House

We for those of you who don't know yet, we found a house Wednesday afternoon. It is a 4 bedroom, 2 Bathroom home, i has a small yard. The landlord speaks pretty good English and she is so nice, they just live right across the street. She has two kids right about Madelyn and Kooper's age which will be so nice for the kids. It is about 5 min from the base which will be nice for Seth and Madelyn, because Madelyn will go to school on the base. We are hoping to get her enrolled in school either today or tomorrow. Hoping that she can start school on Monday or Tuesday, she needs to get back in school. The house is in a area where there is other military, so that will be nice to. It will help me meet other military moms and other people that speak English. Well I thought that I would just update everyone today on our house. I will post pictures soon. I will write more later.

Germany

We have been in Germany for 3 days now. Things are very different here, in a good way and some in a bad way. We are trying to adjust to the time difference, not doing to bad but we are all still really wore out. We have been house looking, I think that we may have found the one that we are going to live in but we are going to look at 2 more tomorrow. All the houses here are so different than what we have over in the States. The kids are doing well, Madelyn misses her dogs and my parents. It is very different for the kids not to see them every day, so this has been a big change for them. We are hoping to web cam with my mom and dad this weekend. We can not wait to see their faces. I will post some pics tomorrow or Sunday. I am hoping to take some more pics tomorrow while we are out and about. I will write more later.

Left Home Today

We left Wichita at 7:26 am today, this has been a really hard day. Most of all that I have done today is cry and fly. It was so hard telling all of my family bye. We had dinner last night at my mom and dad's house. My Grandma Swartz , Nathan, Kelsey, Blaak, Kennedy, Nick, Heather, Maison and my parents were there. It was very hard when it was time last night to say good bye to those who were not going to the air port. Then this morning my Mom, Dad, and two brothers went to the air port with us, to see us off on this adventure. I am going to have a really hard time for a while. Right now all that I can think about is how bad my family is hurting. To my Mom, I love you more than words can say and will miss you with all of my heart. And I am not for sure what I will do with out my two brother's, they each are great in their own ways. Of course I will miss my sister in-laws, and little miss Kenndey, and little Mr. Maison and Blaak.

We think the Lord for this great adventure he has handed us. I will have pics to post when I get over there.

We love you all and will miss you all so much.

Mom you are a amazing women and a great mother and awesome nana, I will call you every day and we will be just a close if not closer by the time we come back to Winfield to live.

One of the hardest things this morning was when we were saying good bye, Madelyn and Kooper were crying. Kooper has no idea what is happening, but little Madelyn knows and it just broke my heart for her this morning. Having to tell her Nana, Papa and two Uncle's bye.

Well more later. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

With love-

Seth, Natasha, Madelyn and Kooper

Going away party!

My family had a going away party for us Saturday night. We had such a good time with all of our family and friends. We would like to think everyone for comming even with the cold weather. We will miss all of you more than words can say. We owe my family a big THANK YOU for having a party for us. Thank you so much. This will be a hard week for us with having to say alll of our good bye's. I have no idea how I will be able to do it. But one thing that I tell myself is that I have to stay strong for my kids. That is one thing that I learned form my mom. So it might be a few days before I blog again. I will take a tone of pics on our way over there and when we get there. So everyone can see this great journey in our lives. We will miss you all and love you all so much.

Two of the greatest friends around

Katie Walker, Me, Janae Mettling, and Kelsey Holcomb

My dad and our friend Pete

Our friend Jeff and I

Andy and his girlfriend

Grandma and Grandpa Holcomb

Family and friends

Seth and his boss and her daughter.

House Closed

Friday afternoon we closed on our house. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be. The lady that did our closing Friday was the same lady that did it when we bought the house. We were sitting in the same room as we did 5Years ago. But when we were there then Madelyn was just a baby. When it was time to hand over the keys, I started crying. I hope that they enjoy the house as much as we did and have just as many good memories as we did. That house is the only house that our kids have ever lived in. So as we say good bye to that house we say hello to our new adventure in life. And we owe a big THANK YOU to GOD for this awesome experience he has blessed us with. And a huge THANK YOU for making everything fall in to place with the house work out.

Movers came

The mover's have been here and are now gone. By now our stuff should be on it way over to Germany. This were a hard few day's to see our stuff boxed up and load off into a big truck. Seth was quite the guy this week, he stayed at the house while they loaded everything up and drove off with it. I just could not be there for that so he did it all. I owe him a big THANK YOU. Here are a few pics of the house getting boxed up. The house looks so different all empty, it is hard to be there with none of our stuff in it. We are past one big job now on to a few more. We are getting ready to start a big and hopefully fun it for us and our kids. We love all of our family's and will miss everyone so much. I will post more after our going away party on Saturday night. We are looking forward to spending one last bash with our friends and family.

Upstair's bedroom

This is our kitchen all boxed up and waiting to be loaded.

Computer room all boxed up.

This is the moving truck.