An update of sorts

Now that we're home from vacation and getting settled in, things are getting back to normal around here.

My husband jumped right back into a very busy work week on Monday, but I am thankful he had a job to go back to.

My daughter started volleyball camp this week, and though she is getting some good practice in, it's not quite like the one she's attended the past two summers.

I have been doing a few loads of laundry a day, just trying to catch up! I've been very tempted to make everyone wear the same outfit until I am...

Yesterday I started purchasing curriculum for this coming school year for my boys. I guess I've gotten about half of what I need, but my friend who used to own a home school bookstore in town put all of her stuff on sale 40-50% off. Needless to say, I was very happy with my purchases!!

(And I didn't realize that she was putting all of her regular books on sale, too, so of course I had to buy a few of those for myself.)

I bought my 15 year-old a book on HTML with his curriculum, because he is somewhat of a computer guru. I thought that would be a fun elective for him this school year, and he's probably already a third of the way through the book. I guess I'll be buying more computer books soon...

I have a friend in nursing school who needed to "evaluate" a child with special needs and asked if she could do so with my son who has Autism. She came over this morning to ask lots of questions-- to me and to him-- and it was really neat to see how many age-appropriate things he is doing.

Of course he has some delays, but God has brought him so far from where he was when he was diagnosed. I am very thankful for that!!

We did have a wonderful time on our vacation, and I am so blessed to have a family who welcomes us in and doesn't complain about the mess we all make in their homes. :) I miss my family so much, and I look forward to a time when I can go by and visit and my drive home is just a few minutes instead of a few hours.

Oh, I also made a new friend/future-cousin-in-law (hint, hint), and her blog is to the side over there. Her name is Dominique and she is a doll! Go check her out.

I guess that's about all of my excitement for this week. Time to get back to work...