Moving, birthdays and a new normal

Monday March 12 we moved into our house. It feels so good to be in our own place and unpack our things. It has been wonderful to be able to stay in others homes during this time of transition but we are happy to be in our own place using our own things.

Love the site of empty totes

The unpacking went well. Part of what helped is that we are renting a furnished home so we didn’t have to go buy the dining room table or living room furniture. That was a huge blessing. I spent Tuesday unpacking and then Wednesday baking for Luke’s birthday. Thursday was spent in town doing some shopping for things needed for the house and Friday was spent getting ready for Luke’s birthday party on Saturday.

Our home

Luke had a lot of fun at his party. We played a couple games and then the kids just had fun playing together. We also invited his teachers and some gals that were with us at language school. It was fun being together celebrating Luke.

Luke is now 11 years old

Keith started working on Monday,  the 19th so we will hopefully be getting into a ‘normal’ routine with work and school. His week has gone well so far. There is lots to do and lots to learn.

The kids are doing well in school. They love Fridays the best, maybe because school is over at 12:30. This is also the day other homeschoolers in the area join our kids for art, a Bible lesson and PE type activities. They love having the other kids join them. I am hoping to take pictures of the kids next week at school so you can see what their school is like.

The kids are having fun with the puppies and it is fun having them around. This is our first experience with dogs so we are learning lots. Right now they like to nip at us. So we are trying to get them to stop.

So far this week he has chewed my flip flop
and pulled clothes off the clothes line