6 states in 6 months

I can not believe it is almost Go Time for us! With Jason being in Podiatry school we have now hit our 4th year rotations around the country for the next year!!! We have been talking about this day for the past...well since we started Podiatry school...so for the past LIFETIME it feels like lol! Our schedule is going to be

June ~ Tucson AZ (just Jason)

July ~ Colorado

August ~ Utah

September ~ Michigan

October ~ Kentucky

November ~ Indiana

December-April ~ Michigan

WOOHOO!!! I am honestly SOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!! Usually when I tell people what we are doing they think I am crazy (or super needy) but here is why we decided to do what we are doing. It's pretty simple. It's just what we wanted and felt like it's what was best for our family, and Heavenly Father is helping make it a possibility! :) We have been so blessed already. For me, I would much rather move around every month to be able to see my husband for 5 minutes a day than to stay home and not have that little bit of contact. Jason wanted me to add that he is "so grateful and excited that my family will be coming with me!!! :)"

So we will have an awesome fun/hard/unpredictable/exciting year ahead of us, but I am so excited to learn whatever we need to make it on this adventure. I'll do little updates each place we are at of course. I haven't been able to find a lot of info out there on how to fit a family into a shoe box of a car so I'll also be posting do's and don'ts about that... for whoever happens to need that info later... Here is my first tip.

TIP FOR LIVING IN A HOME THAT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A HOME BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING IN IT:

* With Jason being gone this month we wanted to get most everything given away so I'm not having to do all the heavy work while he is gone. Good idea, but now with him being gone and nothing on the walls..or floors..it can feel pretty empty. I have learned while not being able to decorate to make my space feel like "home", by having good uplifting music on or playing crazy with Aiden and Brynlee, it brings such a happy spirit to the home! It is the best thing I can think of to fill a home with. Oh and for when Jason is gone and its super quiet at night, I have started listening to conference talks to go to sleep and it makes all the difference. 

OH AND RANDOM TIP NUMBER TWO: Turn off all fans that are not in the room you are sleeping in at night. It's kinda creepy to wake up hearing the blinds moving in the living room because the fan was blowing them around lol. Save yourself some sleep and worry and just turn the fan off haha.

If you have any light packing tips I would love to hear them!