first flight

Since last writing, we finally managed to get all five of us up in our plane.  It was pretty exciting, and none of the kids cried.  The girls were pretty tentative and Mickey wanted to sit on my lap.  Overall, it was pretty neat to be up in the air and to realize it was our own plane taking us on this new adventure.  I will add some pictures in the next day or two.  Other than that, the kids' bedtime has been permanently extended about 45 minutes.  Instead of 6:30, their new bedtime is now 7:15.  They just seem ready to have a little longer day.  Their nap has also been cut back to about an hour to an hour and a half.   Mickey still sleeps two.  That is pretty significant.  A pretty big change for us.  Only three more weeks of work. Two more weeks for Travis.  AFter I finish work, only about one week until we load all our crap up and drive on out of this rainforest area.  :)  That makes me very happy.  :)

Time to Catch Up

fun in the tent

Haven't felt like writing since Easter, but tonight I do.  We had a sunny day yesterday and as well today.  It feels like a tease, however, I'd rather have it, then not at all.  Travis says I should be more optimistic, so there you go.  Since Easter, well, nothing significant has happened...oh yeah, a couple things.  I've switched sitters again.  Won't go into the details of why as I'm remaining positive, but our neighbor is watching them now..and I feel much better. She's over 19 (35) which is a big change in a sitter and I'd say a good one.  I really can't deal with the new, lazier version of people in their late teens/early 20's.  I swear they have no communication skills (and don't even pretend to make an effort) and just expect that it's no big deal when they do a shitty job, like nobody ever expected anything out of them.  I just can't stand most young people right now, trying to hold a conversation with someone playing on their phone half the time you're talking is beyond annoying to me.  It's like they've lost the ability to treat people with respect.  The person on the phone is now more important then the person standing in front of them.  I'm sure that person on the phone is more important, because they'd clearly rather be talking to that person than you! Well, so much for my positive attitude.  Travis doesn't read this anyhow.  There are some pics from some outside pics from our warm weather days and some other random.  It's weird watching little kids grow up.  It makes you feel like time is going by even faster then it is because they change so fast.  

they told me these were pirate hats???

dress-up fun

his first car haha