Wednesday, September 11, 2013

March 2013-September 2013

My kids are growing up...well, they're getting taller, anyway.  There are times I wish they WOULD seriously grow up in ways other than height.  Teen boys can be a real mental challenge.  I'm guessing teen girls are worse.  They started back to school last week.  A sophomore and a junior.  Wow.  That pretty much sums it up.  Except they're giants.  5'10" and 6'1.563423".  That's right.  Well, really, I have no idea how far past 6'1" he is.  I just know he's taller than me.  And his dad.
And good looking, too.

So, what has happened worthy of an update?  Well, other than my kids aging (which they will not stop doing...and that is okay with me, NOW... We got the house.  The wonderful, beautiful, better than I deserve house.  It took 6 months.  Six looooong months.  And we didn't know it was our until the day AFTER we signed all the paperwork.  Because the woman who sold it...debated NOT selling...right up until the day AFTER we signed.  And the day she signed.  But we got it, the kids have had a pool all summer and 2 weeks ago - FINALLY got the trampoline they've been wanting forEVER.  Since both of those items are behind a closed gate, our insurance didn't go up.  And they loved the pool all summer...and they're loving the trampoline this fall! (Of course it was 101 degrees out today so the only thing fallish is the evenings coming quicker and the coolness after the sun goes down.  But I'm already thinking about fall pumpkins and where on EARTH are we going to put a Christmas tree?!?