Life

I haven't been quite in the writing mood lately.  Most posts seem to be a picture with a word or two, those creative juices just aren't quite flowing, oh yeah, and life is kind of crazy right now too.  Nate graduates in 12 days.  This will be his 10th year of college completion, and hopefully his last (at least until the kids are out of the house and we go to Scotland for his doctorate).  After graduation we leave for Florida for a week, this should be a good time for us and celebration of graduation.  Last time we went to Florida we stayed with Granny.  Granny is the coolest granny around and was so gracious to us with our squirmy little children.  However, this time around, it proved to be a better idea to get us our own condo.  This is the first time we've ever done anything like this, so it should be pretty fun.  After graduation we start packing up for the Northwest!  Departure date is June 26th.  My good friend Sarah and I are going to fly with my three kiddos while Nate and his good friend Trev are going to drive the trip cross country together with a little stop in yellowstone.  We can't believe we're packing up.  Lots of emotions surrounded with the move, but we really are excited to get back to the NW.  

As far as what we've been up to on a day to day basis, here are a few pics:

  

At Nate's school there's a "free store". It's essentially a goodwill kind of thing, but everything is free. Anyway, we found a two wheel bike there for Lucy, she was thrilled. Nate has been working on it with her, tricky business I tell you. In fact, as I type they're giving it another try. I'm thinking about buying training wheels for her first. Is that how you normally do it? Anyway, she is very eager to learn.





We've been watching Inspector Gadget. If you have Netflix you can watch some shows instantly. A lot of the shows aren't worth watching, but I found Inspector Gadget and the kids love it- the whole series is on there. I've watched some with the kids and it's a flash to the past, good 'ol Penny.



We've also had a lot of coloring going on around here lately, which I'm thrilled with, because it's a "sitting still" activity. Lucy has developed a desire to finish every picture she starts, which is great. With Lucy's peeked interest in coloring, of course came Will's peeked interest. For a while I just let them decorate the house with all their pictures. It's really not all the aesthetically pleasing, but I just "let go" and let them do it. It seems that life lately is a lot of "letting go" (should I really care that her socks look goofy with her sandals? They just got chalk all over their previously clean clothes I put on them. I'm pretty sure the toilet paper roll doesn't go in the toilet. Ada needs another bath! actually, she doesn't need one that bad. How long since I've showered? This list could go on and on, so I'll just stop. ) Really, a lot of the letting go is good for me though. Wow, that was a detour, and don't worry I won't go off about all the detours currently in my life. Back on track now...


And then there's Ada. She is amazing and honestly has brought more sanity than chaos. I waste much of the day just staring at her, what a complete sweetie she is. When it's been a long day with #1 and #2, I just look at #3 and she brings me joy. What a gift.

I think I might need to quit for now, but part 2 will come, there's still more to report. Oh yes, though I did want to say that Nate and I found the best Indian Restaurant (we only tried 1 dish, but it was awesome). It's called Taste of India and it's on Olive near 270. If you like Indian food, you must go, you really must. I might add we are yet to find a good Thai restaurant in St. Louis. Anybody know of one? Around Seattle they have amazing Thai food, so we've been on a search, maybe we're picky, I don't know, but none has been found. Alright, signing off for now.