Family and Van Upgrade

Wow, my life has changed in the last two weeks.  You want to know why I haven't written?  Oh, let me tell you....

Washing blue van to sell so we can buy newer, bigger van

• We sold our large 12  Ford passenger van.

• Bought a newer 15 passenger Chevy van.

• Take new van back and forth to dealership several times to have to fix minor interior issues.  We noticed the seat belt adapters were missing and some of the kids couldn't buckle.  Actually, the dealership has been going above and beyond, even after we signed papers, to fix anything needed.  So all small parts are on order.

• Moved in a family of 5 into our house till February or March.

• Rearranged bedrooms to fit the extra kids and give newlyweds their own room.

• My washer broke so I've been running back and forth to laundry mat.

• Bought a washing machine today used for the same price as going to the laundry mat only one time.

• Had to come up with a new chore list to accomodate the new members of our family for pitching in.

• Train the new kids on the updated chore list.

• Dig around for Halloween costumes for some kids in the family and extended family we didn't get prepared for.

• Dress 10 kids for Halloween and take them all trick or treating in the neighborhood.  Collapse in bed.

• Try to take and get new members of the family's car fixed so they have their car back and I won't have to help them get around.  (I only assisted, they paid.)  Smile big when their car if repaired. Ahhhh....

• Try to get all the kids to realize that yes, their friends are spending the night every single night but that doesn't mean it's party every night.  Train kids on bed time and not coming out a million times.  If each kid came out twice to tell me something, that's 20 times I have to chase someone back to bed.

• Etc....

Posing with my kids and our added family living here in front of new van

Ohhhhh, list goes on!  Ha ha.  Usually I wake up, get a cup of coffee, and just go, go, go till bed time.  With homeschool and sharing computers, I rarely get on one.  I love to blog too!  Lately I just haven't even sat down and watch a good show on TV.  My favorite is Duck Dynasty or 19 Kids and Counting.  Everything else is boring as heck and I don't have time for fiction stuff.  I guess maybe I just like to learn from others and if I'm not learning about something then it seems like a waste of my time.  Same with books.  It's so fun to always be learning and putting it into practice. :D