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Settling In

We are finally getting into a little bit of a routine. Our house is mostly organized. I still have some things I have to find places for before winter starts so we can use the heater. But for now things are getting better.

I have a kitchen to cook in every night! It's tiny but it works and being so small makes me clean it every night before bed. We have a nice kitchen table that works great as extra counter space on bread baking days which is now almost twice a week. I really need to find a recipe, or tweak mine so I can make more than two loafs at a time. We have a comfortable living room area that I just added more seating to. The boys have a cute little room that they are able to share easily. It gets messy really fast because it's a little small but it just means that they have to clean up throughout the day which means a smaller mess at the end of the night to deal with. Of course our bedroom still has boxes in almost every open space that I need to go through but its a great place to lay our heads after a long day!

My favorite thing about living out here is watching my boys grow and play outside every day! They LOVE it! I've watched Monkey grow leaps and bounds in his willingness to explore and push past his fear. He's climbing tress, jumping higher and higher on the trampoline and finally learning how to ride a bike. He just wouldn't test the boundaries in when we were in the city. Goose loves being outside! He always has. It made me so sad on days when he wanted to go and explore outside and it just wasn't possible due to where we were living before. But now, outside he goes! He jumps on the trampoline with Monkey and thinks it so fun! He rides his bike around the yard! He runs and jumps and digs! I can see such a difference in my boys since moving here! They have a peace about being life now! No stress! No worries! Just growth!

My second favorite thing is my clothes line! I love going outside several times a day (our washer is so tiny I have to do at least two loads a day just to keep from overflowing in piles of laundry). I love the peaceful quiet that comes with the country! I love the calm that is here. I love standing in the sun and soaking in some vitamin D. It's a great blessing to be able to enjoy every day! Plus it makes doing laundry not so bad!

I have pictures that I want to share! I've been taking a ton! But I can't find my little SD reader so that I can download them on the computer so you're going to have to wait a little longer so see all the cute photos I've been taking but I'll add in our favorite family photo that we took just a few weeks ago! :)



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