Busy...

Sorry we've been slacking on our blogging....Tomorrow morning we head out to see Katie and Mike and kiddos and Kristy and Peter and kiddos on our way back to NM. The girls are really excited about seeing their cousins. We are hoping to get out ahead of any storms that Fay may or may not bring to SC.
It's with really mixed emotions that we head back. SC is beautiful...Their state motto "Smiling Faces, Beautiful Places" isn't exaggerating. We snuck out after dinner on Tuesday for a quick swim at the beach while the sun was setting (I love being so close that we can do that). My girls love the water and running away from the waves. (Sorry our camera's battery died or we'd have pictures). We are really going to miss the water and the trees.
Grace has already started to ask me when we will be coming back to SC to see her friends. I think we have thoroughly confused our daughter with all this moving around this year. :) She is really sad about leaving behind her new friends and I'm sure will continue to be the devout pen-pal she likes to be. I'm going to miss our new friends too--Our ward here is very sweet and I've been so thankful for the friendships we've made.
Anyway, we are heading back and should be home around Tuesday night next week after some nice long hours in the car. :) We're going through areas we've never been all the way home though, so that is always fun for us. NM has always treated us well so we are optimistic about the coming years and looking forward to being closer to family. We're looking forward to seeing the old ward and friends again. It'll be great being in our house too surrounded by our stuff (we've been in a furnished apartment) and hopefully in a few years the market may pick up and we can try to sell again. (Let us know if any of you know anyone moving to our area :)

We hope you all have a great weekend!