Hello :)

So, I stumbled across my blog on my phone the other day while I was waiting in the car for J. I thought it was really cool going back and seeing pics of the kids and reading about what we were doing back then. I decided that I wanted to blog again because it is like keeping a diary, a way to chronicle this time AND 'this time' is going by so very fast. I just wish I could freeze it, but I can't. My kids are getting bigger and I am getting older and there is NO stopping it! To catch us up. We bought a house. An older home - not super old but 23yrs.old. It's in an area I've always liked and I just love it! We have been remodeling it. We floored in a two story great room to create an upstairs game room, added a small bedroom, and a bunch of other things here and there. We are still working on it and hopefully will finish it up this summer. It's been a big year of volleyball and more volleyball. C started playing middle school VBall on a homeschool team and I was able to coach her team. She played her first season of club volleyball and I coached an older team. E played tackle football and decided that he doesn't think he likes it. He also played basketball and decided he loved that sport! (I prefer basketball to tackle football) E & C changed curriculumn and did Abeka Academy on DVD- so my teaching duties were greatly reduced this year. R went to public school. We decided each child should do a year of public. The twins did 2nd and R is doing 3rd. She is a stellar student, pulling high A's on every report card. I dont think we will do 3rd again with lil'c though. The testing just makes for a lame year. Lil'c is growing up way too fast. She likes to act like she is 13 or something. She has been the one child that has done everything my other kids never did at her age. I just LOVE her so much though. I am SO glad she is in our lives. Without her I think I would really be missing when the kids were small. I get to enjoy those amazing, funny, super cute years like never before and one more time because of her. She is smart, funny and beautiful! J & I are doing great! Marriage can be tough, but I have found this year to be the sweetest. We seem to be getting to a place where we understand what make eachother tic and what tics eachother off...HA ;)!(So we try to avoid the latter!) It only took 12 years. We also got a dog. A loveable Golden we named Max. He is a great addition to our family and the kids LOVE him. Oh,I also must mention that I finally got a tornado shelter - FEMA gave Tarrant Co a grant to help pay for residential storm shelters- so I was all over that rebate! (those of you who know me best, know how much that means to me) So, when those tornados hit N.Texas a few weeks back, we were tucked away in our shelter. Well, I think that pretty much sums it up! We are now wrapping up the school year and getting ready for summer fun!