Hello again... time for a BIG update

If anyone does look at this since we never blog,  I'm sorry  I'm not posting pictures.  I want to just post the upcoming crazy things going on with us.  I'll try to make this short but there are no guarantees.  So in a nutshell, I'm 17 weeks pregnant with TWINS and we are moving from Japan to Spain.  I know that sentence seemed short and simple but it's not.  It has been quite crazy for the last four months around here and it's only going to get worse for the next couple of years. 

First, I couldn't be more happy about adding two babies to our family.  I LOVE babies.  I feel so blessed that I get two more when we were expecting to be done after one more.  I know it's going to be one of the hardest things ever, but I am thrilled to add two more to my gorgeous three boys. We are finding out what they are on the 13th.  Five more days.  We are ready and thrilled for whatever they are.  As much as we are going to love having twins, we know it will add some craziness to our  lives along with this move to Spain.  

As much as we know we will enjoy Spain, it means we have to leave our friends and life in Japan.  Those that live here know what I mean.  Those of you that don't, I can't express how hard it will be to leave the "family" we have here.  When you move to a new country across the globe from family, your  friends and neighbors fill in for the time being.  I will miss my Okinawa family so much.  When someone goes through something hard, they fill in.  When, someone needs a hand with kids, they fill in. When it's time to go to the beach, our crowd fills the sand.  When someone is pregnant with twins and moving to another country, they bring dinner over three times a week for THREE weeks! Parks, holidays, sightseeing, impromptu desserts, etc.  I could go on forever but I will always remember the support system we had here.  I hope I can find it in Spain.  As much as I've been homesick for my family in Utah, I know when I leave here, I will be homesick for my Japan clan.  It will be hard to go.  I love you guys.  

Moving is not a good thing for me.  I'm not the best at dealing with change.  When I was little, my siblings would tease me because I would cry after they would repave the road in front of my house. Or if my dad would prune the trees.  Or when my mom wanted to redo my whole bedroom with new wallpaper and a beautiful bedspread.  I cried because I didn't want to forget the old stuff that really needed to go. Did I just admit to all of that?  And I wonder why Max is so emotional.  I grew up in the same house my whole life and threatened my parents they could never sell that house.  Now as an adult I moved away to Cleveland for four years, came to Japan for three, and now we are moving to Spain for three more.  THEN COMING BACK TO UTAH!  

Anyway I should be used to leaving places by now.  It's not fun getting attached and then leaving with the knowledge, that we'll never live here again. 

I think right now, I'm sad mostly for my kids.  This is all they know.  Jake was ten months when we moved here.  He loves his friends and his cute little three year old life.  Max was three and is now a big six year old.  He too has friends that he will miss terribly.  Caden is old enough to know what is going on.  My nine year old! He asks me everyday if he will see them again. It's just not an easy answer.

This has gotten too long.  I guess I needed to get this all out.  At least through this move I get to see my family I haven't seen in three years.  I'm leaving in a week and a half and Nick has another 6 weeks.  I get to fly from Japan with my boys, pregnant with twins, all by myself so I can spend more time with my family.  We have a week and a half.  I leave on April 18th.  It's so soon.  I know I will go through culture shock going back to America.  Japan is so familiar to me. But I can't wait to go back to the country and family I love.  Then after two months, we leave for Spain.  We leave on June 26th so I can get there at my 28 week mark.   I think that is all I can post.  I have major work to do to prepare for next week.  I hope you made it all this far.  I will try to post what the results of the ultrasound are after monday.  I know the big question everyone wants to know is if we are going to have five boys or if there is one or two girls in there.  Pray for healthy!