Oh So Random Randomness

There's not a whole lot going on.

Grace and Sam are napping. Mike is sweeping out the pool. Miracle is doing something on her laptop.

Just a lazy Sunday afternoon. So , why not liven it up with a whole lot of nothin' much.

We have one week of summer break left, then it's back to school. Grace will be starting Kindergarten and Miracle the eighth grade. It just doesn't seem right that either of them are that old!

We haven't actually used our pool yet this year. Mike's been having "issues" with the chemicals. Hopefully it's alright now because we're having homegroup here tonight, and the kids are expecting to swim!

Mike has worked for the bank for 11 years now. Miracle wasn't even 2 when he started up there. The only things there were the bank building (at half the current size) a few restaurants and a lot of corn fields. I guess the amphitheater was there also. It's amazing how that area has grown and changed in the last 11 years.

At a cookout last Tuesday, I told a group of ladies how weird it is to be almost 40 and to have two little kids. It's honestly not something I ever imagined. Miracle was an only for so long...

Speaking of which, do you realize if she was still an only, Mike and I would have the house to ourselves in 5 years?! Choices and consequences, people. Choices and consequences.

Another consequence we're facing is the new house. We're hoping to have it built in time to have Miracle's graduation party in it. We're having to totally redesign, as our children will be much older by the time we get it built. Instead of having an upstairs, we're going to do a finished basement. Grace and Sam will have bedrooms down there, along with a bathroom and rec room. Miracle will get the "bonus room" over the garage. Since she'll be at least a senior when we move, I figure it'll be a step towards independence. Plus, when she goes off to college, I totally get her room!