Exciting week

Things are going quite well. My husband started school last Friday, Monday for myself, and our 5 year old on Tuesday. All is great and we are really, really, really enjoying the new school. Z loves all the newness of being a "big kid" and entering the strange land of kindergarten....filled with 3 and a wacky but fun teacher recesses, all sorts of hands on fun, who brings it all into perspective. He also loves seeing both mom and dad around school. My husband is enjoying his class of 13 kiddos and loves the freedom to teach and interact with all. I am loving the environment of school and have some kids that challenge me and make me laugh. We all know that days will be different than others, but all and all...so far....things are great.

We have all had the questions posed to us....."Did you know there are 3 Mrs. Js and 1 Mr. J that work here?" "Why are there so many Js in this school?" "Are you married to Mr. J/Mrs. J?" "Is Z your son?" etc,etc,etc. They do catch on fast. =) And the cute things they do or say is just too numerous to count. It's all so much fun.

N, the only non school going member of our family, is doing ok. I had to take him to the dr. yesterday....yes, my 2nd day with kiddos. Good news, he is now up to 9lbs 13 oz and he'll be 2 months old a week from Friday (tomorrow). Bad news, he has thrush. Not much fun, but he is doing much better now. I guess, older...non nursing babies can get this. Good news....the medicine to treat it, starts showing signs of better things right away. So, much better.

Life hasn't slowed down much. We refinished our floors the 1st weekend of Aug. 2nd weekend, family came for a church anniversary weekend. Last weekend, we went to IA for our niece's baptism. This weekend, my husband is teaching and the boys and I head to SD for some Grandma/Grandpa time. And the last weekend (labor day) we baptize N. So...we are keeping busy, but all is coming together and all is looking good around here. We are just waiting to get the carpet installed in our home and we'll be done doing major work around the place for a bit. Attached are pictures of N's room to date. A few more things to do, but nothing major. We love it and it's quite cozy. =)

All and all....a great week! We are happy to move to such a wonderful new life, yet we really miss all our friends. Could you all just move up here too??