Lately

So much has gone on these past 3-4 weeks! I can't believe we have been basically homeless for that long lol Lots of good, bad, ugly,happy, sad, fun, etc. has been happening.

I will fill you in!:

1) News of hurricane Isaac hitting Louisiana came and we decided to evacuate. This definitely proved to be a good idea. So, we packed our things and our friends Aly and Michael Davis and evacuated to Hattiesburg Mississippi. We thought at the longest we thought we would be in Hattiesburg for 2 or 3 days. We were there for a whole week.  This was fun, but as Aly said in her blog, there wasn't much going on haha we just kind of relaxed.

 Saturday September 1st, we came home to discover that our new home (we bought 9 weeks ago) had been flooded. The neighborhood and whole town was affected and looked so sad. It was a long, hard weekend of work getting our house taken care of. We couldn't have done it without our friends, the elders, and members of our church. We thankfully and luckily got the whole house gutted in about 3 days!! We definitely lost a lot of temporal/personal belongings...most would say we lost everything. I feel that way, but at the same time...I am not sad. I am so happy that I made it out with my family, and that is what is most important to me. Things will all work out! We are so lucky that we have flood insurance, good friends to stay with, and lots of love and support!!!

We have been fortunate to have our contractor already come and look at our place and we hope to sit down with him to make a plan and start work on Monday or Tuesday this upcoming week!!! Our advance from insurance has come in, we have a wonderful place to stay with friends, and things are going great!  I feel like it's going on forever and it is, but at the same time it is all going so well! Being patient is hard, but I know it will be worth it and all work out in the end :)

2) I got to spend some time with my sister Amanda and my mom last weekend which was much needed! I definitely needed their emotional love and support. They drove all the way down just to see me! I am so lucky to have the best family ever! They have done so much for us in demolishing our house, taking and helping salvage some of our clothes and things, coming down whenever we need them, and just coming down to make sure we are ok. I love them sooooooo much!! I am eternally grateful for them :)

3) Staying with Russell and Mary Guilfou is so wonderful! We have so much in common and our kids are only one week apart! They are loving being each other's playmate and having someone to share snacks and toys with lol. They are such a wonderful family! I have no idea how we will repay them (or anyone who has helped us)! Mary and I call each other "sister wife" and I am definitely going to miss her when we go back to our own homes. There home is set up pretty much just like ours, so we feel right at home. They even have the exact same bed that we had at home in their spare room!! I am so eternally grateful that Heavenly Father has placed them in our lives!!

4) We are making so many great memories this summer...and now fall....I don't know what else to say. All the little things going on are going well...these were the big things. I haven't blogged in so long! I don't know where to start, and where to end. haha

Later! ;)