We are still here!

I figured I better catch this blog up before Gavin's birthday and Christmas so I don't put those posts off too! I know I haven't blogged at all lately, but I do have good reasons! I will start back at the end of August, when all chaos at our house started. Preston started school on August 14th
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He had a great teacher and had friends from last year in his class, he was happy to be back in school!
We had known for awhile that Patrick's job was going to have some changes, but figured for the most part things would stay the same. They were being sold, and when the new owners came, he was very unhappy with the way things were going. He decided to stay with the company he had been with for several years, but that meant a quick move for us. We made the decision on a Tuesday and moved on Saturday- not fun! We had been in that apartment for over 6 years! Preston had only been in school for 2 weeks, but thankfully he was excited to try another school. We only moved 30 minutes away to Bellevue, TN, but moving is NOT fun! I registered Preston for school, and when I took him to his 2nd first day of school, he had a substitute for his first day! It was total chaos in his classroom, he had no desk or hook to hang his stuff- I was just about to take him home and try again the next day when the administrator finally decided to put him in another classroom. We walked into the new classroom and it was so calm and peaceful- I felt a lot better. That day after school though, Preston said he wanted to be in the first chaotic class because it was a lot more fun!
We liked Bellevue ok, we weren't thrilled with the school, but we knew this move was only temporary. I don't think we thought it was as temporary as it ended up being though! Patrick started to look for a more permanent job, thinking it would take awhile to find something he liked better. 2 weeks later, he had a job offer we didn't want to turn down. This time we had 2 weeks to pack up and move, but it meant moving again within a month of the last move! We felt terrible about having Preston switch schools again, and when I asked him what he thought about it, he said "sure, my friends aren't that nice to me anyway". I love that boy! I can honestly say that he didn't mind moving again at all. He loves the school he is in now, and has lots of friends. We have been in Clarksville now for a couple months, and are happy here. We like the school and the ward, and are still only an hour from our family and friends. We may not be here forever, but we promised Preston we wouldn't make him switch schools again this school year!