NEWSFLASH……Family thought to be abducted by aliens turns up alive!!!

Yes, it is true we are still alive…in spite of the fact that I haven’t updated my blog in almost 2 months….

I’m not sure what happened…

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that…

-I still have 1000’s (slight exaggeration) of boxes left to unpack,

-7 children under the age of 13 live in my house and require daily feeding, cleaning, loving, negotiating and mitigating of disputes, and laundry service (except the older 3 of course, who do their own laundry) in addition to multiple books read and hugs given,

-I have a husband who is amazing but who has also been gone for long periods of time lately,

-I am attempting to manage schooling in both the public and homeschool setting for 6 of 7 previously mentioned children,

-chasing around the 7th kid (2 1/2 yr old) who thinks its fine if he pushes his dads’ mower around the neighbors yard when his mom isn’t looking,

-continuing to attempt to integrate 2 new little lives into our family…sometimes rather smoothly and other times not,

-celebrating a 40 something birthday for the top man in the house and the big 13 birthday for the dynamic duo. (better get pics on those, huh?)

-family tripping it to our cabins and to visit family,

…And the list goes on and on…..

But, never fear, we are still here – alive and kicking. I promise soon I will post some pics soon just to prove it!