After a LONG summer, the kids are finally home from Michigan. A little taller, a little older, and a little more independent. For those of you who don't already know, we took the kids up to Michigan on Memorial Day weekend to visit family for the summer. We left 4 of the 5 there and brought just Jacob home with us. The last week of June, we went back up to visit for a week and then left Jacob there with the rest of them. He was so lonely here without them that it just seemed like it would be better for him to be with them instead of with us. Tim and I came back to Georgia and spent the summer studying for boards, which we will take in just about 6 more weeks! It was a crazy time without the kids, but there was also some enjoyment to it too. It was nice to be able to 'date' my husband again, something that is difficult to do with 5 kids in tow. We were able to go out to dinner several times, went to a few movies, went to bed late and slept in even later!
But I'm so thankful that the kids are home safe and sound. It's hard having them gone and feeling totally helpless if something were to happen. It's hard when one of them calls you to tell you that they got grounded or lost a privilege, when it's not something YOU would have grounded them for. Even though it's family, it's hard having to trust someone 100% with your children.
The kids all start school tomorrow, bright and early. I know they are ready to see their friends again and to get back into a routine. Tim's parents are going to be here for the next 3-4 weeks to help out while we continue to study for Boards. Boards is a VERY scary thing for me, but I'm starting to feel a bit better about them. We will need to stay out late a few nights a week with study groups and will be having 'Board Review" start in a week that will be Friday night, all day Saturday and all day Sunday, for 3 weekends in a row! Talk about a crazy life!!!
So, while I took the summer off of blogging, I'm hoping to jump back into it now that the kids are home and I'll have more to talk about. :)
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