Finally Photos

I have honestly been so busy that I haven't even had a chance to upload photos -- I have worked on a couple of blog posts but haven't posted them yet -- usually the blog posts I write take no more than 10 or 15 minutes to write but for some reason the ones I have been working on are more the "get clarity from writing" kind of posts that take me longer b/c its the process of writing that reveals what I really think about the thing that I'm writing about (instead of starting out with some thoughts and then just expounding on them). Anyway, what I really should say here is that after some harder days, today was an easier day...maybe b/c the big kids went to school and we are back to our routine. Yes, that is probably a big part of why I feel that way. No school and kids mean kid vacation days but it means I am really "on" those days (or at least I try to be) and it definitely more cooking, cleaning, and refereeing- Maybe its also b/c the kids got along very nicely b/f and after school today, because I got them to martial arts and swimming on time, and b/c I fed the kids dinner at the gym which means less cooking/clean up. Also impacting me was Silin's utterance of "night night" with a kiss on the lips to boot and a quick laying down to sleep.........sweet!