Busy Busy

I don't know where March has gone! It seems like just yesterday I was waiting for it to arrive. Now, it's over. I'm not sure how that is possible. It at least gets us one month closer to summer vacation.

Speaking of summer vacation, I am not sure how much of a "vacation" it will end up being. At the time, keeping the kids busy this summer seemed like a great idea. This week, however, I have been plotting everything on my calendar and am not sure it was such a great idea. I feel like my time over the next 3 months is spoken for.

Blake will be the busiest of all. Wait a minute...if he's busy...so am I...he can't drive yet! I am thinking of stocking the car with books, movies, snacks and drinks so that Kendall and I will be prepared for our shuttle service this summer. I am happy that Blake is booked though so he can get adjusted to managing his time in bits and pieces before high school hits. It will be a nice ease-in to all of that. Whoever said kids were the most work as babies was a LIAR!! Right now, I am thinking that when Blake hits 16, I may like it. He can take himself to all of these events.

Kendall just has swimming on her plate for now. Since Blake is also swimming, I won't be going too many different directions. They'll have practices and meets at the same times. I am hoping to find another thing or two for Kendall to do this summer. If she had it her way, she'd be content to swim every day. Surely, there will be some interesting books on the summer reading list as well.

As soon as I figure out a few more dates for camps, etc. I am hoping to find some time this summer for an actual vacation. I know I will be ready to get away for a few days this summer. I need to do my research and decide on a few places to go. It will be nice to spend time somewhere that isn't dictated.

Until mid-summer, we won't be travelling far. Maybe not even until the end of July. Our camper may get some good use over the next several months. Until then, if anyone wants to see us...you know where to find us! The guest room is ready.

Home Improvements

Kendall's new redecorated room
New Foyer light fixture

New ceiling fan in living room and finished tile

We've had many "projects" lately. Next project is painting the rest of the walls.

Hilton Head

Hilton Head, SC...we rode these bikes for miles
The nice guy in the tackle shop came and took pictures for us so we could all be in them!

We found another nice guy to take this one.

This week we are getting a taste of summer. We are on Spring Break this week and it has already gone by way too fast. The kids have enjoyed not doing much of anything. We have done a little work in the yard and have all stayed up far too late.

That being said, I think our actual summer will be far busier in many ways. With the arrival of spring, we also had the arrival of High School registration. Blake has now signed up and wirtten his plans in stone. He will be taking English (K Level), Biology I (K Level), Geometry (we opted out of K Level on this one), World Geography (K Level), Spanish I (again since this year's teacher was not the best), Communications App (Speech Class), Keyboarding, and Athletics-Football. Over the summer, he plans to take a half credit class to get it out of the way. Blake's summer is pretty full! He'll be going to 2 different Youth Group camps, Summer School for about 3 weeks, Summer Swim Team, Strength and Conditioning camp at the high school and then Football Camp at the high school. I don't think we can fit one more thing into the summer! So, right now, I am going to try and lay it all out and see if we have any small gaps that we can use for a little mini vacation.

I shouldn't complain though. I did just come back from a fablous trip to Hilton Head, SC. This was a trip that fell absolutely into place just perfectly. Four of my friends from high school and I all met and had a great weekend together. It is nice to know that some things never really change. We had just as much fun together as we always did. It is our goal to make this an annual get together. The timing of it works out well since we all have birthdays within the same time frame of March-April. Below are a few pics from our trip.