Summer Fun

We've had a blast this summer getting accustomed to our new surroundings. Mark even found some great hiking spots for us to try out not too far from the house. Michael's back from his two week trip now and we started getting the trampoline set up last night. The kids were an awesome help, hooking springs and moving poles all around. We should get finished with that by tonight and have a great family jump time. The kids have met several neighbor friends and we had dinner the other night with a coworker of Michael's. They have five kids and there was a little girl Faith's age--very similar girly personalities and they were anxious to get to play again soon. They also had a swimming pool which the kids were in for hours on end.

We have soccer evaluations tonight for Faith and Christian and start gymnastics for the oldest three next week. We're doing Upwards soccer through the church this year, so there's guaranteed one practice a week and one game a week. We also found a homeschool co-op that meets once a week and Faith will be taking a pottery class, Christian computer animation, and Brian preschool hour. On top of that, Hannah is starting private speech therapy twice a week, which will be awesome! We're ready for her to be able to communicate her needs and feelings to us more readily.