Having family come for a visit always makes time go faster. There is less to do when I have visitors. Somehow there are less dishes and laundry to clean. The house stays tidier. I stay up a little later and get up a little earlier than usual but don't feel tired. When they go the house feels so empty and quiet. Both my parents and Devin's parents came out over different weekends and we had fun seeing different sights, enjoying time outside and eating out at fun places. So if any of my friends or family want to come out for a vacation, please come stay with us!
Easter was a whirlwind of fun for us. We had 3 different egg hunts. Celebrated with friends and family on 2 different weekends. We barely got one nice family picture and I have a giant bowl of candy in the house that I'm tempted to either throw away or eat it all in one sitting just so it's not in my house anymore.
Last year was soccer and this year the boys are trying baseball. Sadly I am in no way athletic. I never played team sports (except one summer of baseball and that was miserable for me.) I can throw/catch a ball with kids but that 's the extent of my athletic ablility. My husband grew up playing all kinds of sports. He was very athletic but is now too busy to be athletic. I like the idea of team sports and see benefits to having our kids in team sports but getting our kids to be excited about trying any kind of sport just doesn't happen in our house. Needless to say our weekends are busy until the end of june with baseball games. Hopefully some good comes out of this and it can be another thing to cross off the list of something we've tried. I will post some pictures of the boys' games soon.
I haven't mentioned school and work. Devin is still trying to get up to speed on all things military after 3 years on the outside and learning a job he knows very little about. We are hoping very much that things slow down for him allowing more time for family. As for school with the boys, I've figured we will have to work year round just to stay caught up. How can anyone do school in a place like this? Vacation weather nearly everyday and a perfect neighborhood just begs for outside time. All day. How can I squash the kids desire to excercise their bodies and social skills by making them sit at a desk for a few hours? (Just to put some certain readers at ease I'm not saying we don't do any school work at all). We just do a smaller amount each day or only a few days a week since I can't bring myself to get into a strict routine with it. Hence my reason for no official summer break either. We'll be working through the summer to finish up so we can move on to the next grade in the fall.
