Home is where your family is.

The Weatherford Family has learned this phrase well.  Since we were married four years ago, we have moved four times.  We moved again last weekend and with at least one more move in our near future we have figured out a few life lessons.

1.  Home is where your family is.  No matter if its in a beautiful new home or a small apartment, we are a family.  We are there for each other, we love each other.
2.  God loves us and He wants what is best for us.  Recently the Lord led us from a very bad move that would have created a lot of stress in our lives and could have been dangerous for our children.  We had already committed to the brown recluse infested home when we kept running into setbacks throughout our move.  Obviously, God was giving us time to notice the extreme bug issue so we could get out without any problems.
3.  Children are resilient.  Every big change we have ever had has caused Brian and I to stress and every time the kiddos have proven us wrong.  How will Lucas handle a new brother?  How will he handle a big boy bed? How will they ever share a room?  How will they handle the move?  Well, they handled it perfectly.  No problems, no crying, no missing sleep, nothing.  They handled it like they believe #1 (above.)
4.  You don't need stuff.  Obviously we have way more stuff than many people all over the world.  But moving has allowed us to evaluate what we need.  We have really edited our life down to the important stuff (Except for photos and albums.  I have been told that I have a problem with this.)  I'm still a normal American that sees that cute shirt that I "have" to have, or that treats myself to a Braum's banana shake when I have just spent too much on groceries.  But, we really have tried to simplify.

After a full day of moving, we finally brought Samuel and Lucas home.  We walked in prepared to build it up to something grand but we didn't have to.  Lucas was so impressed that all of his stuff was here.  He walked around taking inventory and saying "wow!  My toys!  Wow, my bed!"  What a relief that was.  Thanks to everyone that has supported us over the last two years of moving.  Thanks to our family for helping us out in so many ways.  We love you!