I wished that a lot a year ago. We had found our perfect little house and fixed it up. I had such an amazing job that gave me the opportunity to teach with the best school district in Utah and also stay home with my adorable baby boy. Eric had a great job close to home where he could come home and have lunch with us daily. We lived close to my friends and family and had something going on everyday. We loved being able to go watch Lori and Emily play volleyball on the weekends and watch the little nephews play soccer during the weeks. We loved going to Cottonwood football games and watching the college games every Saturday on TV. Life was absolutely perfect. I remember thinking everyday that I wish I could just freeze time because our life was PERFECT.
Our world was rocked when we were asked to move around the world and I wish I could say its been easy. I'm reminded every time I go back to Utah to visit just how hard it is and how much I miss our old life.
However, even though its hard and I miss our old life I still have moments, like yesterday, where I feel like my life is still perfect and I just want to freeze time. Yesterday was a LONG, hard and very weird day. My boys are both sick (which isn't awesome) and all three of us are very jet-lagged and after 24 hours of hardly any sleep and traveling home, we were are frickin exhausted.. We were in and out of sleep all day and all night. We were relaxing, eating, cuddling, and watching movie after movie. We had tickle fights, played with cars and changed from our old pjs to clean pjs. It was seriously draining and exhausting. But there was a moment, in between the moments I thought I was going to break down, where Owen was laying on my chest and Eric was beside me and everything was perfect. I remember thinking how badly I wanted to freeze that moment and have it forever. Never let Owen get bigger. Never let Eric go back to work. Just stay there. Forever. It was a perfect moment that I wouldn't trade it for anything. I'm so grateful for my sweet family.
This is so sweet and a good reminder to try and be happy even when life isn't exactly how you would like it to be. Luckily for me, I'm back in Utah and feeling how you used to feel when you guys were here, but I also understand being displaced (not quite all the way out of the country, though) and not liking it so I feel for you. And knowing that I have to do it again every summer for the next few years isn't my favorite. But it is definitely good to know that I'll have my little family with me wherever we go. Sweden is lucky to have you guys and it was good to see you at the wedding. I wish Lincoln could play with Owen more often. I think they would be good buddies. He's such a sweet little guy. :)
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