Hiatus

Yeah, I know, it's been a long time since the last update and people might riot if I don't post some photos soon but we've had a lot of chaos going on the last couple of weeks. Here's the rundown of what's been going on:
- We moved all our stuff from our house into a rental house, with the help of some very competent and awesome friends. Words can't express how grateful I am for their help.
- We closed on our house. It was very emotional for me, which I didn't anticipate.
- I packed boxes at one house, unpacked them at another house, and scrubbed our old place from top to bottom over the course of two days with the help of another totally awesome friend.
- Mike played his last concert with the band at Robins, the annual Independence Day concert.
- We hit the road to visit family in the northeast...I'm thinking of it as our "farewell tour" before moving overseas.

We are so fortunate that one of Mike's coworkers offered to rent us one of his houses for 6 weeks. But it's also hard to get used to. Mike and I had lived in places for one or two years, then moved on. But then we bought our house and lived in it for almost five years. It's the only home Ben has known so far. So it's a bit of an adjustment to move somewhere else for a little bit, and then stay in temporary base housing. The biggest challenge for Mike and me has been not having internet access at home. We didn't think it would be worth it to have it setup just for a few weeks, and while Mike has a laptop now, none of our neighbors were kind enough to have an unsecured connection. So we have to rely on free Wi-Fi places, which isn't very convenient, especially with Ben. So while we're at my folks' house I will try to post as many photos as I can. The next couple of months are going to be quite a roller coaster ride.