The New Normal

My last post at Hopeful was in January 2014 -- 1323 days ago. Let's take a moment to get you up to date...

Finn, previously a six year old Kindergartner, is now an almost ten year old fourth grader:

Emmett, previously an almost four year old preschooler, ) is now a seven year old second grader:

Sean, previously an elementary school principal in Illinois, is now a district administrator in Montana:

Hope, previously an elementary school library media specialist in Illinois, is now...well, I'm not quite sure what I am. In the immediate moment, I am thinking I'd like to be a blogger again, among other things. So here I am.

About six weeks ago, Sean landed a sweet job in his hometown of beautiful Helena, Montana. In the last six weeks we've put our little yellow house on the market (you can visit it here), moved 1516 miles cross country, enrolled our kids in a brand new school (which happens to be Sean's old school), and moved in with Sean's parents while we look for a house of our own. To say it has been a time of tremendous transition and gigantic emotions would be a gross understatement, but we're finally mostly on the flipside of the madness and it's starting to get exciting.

Not sure what this space will look like, but as I find myself wanting to write, it seemed as good a space as any to do that. You can subscribe at the bottom if you'd like email notifications on new posts. Thanks for joining our family as we figure out the new normal.