Not Yet...But Soon....

We have been waiting for a house and hopefully we have found one :)
If the deal goes well we will be moving in roughly 2weeks or less.
Packing has been chaotic and kids have been crazy but we will have it figured out soon.
Set backs have been preventing us from moving thus far and hopefully our luck has change :)

My New Little Ones......

My new little bundles will get to come home soon.

They were born around the 19th or so and are being bottle fed and switched off of goat milk so that I can take them soon. Two little sisters out of triplets. :) 

Their mother is Boer x Nubian cross and their father is Boer x Alpine cross.

 You can see the Nubian in the first baby and Alpine in the second baby. Both are adorable. :)

Last house fell through so the move is pushed back but still on the hunt and it will be soon.

House fell through so now back to house hunting....

Sorry it has been a while but between kids school ending on Friday and graduation, packing, and now back to house hunting I have had a hard time getting on to blog.

I will try to keep posting as much as I can to keep it updated.

She did it!

My daughter walked at her graduation ceremony today.
The first one in several generations on her father's side to do so.
We are all very proud of her.

She was also awarded the Principles Award metal for being an outstanding role model in the classroom  (helping others, excelling in class, and setting a good example for the other students).

She did it!!!

My High School Graduate :) and her proud brothers.

Her oldest brother will be getting his GED this summer and the youngest is in the 7th grade going into 8th this coming August.

Amber-Lee, Raymond Sr. (Amber-Lee's Grandfather, her dad's dad), Kaylynn (Amber-Lee's cousin in back, one of her dad's sister's kids, Debbie (Amber-Lee's Grandmother, her dad's mom), Joyce (Amber-Lee's Great Grandmother, her dad's mom's step-mother), Kaylee (Amber-Lee's cousin, one of her dad's other sister's kids and Aunt -Debbie adopted her), Rick Foor (Amber-Lee's dad's best friend here in Cadillac, MI), Raymond III (Amber-Lee's oldest brother), and Ralph (Amber-Lee's youngest brother). Not pictured is mom/me who is behind the camera and dad who is working in Colorado and could not get back for it as it was held on a Tuesday evening.

Amber-Lee and me her very proud mother.

A very proud Grandfather who was starting to tear up as he saw his Granddaughter be the first out of several generations on their side to graduate high school. :)

These are some of my favorites out of the shots we took for her to choose from for senior pictures. :)

(2014 copyright laws do apply and these photographs are the property of Jodi A. Metcalf.)

My Daughter is going to make it!!!

From the looks of things my daughter has her in class classes done and passed and her online classes will be done before the weekend is over so that she can take her last tests on Monday.

Yeah!!! Woo Hoo!!! She will be walking in the Graduation ceremony. :) We are so proud of her!!!!

She will have to finish up an English credit but they are working with her on that one. Since she will be done on Monday and since there is still several weeks of school left she will have most if not all of the school day to work on it and she may have it knocked out for the most part before school gets out, though they will let her finish it, she may not have to do summer school to finish that last one for her diploma. :)

She has been hauling butt on those online classes to get them finished up in time, staying up late at night. She pushed herself so hard the other day that she fell asleep with the laptop still on and logged in but I went on to see how many she got done that day and between the ones she was able to do at school and what she was able to get done at home, she finish over 30+ assignments, quizzes, reviews, projects, and tests (which can only be done at school of course).

Crunch Time!!!!!

My daughter is a senior in high school and it is now crunch time for exams before they can see who will have their credits to graduate. :P Luckily some of her classes are online ones and she can work on them at home too. She is hauling but here and locking herself in her room so as to not be distracted. You go girl! I am so proud of her. She even to on extras this trimester to make sure she has all of her requirements done. She will be one of the few students to graduate with more credits then she needs to but she fell a little short on her requirements, hence the reason for the extra classes. But she is doing it, she should have them all done in time at this pace, and then some. :) Now if I can ever get this packing done :/

Still tweeking my look....

Bare with me as I am still trying to settle on a look for the blog. :)

An Artist is never happy with having it a set way for very long, always have to change things here and there and they are never finished... lol

Here we Go!

Welcome to my new blog for our new life in Colorado.

We have begun the process of packing, cleaning, and searching for a home. We plan on being moved when kids finish school.

My oldest son is 21. My middle child is 18 and she is graduating this year. My youngest son is 13 and will be the only one that we will be waiting on as my daughter can leave in May.

My husband has been offered a job with all the trimmings, but he will be searching all over before putting all of his eggs in one basket.
I may even be able to find a way of using my Interior Decorating there as Michigan is so economically challenged at the moment that I can not seem to get even a consulting gig here.

All we are doing is digging a hole and soon we will not be able to climb out of it. We have a change and an opportunity to make a change for the better. We don't want to look back and say "We should have done it" and now it's to late. We need to, even if it is just to prove that we are not scared of new things (changes). The hubby should not have to work until he is dead to support his family in today's economy.

So........here we go!