The Shafferland Shuffle

Before I recap what may have been the BIGGEST WEEK EVER IN SHAFFERLAND, I want to pause to wish a happy Mother's Day to my mother, my mother-in-law, and my step-mother-in-law. I'm very grateful for each of these ladies that are moms to me. I'm also grateful for all the moms who have adopted me in and loved me as though I belonged to them!

* Last Sunday, Ryan and I were exhausted, but we had coffee duty at church, so we got up early and reported in to start brewing! After we came home from church, we fell into bed and slept HARD for almost three hours. We felt so much better after that! I had fun playing with my new chalkboard-on-a-door and then we began the first of the goodbyes for the week. We met up with our friends who bought the Bekah-mobile and said our fond farewell to my car from the last thirteen years! 

* Monday night we said our final goodbyes to the house in Marion. We made one last trip over to mow the yard and walk through, have our good meltdown, have our last dance, and lock the door behind us for the last time. It ended up being much more emotional than I expected it to be, but it felt fitting, somehow, for this to be the way we spent our 41st monthiversary!

* Tuesday, some of Ryan's work buddies came over to help him hang cabinets in the garage. These were extra cabinets we took out of the kitchen when we tore down the wall. We hated to get rid of them, and I needed some more storage, so we hung them out there! YAY! We also picked out the first round of our flowers for this year, which was such fun. And we even got to rest a bit and watch a TV show. {Funny how that now feels like a luxury.}

* Wednesday was our BIG, BIG DAY!!! We officially closed on our Marion house...and Braeya turned ten! It was a lot to celebrate! We loved being able to officially sign the house over to its new owner, to celebrate with him, and to have a little party for our girl to celebrate her advancement into double digits!! PRAISE THE LORD for the huge answer to prayer in selling our house!

* Thursday evening, I traveled to another town to attend a meeting for a retreat I'm speaking at later this year, and on the way home, the sunset was so beautiful! I loved that! Meanwhile, Ryan decided our yard is not best suited for a push mower {YAY!!!!} and a friend of his had a riding mower to sell, so he went to pick it up for a test run!

* Friday I worked to plant flowers, and I especially loved this old red wagon full of flowers. The wagon was mine when I was a kid! I made long lists of stuff that needed to be done before Mother's Day, and then I helped plant more flowers while Ryan reconstructed the pedestal stones we brought from our old house!

* Yesterday Ryan worked hard to finish the landscaping, including putting in our fire pit, and I worked hard inside to get all the food ready for Mommapalooza! LOTS of cooking! We took a break in the evening, to attend our niece's birthday party, and then we went back home and got back to work. WHEW! What a crazy busy week! :)