Busy Days

I haven't posted much lately other than reviews for the Schoolhouse Review Crew. There's a reason for this: We have been busy.

We got home to Louisiana about two weeks ago, and we have not stopped yet! We came home to five new kittens from one of our cats, Bella. The kids were over the moon excited, and have each claimed one for themselves! They are named Jasmine, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Aurora and Tiger. We couldn't get Eli to name him a Disney Princess name since his is a male kitten! One is calico {like the mama cat}, one is orange, one is white with orange spots, and two are pure white with light blue eyes - so adorable! The kids are planning to take them ALL to North Dakota with us...they are in the process of trying to convince Rod to let them!

Eli and Silas are back in karate, and Eli is taking a rank test next Wednesday to move up to an orange belt. He is currently an advanced yellow belt. Silas will be taking a rank test to receive another green stripe on his white belt.

Mikaela has been busy, too. They had a church lock-in last weekend, she is helping out at Vacation Bible School this week, and has been helping her daddy in the field, building fences for our horses and cows. She also went to her first dance last week, with a boy that is only a friend, but a good friend. She had a lot of fun!

Mercie went to her best friend's dance recital and had a sleepover with her that night. She decided that she didn't want to do karate anymore, and that's fine with me.

The older four are going to Vacation Bible School this week - Mikaela is helping out, but Eli, Mercie and Silas are enjoying it so far! It's not at our church, but at a church that isn't too far from us. In fact, we go to their VBS every summer we happen to be home at the right time. Our church's VBS always falls when we are gone - like this year.

Rod and I are in the process of tearing out the booth in our travel trailer and building bunk beds there for the boys. We haven't stayed in our travel trailer in several years, but have been renting houses wherever we go. However, where we will be in North Dakota, there isn't much to rent! So we have dusted off the travel trailer and are getting it ready to go.

Dusted off is not the right word...deep-cleaning and remodeling are the right words! It's a 40 foot long travel trailer with 2 big slide outs, a bunk room and 2 bathrooms. I plan to give the girls the bunk room, because it only has two bunks, and we are building bunks where the dining room booth was. I am going to hang a curtain to give them some privacy!

I have been racking my brain for storage solutions in the camper - we have a LOT of books and homeschool materials that I just cannot leave behind.

So, we have been busy since we've been home, but I plan to start posting normally again very soon.