Ok...ok...ok...Already!

I guess since it is the end of summer and I will no longer have 4 children in the house keeping me insane and busy, I will continue my blogging experience at this time. Well, maybe, ok, well at least for today.

I don't really have any real reasons for not blogging except that Facebook holds my attention for hours on end. As if I don't have anything better to do than read what other people are, or are not, doing. And don't get me started on Bejeweled! I can't stay away from that game and my continued playing of the game comes from the fact that each game only lasts 1 minute. Try to justify not playing that one. At the start of each game I tell myself this is it, last game. Ok, well maybe just one more.

I have been very busy with visitors, vacations and saying good-bye to friends. My sister-in-law (SIL) and I traded kids this summer. My niece, Grace, came and stayed with us, while Caleb went to spend time at their house in Indiana. It was so much fun and VERY quiet at our house for 8 days. Then the kids and I made the long trek to Indiana for the fair. I have decided to rename that trip now...it is now the Paulus family vacation. Since I only get back to Indiana once a year (for the fair), that is time spent with my parents and siblings. I love being with them and miss them dearly so I can't say I am strictly going back for the fair. Even though that is where the majority of our visiting takes place. I also laugh that this is where I spend most of my time with my sister, Tara, who just happens to live 30 minutes from us. But we go to Indiana to hang out.

After the fair this year, I drove back to Indiana with my own children. We unpacked, shopped and repacked for a weeks vacation with the Eichelberger family at Dale Hollow Lake in Tennessee. What normally is a 7 day vacation, from Saturday to Saturday, lasted one more day this year. It was great at the time to spend one more day together, but whoa, made up for the lack of sleep all week this week.

Since the beginning of summer, my mother-in-law visited us and we spent a wonderful time at Carowinds and Charleston. Rob turned 40-something and I turned 30-something and we celebrated our 10 year anniversary! Time sure does fly when you have children and full schedules.

Now that school is approaching, our baby girl is going off to Kindergarten! She is very excited and she will have the teacher that we really liked. Caleb is going into 2nd grade and is again with a friend, 3 years in a row. Colin is in 7th grade and has decided to try football. He has had one practice and was very sore this morning, but our church youth group is white water rafting this weekend, so he is missing 2 practices. We are proud of him for trying football, not really sure how much he will enjoy it, but at least he is trying. Caden will be attending 2-day a week mothers morning out at our church. I am looking forward to those 2 days and either working out or working on my side job. As for Rob and I, well we are still surviving, keeping our heads just enough above water to enjoy the view. I can't complain about much, just the lack of time we get to spend together, but I guess that comes with parenting and growing up.

Stay tuned for further updates...as time permits.............
Until next time!