My computer is back!

After what seemed like forever, my computer is back home and hopefully really and truly fixed. So, maybe I can manage to catch up on your sites, blog on mine a little more often, and email all my friends who think I have abandoned them. :)

We just returned from our trip to Florida. Unfortunately vacation does not mean we get to leave sibling rivalry, social issues, fits and whiners behind; however, we had a fantastic week! The older girls and I got almost completely through "Everything on a Waffle". Love that book, by the way. Faith and Hope also got up early several mornings and enjoyed walks on the beach with my dad. They would find all kinds of critters or jellyfish and even saw dolphins close enough to see their entire bodies in the waves. My husband and I also spent a lot of time reading. We played a ton of "Uno" and "Sorry" and "Old Maid". And lets not forget the endless hours on the beach and at the swimming pool. My most favorite still is going out at night with flashlights and catching ghost crabs. Can't you just hear all my girls squealing and laughing and squealing some more? Turns out, the fraidy cat of the bunch (Grace) won the crab hunter of the year award. I can't believe my most cautious child is the one who would actually grab the crabs and throw them in the bucket!

While there, Blessing perfected her swimming. That girl is a fish! She was jumping off the side and swimming to the side all by herself. Here she is jumping with Faith and Hope.




This one makes me want to go back already!