Our friend the Ocean

The kids love the ocean.  When we go, they could stay for hours and hours and the biggest challenge is getting them to leave.  The most recent time we took them we told them we were just going to walk on the beach and not get in the ocean because it was (relatively) cool outside.  Just as we thought they would, they still ran in full throttle and got doused by the waves.  Below is the picture of that evening and them playing with their best friend, the sea.

Moving along

As we get more settled in, we have a little more time to breathe and thus, a blog post.  Since the last posting, my parents have relocated to Jacksonville and are settling in to a nice apartment complex across the streee from our community, and they are really enjoying it.  Leigh's folks, Dick and Cherry Lommen, just finished a whirlwind trip to see us where they helped us with our house with everything from changing light fixtures to hanging paintings.  It was a HUGE help.  They did in a couple of days, what would take Leigh and I a couple of months.

The kids have started school (photo attached) and are doing well, becoming more comfortable with the language, with us, with their environment every day.  They have also cultivated a real love of the ocean and of boating and surfing and they are great swimmers and going to the beach is one of our favorite family activities.

I am getting increasingly larger, now waddling, with just 5 weeks to go until my due date.  Soon our two ring circus will officially become a three ring circus. Viva Lommenpalooza!