Return to Reality

God does not lead His children around hardship, but leads them straight through hardship. But He leads! And amidst the hardship, He is nearer to them than ever before.

We have spent most of the summer on vacation. We traveled to Tampa, Florida then to Seattle, WA followed by glorious days in Hawaii before heading back to Seattle for a few day then back to Grove City.

I loved every minute of our travels but there is nothing quite like returning to your OWN bed. I missed my bed so much. I know the babies were excited to be home. Little dude squealed when he saw his crib.

God blessed us with well behaved babies on the plane rides. They flew 12 times in three and a half weeks. Most of the flights they spent sleeping which was fine with us.

Hawaii was great but hard at the same time as Kyle so wanted to go to Hawaii to swim with the Sea Turtles. Our hotel on the Big Island was on a reef so Sea Turtles surrounded the hotel. It was magical to walk out of the hotel and see the sea turtles close to shore. The other highlight of the big Island was our trip to the volcano. Watching the lava flow into the Pacific was incredible. It was amazing how close we were to the lava flow.

The babies are doing well. Tay is catching up quickly with her speech and her two year old personality comes shining through each and every day. She is starting to play with toys which has been a long time coming. She has started potty training and does well as long as we remind her to go sit on the potty. Little Dude is still struggling. He is now over 13 months and he is still not crawling, pulling up or cruising. He is able to get himself into a sitting position 3 out of 4 times but it takes him a long time and it is hard for him. He is improving with his feeding issues but has surgery scheduled next Friday for his tied tongue. He will be starting speech therapy as he is struggling with making sounds. His personality is second to none and he is starting to develop a little temper. His smiles light up a room and he is so easy going.

Kelsey will be in Honors English next year at Oak Stone. We are so proud of her. She has completed the two required summer projects. Her report card was almost perfect and she has made lots of new friends. She is looking forward to start of the school year.

Rich started back to work this week. It is always hard when he returns to work as I miss having him around the house. I only have a few weeks before I start back. We are trying to enjoy the last few weeks before school year chaos starts.

I will not go as long between posts, I promise.