Okay, okay, okay, okay - I know it's been a long time since my last post. We've been a little busy. But out of the love of my heart for all who read my blog (and I know there must be millions out there), I will take the time out of my busy life, to update you on mine. I'll start with some things I missed from the beginning of summer, and then get you squared away on the more recent happenings.
School ended with a bang as JT graduated from Kindergarten. Personally, I think the whole Kindergarten graduation thing is a little silly, but I am still the devoted mother who goes and takes pictures. Here is a picture of JT in his cap and gown with his teacher.
And here is Cora with her 2nd grade teacher.
I really loved my kids' teachers this year, and tried to get in and volunteer in the classrooms as often as I could. Here is a sample of the kids' artwork from school this past year.
At the beginning of the summer we had an interesting Family Home Evening activity. In our town there are these artistically painted sheep placed all around town at different businesses and city buildings. So we did a kind of scavenger hunt to look for as many as we could, and then took pictures of the kids with each one. The kids absolutely loved this. The weather was as perfect as it could have been that day, and we all enjoyed walking around down town. Below are some of the pictures we took.
Now, you already know what we've been doing most of our summer - working on the house. Our poor kids have suffered terribly because we haven't done swimming lessons, or soccer camp, or weekly library trips, or anything. Don't worry, we're going to make it up to them in a BIG way (that will come in a later post - I don't want to give away any surprises). But we got everything done that we could, and now we are in escrow with a buyer for our house, waiting to see if she's going to accept our price adjustment in order to paint the outside of the house and fix the roof. Selling this house has not been what I call fun. And we have also run into a lot of problems with paperwork for the military, trying to get everything worked out for our move to Korea. But time and time again, we have been blessed when we thought we had hit a dead-end, and all of the sudden things have worked out. It has happened with our command sponsorship, it has happened with accompanied travel, it has happened with getting movers, and being able to leave from the port we wanted, and having our insurance say they would cover us for the roof, and on, and on, and on. Heavenly Father is truly mindful of us. And we did have a nice break from all the chaos when Joe's brother and his family came to visit us for the 4th of July weekend. One of the reasons they came was for Joe's re-enlistment. Joe's brother is an officer in the Air Force, and he as able to swear Joe in, at our home. 
It was short and sweet, just like Joe wanted it - no fuss. After that we just enjoyed our time together. And of course we went to see fireworks, first at the river on Friday night, and then at the rec camp on Saturday.
It was short and sweet, just like Joe wanted it - no fuss. After that we just enjoyed our time together. And of course we went to see fireworks, first at the river on Friday night, and then at the rec camp on Saturday.
So now you're caught up with us, and I'll try not to leave you hangin' so long next time:)