1st, My sister had her baby Thursday of last week- you already knew that.
The next day, Seth had his last day of work at True Value. He was offered a job selling life insurance with the Knights of Columbus and, after many months of consideration, decided to take it. The first year or two will be a big adjustment for us, but in the long run it has a lot of potential. He will now be working from home, which is great...although he'll also be working mostly evenings which will take some getting used to. We also hope that I will be able to do some of the office work to give him more time with the kids. We've had to promise everyone at True Value, though, that we'd still stop by to visit - Elena has made quite a few friends there!
The following Wednesday, my best friend from college moved back to the UAE after 7 years in the States. We're really going to miss you, Rachana!
Also in the last week, my parents moved to a new house in Marshall and sold their house of 20 years. We'll miss the giant yard with all the fruit trees and the porch. We also had to say goodbye to Maria's cat, Blaze, who has moved to a farm. (The video below is of Elena saying goodbye to Blaze just before he left). It will be sad not having a home in Cottonwood, but it will be nice having Papi and Grandma in Marshall since we go there about once a week.
