We are still alive and well in Montana, despite my silence.

The boy and JR have been gone for the last week to Florida, to visit his family. They are due in around midnight tonight! From all accounts, they had a lot of fun, are exhausted and ate way to much junk food! I have been having problems with my email not working on my computer, but hopefully I can somehow get the Florida pictures saved to my computer and uploaded.

I have had an amazing week. I initially thought I would plan lots of hiking, biking, friend time, etc. However, as their departure date grew closer, I decided I did not want a schedule. I wanted to do what I wanted to do, when I wanted to do it. So, for a week, I did just that. I only had 2 commitments the whole week. I stayed up late or slept in if I wanted to. I would wander into town and stay as late as I desired. I cooked the first day they were gone and the last day they were gone. I bought a saw and some lumber and did a few projects around the house (hopefully pictures to come). I watched movies when I wanted to, got on line when I wanted to, read books, sat out in the sun, worked in the yard when I wanted to. Just a very nice relaxing week for me. I managed to get some things done and what I did not get done, it can wait for another day.

I have missed the chaos, noise, activity and probably even the arguing ~ although I think I have some different insights in how to deal with things better going forward.

Jbird finishes second grade on Friday. For all practical purposes, Benjamin is done with school. We will do some stuff the next couple of days, but more along the lines of stuff he really enjoys, like watching science and history videos.

We will re group over the next week or so and then head down to Texas!

Hope to post some pictures later this week!