I have the greatest news! Denver has an updates file! Oh, wrong greatest news...I'm going home! I think very few of you, not more than two or three, can really comprehend what that sentence does within my heart. I am more homesick than I ever thought I could be. I am so lonely here, lonelier than I ever thought I could be. I feel like I have lost so much of who I am and what made me shine. Its likely no one's fault but my own, but I think the realities of life, stress, money, jobs, and motherhood have finally caught up and I am ready to go home. Home. For the first time in 5 years, I'm going home just to be home. No weddings, no reunions, no open houses. Just home. It's making me cry just thinking about it.
I tried to convince my sister to come out here as tickets are just $79 each way right now for October. We've been talking about her family coming for a few months and she has always said that she'd rather fly us out there so I could go home than her family come here when I'd still be homesick. So, with prices this low, she decided she would foot the bill (with the help of my parents, though I'm determined to find a way to cover the cost...anyone need a baby blanket or something I can make?). So, at the end of October, the girls and I are going home. For a week. A full week.
The part that breaks my heart is that Braden cannot come. If we could figure out a way to make an extra $600 to cover him missing work, plus $200 to travel, I'd take him. But we cannot afford for him to miss work. So, he's staying behind but agrees that this is a good thing. I hope Keara loves being with Carter again and that Taryn and Addison can enjoy playing. I'm not concerned about enjoying Kerri and Steve, though I am guaranteed to come home 10 pounds heavier with her fantastic cooking and all the cookie dough we'll be eating. I'm also so glad Keara and Taryn will have their first focused time with both Grandma AND Grandpa. They hardly know them at all, except in pictures.
The leaves will be changing, it will be cold (freezing to us!), and it will feel like fall!!!!! Ah, to feel like fall again. Plus, we get to go trick-or-treating with Carter and Addison. What should we dress as?! So much to do, so much to plan. I am so grateful for this opportunity and hope it will at least sustain me for another few months before the homesickness sets in again.
I am SO excited!
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Good news gets even better--Claire and I will be there too! We haven't worked out the details or even flight plans but Chris old high school is recognizing him for outstanding acheivement on Nov first so we will be going out for that and Claire and I will be hanging out at the homestead for a few days before.
I am so happy for you and your lil' ladies Cheri! I'm sorry Braden can't go with you, but absense makes th heart grow fonder anyways right! You deserve this! Miss you!~Manda
We get to have a bit of home then, too! Dad is planning on coming out for a area meeting in Denver on the 1st so I think we will be trick-or-treating and "projecting" with him. - Brent
YEAH FOR CHERI TO COME VISIT!!!!!!!!!!!! our itinerary includes going to the zoo, to the childrens museum, and the latest one...SIX FLAGS? FRIGHT FEST??
AND HEY--refer to the "tagged" post, and you are actually fulfilling your DREAM vacation! AWESOME!
Glad you get to finally go home and enjoy family and fall. Too bad Braden will be staying behind.
Sounds like heaven!! I'm so happy for you. Too bad it's not closer to NC. (Cookie dough really sounds good right now!!)
I'm really glad for you. 5 years is a really long time. Live it up and come back pumped up and ready to tackle whatever lies ahead. It's amazing how much a trip can rejuvinate the spirits! Have fun!!
Sooo cool, Cheri, and Tauna. I was talking to mom when they were making the plans. I know you are way excited for this. Revel every minute. Will you jump in a pile of leaves for me?
Ps- I always read your blog. I just don't comment, really. I email instead. But now you know you have a loyal reader.
Wow, I didn't realize that it has been that long since you have been home. Sounds like fun, guess you won't be crashing our ward trunk or treat party again this year? j/k
HEY RI--
I love that you added your traveling songs to the blog! That's the personal spice of life!
Sounds like you need to move to Denver!! It's amazing how living near family does help the homesickness. I've been cured since we moved!! Love ya! Have fun! See you at Thanksgiving (Christmas songs, the holiday smells, and all!)
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