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I did it! I found my only 2 favorite teachers ever! One was on facebook, the other was found using google search. I am so excited!

As I sit here in the church nursery holding Cassia, I hear the morning youth singing. It's the last of the youth retreat. It seems like the children are revived and ready to go another mile. The next time we will see them is in April for Convention! I amazed at how fast time is slipping by. Cassia will soon be 1 year old. Unbelievable. She is going to be 7 months old on the 9th. Again, I say time is slipping by!
Spring is almost here. I am so ready for it. We have so many things we need to do to exand our house. We need more room! It's exciting to know that we will be changing things around soon. A bigger livingroom, larger kitchen, I can hardly wait! Once that comes we also put in another bathroom. Yay! Now that really is exciting lol! One bathroom currently and 7 people creates chaos lol! We get by, but it will be far nicer to get the second in. The next project would be to wrap the house in a wood siding and Painting it. Though it will take a long while, I am excited!~*P@m*~

So Many Changes

That is what we have gone through here. It takes a lot of patients to go through these changes and some are not that easy. In the end it's coming together very well. We have our niece living with us. She has been here since the last of November. We have had many ranges of emotion here, but it is understandable for everyone involved. I am happy to say we seem to finally be finding our places yet again and we are functioning more as a family.

So, now I have 2 teenagers, a nearly 9 year old, a 4 year old and a 6 1/2 month old! Yes! I stay super busy!! I have been trying to get organized better even before Cortney came, but it has been tough! I do a little here and there.
Cassia is demanding Mommy give 100% of me and that makes thing hard to manage. I basically have to wear her to get some things done! The only one who can do anything with her is Rebecca. It's funny.

Our school year is on track and the children are doing very well. We have had a few bumps along the way, but seem to be past that. I am encouraged to see the changes.
School Picture day is Wednesday. Renee' will be doing them. I can't wait to see how they turn out.

Spring is in the air

Today is sunny and will be 55 they predict. We noticed the days are slowly getting longer, and Robins have returned to Elkton, Virginia. I admit I am ready for some warmer air myself. After staying cooped up in a tiny house like this all winter, trust me you long to see warm weather coming!

There are several things I am hoping to accomplish this spring. I am hoping to clean out a lot of things we just do not need anymore. I have a whole building full of things that I have not used in 4 years! It's time to get that stuff out! If I have not used it in this long amount of time then I seriously doubt I will.
When I do make the move to get it cleaned out it will be a job for sure! I am scared of what I will find. When we pulled the Christmas in there was snake skin nicely wrapped around my garland! YIKES!!!! So I need to get on it as soon as I can, before they become active again. I just hope I do not find any actually in my things or you will hear me squeal all across this country!

School And More

So far so good, well, for the most part. Most of the kids are staying on track. I am hoping we can continue a good pace from this point on. I am the only one up right now. Jasper went to work in Charlottesville, so I am up enjoying some me time! It's usually the only time I can get it.

Jasper is still working on the kids play room outside. It's a huge project and though I like the idea would have preferred my new living room being added first. The one we are using right now is so small. Hopefully soon we can get started on that. I plan on primitive decor in the living room and roosters in kitchen. I am not sure yet what I want for the master bed and bath.
I am so looking forward to warmer weather coming. It's not far off I know, but for now seems like it. With warmer weather coming the kids can get out more.

Cassia is growing so fast! She will be 6 months old on the 9th! Where has the time gone? Why is it zooming by so fast? She is jabbering some now saying ba ba, da da and ma ma. She also is getting up on her hands and knees and rocking. She is so sweet and pretty. I am trying to train her on a cup. So far she only chews it! She is eating some baby food, though I do not give her a lot yet. She is at the stage where she only wants Mama and cries if I leave the room. It makes it very hard to get things done. I am  hoping this one is grown out of soon.

Rebecca, Carl, Cassia and me are all down with colds. Rebecca and Carl have it bad. They both slept in living room last night. I feel sore in my sinuses and it burns a bit too. I'm hoping they will feel better when they get up.

I have wanted to post more today, but my eyes are getting heavy sitting here. I will close this for now.  Have a great day everyone!