Life Update

This week we found out our buyers bailed on us. They needed to get into the place to prepare for a baby that's due in a month and the "approval people" were just taking too long. We have plans A, B and C, but we don't want to have to do any of them. Hopefully a new offer will come in the next week or so and we won't have to seriously consider those other plans. Ups and downs in life are constant and we know that. We have to believe this is for a reason and maybe it's just another lesson (although I think we've learned the lesson a year ago and we would like to move on now). Time will tell.

Brayden is off a bottle and VERY active. He learned to climb onto the counter this week. He's broken most of the baby locks and so our house is very far from being baby proof. Brayden seems to conquer all baby proofing materials that we install. Lucky us. He's so funny though and a sweet kid. Gives lots of hugs, open mouthed kisses, and though he gets into everything, he will very willingly put things away, shut drawers, etc if asked. We do have to watch him like a hawk to be sure he doesn't kill himself, but that's just part of the fun, right?

Tyson did his first diorama this week. It was an animal habitat. Mike and I helped him, but we didn't go overboard. He did a lot of the work. We put fake trees, animals, and even a hiker in our desert forest. The bottom was clay and there was a river that ran through it all. I was stupid and didn't take a photo of it before he took it to school. I thought it would take one when he brought it home. I didn't take into consideration that he's in first grade and that it might get broken. When he came home with it today, it was in many pieces from another kid bumping it at school. Next time I'll take the photo before.

The community does a craft day every Friday for kids. I've been taking Ty and Anna. We love activities- especially on early out day at school. It gives us something to do to fill the time. Anna just loves these and Tyson tolerates them. Anna is always so proud of the finished product. Today we did the activity and then went and participated in some free games at a nearby park, then went to a farmers market and got some baby pumpkins. The best part was showing Daddy when we came home.

So, there you go for now. I won't say much about me and Mike except that life is what it is and we are happy though stressed. We are just waiting for more miracles (though we may have met our quota by now). Later.