but it will be nice to be with Davy every night and his days off while he's on his "hitch". I say "bittersweet" because that means taking my boys away from all of their family, all of my family and all of Davy's family and all of our friends. I realize that we are lucky in that we have a huge extended family on both sides that are really a part of our lives and we get to see each other often. Jackson knows all of his cousins (and most of his second cousins) and loves them all. He and Remington go to play at his cousin Jameson's house while I'm at work Tue-Thur. and they go to visit grandma Mo on Fridays. We also have bigger family dinners with all of us weekly and we are all going to miss that.

I know that we will all make new friends, but it will be hard to be 11 hours away from our family and all of the support and unconditional love that they provide. We will come back to visit over the summer and we will most likely be back full time at the end of summer.

We are looking forward to all of the things we can do with a bigger paycheck. Here are the main things we want to accomplish and should be able to accomplish with this new adventure we'll be on:

I'll be able to be a stay at home mom (Yay!)
We'll be able to go on vacations
Davy will be able to get a truck (it's a big deal to him :)
We'll have peace of mind that we have money in our savings for an emergency
and the most important of all:
We'll be able to pay off ALL of our debt.
That's a big one, and the reason why we started this whole North Dakota oil job in the first place. We don't want to owe anyone money and that is a big motivation for us. We're working on it now but if we had more income, we could really "attack" our debt and be in a better place both financially and mentally. 

Anyway, that is all that's really going on with us right now. We are moving away from Idaho for the first time in our lives. We will experience a different "culture" and get to know some different people. I love looking back sometimes, but for now, I'm looking forward to what the future holds for us.

Here is a link to my other blog all about the oilfield and our experience so far. I don't know how often I will update it but I'll try to let everyone know how the oilfield wife experience is going and what our family is up to in the next few months. http://adventuresofanoilfieldwife.blogspot.com
Here are some pictures of the boys from the past month and what they've been up to:

 Jackson blowing out the candles on his 3rd Birthday!

 My mom and I made this cute little Lightning McQueen cake. Jackson loved it

and it was adorable!

 Remington has gotten the hang of rolling over in both directions

 He really wants to crawl!

 He can sit up on his own now!

 He loves toys and he really loves his brother's blocks

 He can scoot and roll himself all over the room now. He made his way over there

in under a minute starting from the play mat.

 Jackson made Remington and himself a "bed". I used to do the same thing

when I was little although I never included my brother, haha

 This little guy loves bath time