Where to begin?

Where to begin?  I have a lot to catch up on.  I am not sure why I feel unmotivated to keep my blog up. I have always enjoyed doing it and I like having a place to keep memories and pictures.  I think it comes down to time.  What have I chosen to spend my time on lately?  I have spent a lot of time reflecting and reading God's word, something I have relied heavily on during my low times.  Reese is home now, Lane and Estelle need my attention, and I feel like I need to spend some of my time preparing for this move.  I said it again, a move to Alaska.  I am excited, fearful, happy, sad.  I feel the need to purge a lot of unneeded clutter.  So that is where my time has gone, and as you will see by my pictures we have spent a lot of time doing fun stuff too.  I am trying to really be present each day and enjoy these moments I have with my kids, family, friends.

So I will play a little catch up.  Starting with the middle of October when Reese's parents came to visit.
We went up to Julian and went on the Eagle Mine tour.  If you live in the San Diego area, that is a really cool thing to do.  The guys especially seem to love it.

 The drive up to Julian is awesome!

 Panning for gold at Eagle Mine.

The next day we headed up to San Pasqual Battlefield up near Escondido.  The guys seem to love that too, imagine that.

 The kids loved having Mop (Grandma) and Poopa (Grandpa) here.  A little side-note, Lane has called them that since he could talk, we have no idea where it came from.  I will continue my catch up soon!