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It Takes a Village.

So remember in my last post about the TIG being over and I was all excited to get us back on a normal schedule…oh boy, was I off!


Just as soon as we got settled into a routine for a good week, Matt and I were on the road recruiting for 2013 Colleges and Universities. It was strictly business, so we didn’t have time to stop and smell the roses. We headed up to the Midwest area to catch a few conference championships and say hello to some of our “loyal” coaches who bring their team to the TIG every year. We got back Thursday night at about midnight…that was after we were stuck on the tarmac for 2 hours due to bad weather in Chicago… I thought we were going to be one of those Jet Blue stories where people go crazy and start rebelling against the flight crew and demand to get off the plane…we were close but thankfully we weren’t!

With us out of town that meant we needed help with the kiddos… it takes a village I tell ya! Coordinating pick-up and drop-off from school, sleep-over’s between our parents, plus the animals, and can’t forget about my plants that need to be watered at home…it.takes.a.village. We are so thankful for our family; they pick up right where we leave off, and the kids love being with them.

So we got back Thursday night and turned right around and headed to Phoenix for the weekend to see one of my college roommates who was in town. We took the kids swimming and got to eat at one of our favorite Cuban restaurants, Havana Cafe in Scottsdale, AZ. I of course had to throw in an Ikea stop before heading home… bad idea that ikea, too much good stuff to turn away!

So on top of all this, Kapri started her new school today and we are office-schooling (homeschooling from the office) Micah for 4 weeks until he starts his summer program at his new school. When we left kapri off this morning I think my nerves got to me as if I was going myself… just thinking about her getting used to a new school and a new set of teachers has my stomach full of butterflies… I was quickly distracted by her screaming as they took her into her room to “distract” her from us leaving. I have already called 2 times in the last 2 hours, she apparently has forgotten who we are already, and is having a blast with her new friends.

Did I mention Kapri started gymnastics on Saturday’s… oh boy, I don’t think it’s going to slow down for another, oh I don’t know, 18 or so years?

Weird right? There were pigs painted throughout the little town of Marion, this one was Garfield.

LOVE Chicago!

Our little roadtrippers, on the way to Phoenix

It is arts and crafts time... "office-schooling"

This was Kapri after her gymnastics class, and that's the face she makes when you tell her to say "cheeeeese"

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