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Memorial Day parade...and first lost tooth!

Running in a kids' race. I think this one should be in Runner's World :).

Potter math: 3 kids + 1 box of packing peanuts = snow-suited fun 4 all!

In other events, Julie turned 6 yesterday! That is seriously hard to believe. She was so little when we first met. Now she chatters non-stop and asks questions that bend my mind into knots. Thankfully she usually moves on to the next question before I figure out how to get out of answering the one I don't know. I'm trying to remember one to share right now, but they are so unusual and she asks to many that I just can't recall one right now. I'll try to jot one down to share another time.

Also, Joseph is now 18 months old! He is one busy boy. He, too, chatters non-stop. In fact, he put 5 words together the other day. We were in the car and he wanted Daddy to turn on the music, so he instructed "Dada push button wight dere!" Usually he sticks to 3 or 4 word sentences like "Dada soda drink" or "Butterfly (pronounced buh-da-da) Mama leg" (re-telling the story of one landing on my leg) or "Grandma bed bshhhhh" (imitating the sound of the air mattress deflating) or "Daddy puter button push." It is so fun to hear what he's thinking! One of my favorite phrases is after he gets a bump and he declares "bump foot/hand/etc, kiss it!" He also continues to be very active and agile. He can walk a curb like a balance beam and he's trying hard to jump off too. We're still waiting on his last 4 teeth to come in, but judging by the crankiness of late, they could be right around the corner!

As for houses, we are very grateful that our old place sold. Sadly, we kind of botched the deal on the new place and didn't get it. I know it's just a house, but I am really sad. We've driven by lots of other places and nothing compares to that one. Is it wrong to pray that the other buyer's deal falls through? That's about all I have to say about it because it still bothers me a lot. It also reminds me of how much I miss home and everything we left behind. I keep hoping it will get easier here, but so far it hasn't. Maybe time will help or maybe we need to find a way out of here. Only God knows, I suppose. I hope He will help us all find a place to belong soon.

Thanks for reading!