Christmas time is coming

Christmas time is coming and I am sad. I am still hoping that Jake gets a job and we are able to be back in the mainland for Christmas.

Christmas is just not the same without family around. Now that we have kids it is even harder. We would love to be surrounded by all our family and for our kids to have that amazing experience.

I decided to listen to Christmas music yesterday for the first time this year. I usually wait until Thanksgiving but I was curious what the girls thought about the music. We ended up listening to it for a few hours, they loved it.

The songs brought a lot of emotions for me though. I just really want to be with family for Christmas. I miss you all.

Jake has some job opportunities still open out there and if he was to be offered a good one then he would have to be there probably within 4-5 weeks from accepting. Christmas is 5&1/2 weeks away so that is cutting it close.

Plane tickets are ridiculous during the holidays so it just isn't a smart thing to do right now.

We know that we are supposed to move. When we first learned it was time we didn't even really want to leave Hawaii, we love it here, at least not yet. Then we were just ok with leaving about 4-5 months later. We still weren't thrilled but we were ok with it. Now we are extremely ready. We have a plan to get back ASAP. We really feel like it is time.

We are doing our part now we are just waiting for God to do his part. We are trying our best to be patient.

Patience is hard knowing Christmas is coming. We have been living in limbo for almost a year now. We want to get the girls lots of things for Christmas but if we move we can't afford to bring them. I mean if you buy a toy for $20 and it costs you $10-15 to ship it a month later what is the point, it is smart to just wait to buy it after the move. But we have been waiting for almost a year now.

For the girls birthdays we bought them some fun things but they are all small things we can move with easily.

I have been holding off on potty training Aleigh because I don't want to buy all the equipment just to turn around and have to buy it a 2nd time a month later.

Also, Christmas decorations. We sold all our decorations when we thought we were moving to Salt Lake City. All we have left is some handmade or personalized ornaments and a homemade Christmas tree skirt. I don't want to celebrate the season without decorations, but I don't feel like it is smart to buy them all over again just to sell them shortly after for next to nothing. Plus who is going to want to buy used Christmas decorations right after Christmas? I doubt anybody.

Please just keep us in your prayers that a job works out soon. It would mean so much to our family to be back on the mainland for Christmas.