Family brunch

Happy Father's Day to all you fathers out there. I hope your day was wonderful & full of love!! Yesterday my mom & dad took Aaron, me, our kids, my brother, & his girlfriend out for a family brunch since we'll be moving 2ish hours away in 12 days. My mom has Celiac disease so eating out is very risky for her. She did some looking around & found a restaurant not too far from us in Asheville called The Posana Cafe. It's a completely gluten free restaurant so there were no worries about any gluten getting in her system.

I've eaten gluten free food before & some of it was really good, some of it not so much, so I was a little nervous going in. All I can say is the food at the Posana was amazing! Mom got breakfast, Aaron and I got burgers, Dad got the chicken sandwich, we ordered pancakes for Addy, and I'm not really sure what Scott and Lauren ordered. The portions were very generous and so tasty! 

Ashley Farms Chicken Sandwich

Scrambled eggs, sausage, & cheese grits

Unfortuneately I scarfed down my burger before snapping a picture of it. We all tried a little bit of everything, and honestly it was all delicious. Aaron got a bloody mary (which came with olives). I had to try a sip & it had a kick to it but was still yummy. I wanted to dip a tortilla chip in it! I ordered a coke to go with my meal & much to my delight they brought it to me in the glass bottle! I didn't even pour it in the cup of ice they brought with it, there was no need.

Bloody Mary

Coke in a bottle

 There's my wonderful dad in that picture as well. After brunch I was super full because I finished my plate and then some, but I just couldn't leave without some dessert. I ordered the Espresso Cheesecake and again, so good! I ate every last bite. I just can't say enough how much I enjoyed eating here and how glad I am that there's a local-ish restaurant for my mom to eat safely in. She's done so well since her diagnoses and I don't think she's really been able to go out and enjoy herself since. 

Espresso Cheesecake w/Hazelnut Biscotti

There were some sad moments as well. Aaron & I will be moving in 12 days and watching my parents with my children, and laughing with my brother and Lauren made me realize how different things are going to be once we move. I've never lived away from my family like this and even when we come to visit it'll only be for a few days. It made my heart ache. I don't do change well, even though I know this is a move my family needs to make for a better future for us it doesn't make it hurt less.

It's getting real.

Today I went to Lowes & bought some moving supplies. I got boxes, tape, and some cleaning stuff. Granted I didn't get near enough boxes for our move, but I wanted to get a few just to give us an idea at about how many we'll need. I have Goodwill boxes, storage boxes, and coming with us boxes. LOTS of organizing going on! And you know what I realized today? Trying to pack with 2 under 2 in the house is really hard! We've got a lot to get done in these next 15 days.

After dinner our realtor came over to finalize the paperwork for selling our house. So many pages to sign, at least 2.5 hours worth. Our house should be getting listed in the next couple of days, I've just got a couple more pictures to send her, and we now have a lock-box on our front door. We're really moving friends. This is really happening.

Oh, and do men think that a lady can't find her way around a hardware store? I'm not mad or anything I just found it hilarious that with my Aaron maybe one person asks if we're finding everything ok. Today, alone with just the kids, I had at least four men ask me if I needed help finding something. But when it came to hauling all my boxes to the car no one offered to help me then! 

Tomorrow is Friday, and it could not come soon enough!!

Welcome friends!!

Hello! I'm Samantha and welcome to my blog! Here I'll be posting about my day to day life, type 1 diabetes, mommy-hood, & our family's new adventure - moving our family in with our friends family! Exciting things are coming to my new blog, my YouTube channel, & to my little family. Please bear with me this coming week as I get everything together. 

Thanks friends!