Anyone still with me????

Well hello there stranger........Long time no talk.....You want to know how long it has been?  Well long enough that it took me about 5 min to figure out how to get a blank page up on the screen to start this :-)!

So summer is over and fall is finally here.  I love fall, I mean LOVE fall.  Kids are back in school (I love them and all but after 3 months I have run out of fun ideas and the kids have hit the ....I AM BORED.....wall), pumpkin spice lattes are in and I get to sleep under the quilt without sweating buckets.

So what is new around here....we are moving.  If you know me this is wonderful news.  I love to move, every 3 yrs I get the itch and we have been here for 6 so the time has come.  We are not moving far and the kids will stay in the same school but the best part is that my parent are moving up by us.  Oh and not just by us but 2 houses away!  I can not even begin to imagine what amazing memories we will all have in the coming years.  What a blessing for our children!  They love their mimi and papa :)

So to catch you up on the kids.  Nathan is still my crazy boy who loves anything outside.  He started 3rd grade and loves it!  He also started drum lessons and says he can't wait to play at church.

Katie is in 1st grade and is playing the piano now.  Everyday she gets home she also plays school(she reminds me of myself so much).  There is a child who is deaf in her class this year, so instead of just being a teacher she is now the teacher's interpreter.  It makes me smile, she has such a sweet heart.

Caleb turned 5 this summer and is doing amazing.  We chose to hold him back so he is doing 1/2 days in Early Childhood again.  We are hoping his speech will become a bit clearer over the year so he has a better chance of interacting with friends in school next year.  He also started gymnastics and is loving it.  They have the regular teacher, a speech therapist and OT there.  It is awesome.

And last we have Ana, miss personality.  She has such fun humor and keeps us running.  I love having her home everyday.  She also started gymnastics and is doing great.

Other then the kids keeping me very busy I have been searching the internet for lots of fun projects for Ben once we move.  I have a tree house picked out, a kitchen table to make, a kids art table, some book cases, toy storage cubbies and a play house for the playroom ;-) (quiet...he doesn't know yet I have that many picked out!)  Oh and then I am hoping to make part of the playroom into a therapy/sensory area for Caleb.  That should keep us busy over the cold winter.

Here are some pictures from the summer!

Hope everyone had a great summer!