Happy Spring......

These pics were taken at the zoo!

.....a little late. We have been very busy lately which is why I haven't been blogging much. We have made trips down to my mother's to help her out, Doug is getting very busy with his fledgling photography business and the kids are getting restless to get out and run so we try and do that as much as we can. Today, Doug has a coworker coming to get family portraits done. He is hoping to get a lot more business from this one family. he is hoping that the co-worker will take the pictures in to work and show them around and tell everyone what a good experience it was. Because we have never had a coworker in the house before, we have been feverishly cleaning and getting everything ready for the photo shoot. We also have to make sure the rest of the house is ready in case the kids that are coming need to be distracted while the parents are getting their pictures taken. So our bedroom and the kids room is clean too. We have slowly been working to get the house totally clean and set up so that whenever someone comes to get pictures taken, we are basically ready. We have also been trying to just get rid of a bunch of stuff that we don't need that is just taking up room. Our little apartment is finally clean and not quite as cluttered as it used to be.

Last night Kali and I went to a Ladies banquet with my mother and grandmother. It was a nice evening and Grandma did pretty well considering that she couldn't hear what was going on and doesn't like to sit on hard chairs for as long as she did. I had forgotten that I had brought a long a cushion for her to sit on.

Next weekend everyone is congregating at Mom's for Memorial Day weekend. It will be a time of going through some of Dad's stuff and helping Mom get rid of some stuff that she wont be needing. It will be good to be together again but hard too. We would appreciate your prayers throughout the whole weekend. You can start by praying for Marc and Elizabeth as they are starting earlier the then rest of us. They have to do their presentation at a church in Michigan on Wednesday night and then they will get to Mom on Thursday sometime. Danny has school until Thursday but we may go down early too, so we can have as much time as possible with the family. I purchased a bigger pool for all the kids to play in in the yard and Doug and I went down last weekend to build a bigger sandbox for Momma so that all the grand kids will fit in the sandbox. Mom also has a smaller swimming pool that we will keep for the smaller kids.

So after this client is gone, I am not sure what we are going to do. I know Doug has a lot to do. He has some pictures he needs to finish working on and then post so people can buy them, and he also has two sermons to prepare for Sunday. At least Sunday morning. He can work on Sunday Evening on Sunday afternoon, although he doesn't like to do that. he may do some of both and then tweak the evening service sermon tomorrow afternoon.

Doug and I went to a meeting this past Monday for homeschooling Danny. It is with a group called OHDELA. It is part of the Ohio Public School systems so it is all free. No tuition. They provide computers and any equipment that your child might need in order to learn. For example, Daniel needs a Speech Therapist and an Occupational Therapist. they will pay those people to come out to our home and give Daniel the therapy he needs. If we were to find that he needed a special computer or a special keyboard for his computer, they would provide that also. We are still doing some thinking on what will be best so you can pray for wisdom. We would also start Kalista in Kindergarten at the same time.

So much to do so I will close for now. If I can find one, I will post a picture too.