Catch Up!

Okay... so there is alot to catch up on! We celebrated Sydney's 3rd birthday with our families on April 4th. We had an awesome time visiting with family and hanging out and playing games! My grandpa made the trip up with his new wife, both Jerry's sisters were there with family, and both my brothers and family were there. We had a cookout, hid some eggs for the kids to find, had cake, and opened presents! Sydney had a great time and was completely worn out by the end of the day.

In the last couple of weeks Caleb has really taken off developmental-wise. He sits up now if you set him down that way. Then he usually leans to the side to get on his belly because he can roll EVERYWHERE now!! He is so cute! You put him in the middle of the room, turn around, and the next thing you know... he is next to a couch on the opposite side of the room! He cracks us up and the kids get a big kick out of watching him go all over. He is getting so big.

Our big move is getting closer, and closer... sigh... We set the dates for our movers to come. They will be at our house packing us up on May 18, 19, and maybe the 20th... just depends on how long it takes them to pack us up. A family of 7... accumulates a lot! Then on the 21st they are loading it all up and taking it away! We are hoping to find some place to rent so we can move in June 1st... but we will see how things work out. There are some great houses out there, we just hope they are still there when we get there!

Jay and Anna are testing this week. They are taking the Iowa Basic test for 1st graders. We wanted to get an idea of just where they are at and what we need to improve on. The first day was tough for them... first time to do anything like that was bound to be. Jay shouted out answers a couple of times, and got bored so he filled in the circles because he was done -randomly filled them in, of course! Thankfully, the proctor made him erase them and do it over! Anna meanwhile, just didn't do 2 pages because she couldn't keep up. The proctor told me that there are things on the test that are older grades, just to see how much the kids know. That made me feel a little bit better, but not much. Anna said the proctor was reading too fast and she asked her to slow down. The proctor said she did slow down as much as she could but had to move on because the majority was done... She is young to be testing so I will leave it at that. However, day 2 went much better. Both kids came out happy and energetic and really thrilled with what they did! So hopefully day 3 will be even better and all will work out to the best!

Our next 5 weeks are going to be hectic... I am not looking forward to some of it and am for some of it! The moving is going to be stressful. We have a trip to Vegas in there which will be a nice break before the intense things begin! And then it will all happen very quickly.

Please pray that all will go smoothly and we will all stay healthy and that we find a place to live!