Within the Early Morning Silence

I love to be awake before anyone else, it's always so quite - no matter where you are, in your own home or someone elses. It gives you some time to yourself, to help you prepare for your day, just to I don't know breathe at your own pace.
As I am sure you are aware all our stuff has been packed and loaded and gone by now, even our car. We headed out of Ohio on Thursday and took the car to the port. My Mom met us there and brought me back home with her. I'll be using her car while I'm here, for the most part. So David is finishing up things he has to do at work and I am at Mom's for now. I'm just kinda playing it by ear on what I do and where I go. Not really sure - I don't really have a schedule, so it's just whatever I feel like I guess.
I got here about midnight thursday, finally made it to bed around one and then had to be up at 7 to drive up and get my kids and then back down here. I was so tired. I just can't even explain it. By the time the kids and I made it back here it was after 130 and I was just beat. I took a shower, then laid down on the couch and kinda just fell asleep. haha
Then I got up and watched the kids play with Hailie and stuff for a while. We just kinda vegged out, didn't really go do anything or go anywhere. Except Mom and I ran to walmart and got somethings for her scrapbook room - so that I could help her organize it. Which is what I plan on working on here in just a little bit. It will give me something to do while she sleeps. She's off tomorrow night, so maybe she'll be able to help or want to do something. I don't know, hard to say.
We met my Father-in-law for dinner last night at Pizza Hut for dinner, and it was good, but I'm so done with pizza, my favorite food and I've had enough of it to last me a month I believe. Actually I'm ready for something home cooked - this eating out is expensive and just not as good when you do it everyday. I can't imagine how David will feel over the next month.
The kids went home with Wilbur, just seems so odd. I just got them and now they're gone again. Brier cried a little bit, he didn't really want to go and Ashlynn was just very quite. Like not sure, but she knows the drill - this is the order things go in until we leave for England, gotta make sure we see everyone.
I know it sounds crazy but by the time we actually fly out I think we will all 4 be more than ready. Ready to be in a home of our own again, ready to have our own routines and things again...just ready. I'll be glad when the kids get back. We're going to go to a fair and Ash and I have plans to attend a concert, which will be lots of fun.
After that I think the kids and I will head back up to Marilyn's for VBS - which should be fun. Ashlynn has mentioned a few times over the last 2 days wanting to get baptized. So I think with VBS and after Daddy gets here would be a good time. I'm pretty sure she knows what it means and understands it all, but just to be positive - I think waiting til David gets here will give her time to really think about it and me to spend time talking with her about it. She's asked many times in the last 2 years "When are Brier and I going to get baptized", so I'm sure she's ready and that she knows.
After VBS I'm not sure what will we do. We will have to go see my Dad and spend sometime with him. I'll have to take the kids to see Grandma and Grandpa - but sitting in a Nursing Home isn't all that fun for them. I have to go see Grandma sometime over the next 2 weeks, she wants me to help her with some pictures, that could take a while. So will we see.
As for now that's about it - we are in limbo for the next 2 months. I have no schedule, full of time to relax if I so chose - thing is I feel like I should be doing something so I guess I'll go work on organizing mom's room for her. She's going to be starting school in the fall and she could really use some help around here, so see if I can't make a dent in something. Then when it's quite again I'll post more. As long as I'm at mom's I can - we'll see about the other locations later on.
Until next time you pray for us & we'll pray for you. God Bless!