top: Sincere (age one)

left: Geo (age three)

left: Angel (age two)

are this not the cutest trio you have ever seen!! Nat's sister, Karen and her husband Ken, just became foster parents to these three darlings and since they have a son of their own their quiet little family turned into four uncontrollably rambunctious BOYS all under the age of 4!! you can imagine with one child just learning to walk and wanting to touch everything he is not supposed to touch, two children still in dippers, an independent older brother learning new house rules and a four year old suddenly having to lear to share his time with mom and dad, that this household can sometimes feel more like a mini war zone. with my spare time i have committed to helping Karen twice times a week and i love every minute of it. who wouldn't want to hang out with these sweethearts! 

Nat has been working with Mark on an addition for a guy who wanted to build a pool house for his grandchildren. (must be nice!) with the scorching heat temperature out here i wish i had a pool to lounge in. luckily we have a few generous friends who have offered the use of their pools. tomorrow i am taking Donovan ( Karen and Ken's son in above photo) to Larry and Nora's house to swim. Larry and Nora's daughter is married to Nat's younger brother Nadon...... are you still with me? Larry and Nora are close to the Zook family and we have spent some great times with them. Also Marks parent have a pool and have so kindly aloud us to use it.

 

so i'm sure most of you heard that we found a place to rent. it took about a month and a half of searching high and low to find the right place and boy do we feel like we hit the jackpot! it doesn't have the nicest appliances or the newest cabintry but we love it just the same. with two spacious bedrooms, one car garage, a large kitchen and living room, walk-in-closet and air conditioning!!! who could ask for more? o.k maybe we could ask for just a few things since this is literally all we owned at the time of our move in date!

But with some with the help of generous friends, some good sales, and plenty of yard sales we had this place furnished in less than a month! 

i think Andrea is happy with me now!!