So busy. Sorry for not posting.

We visited with my family this past weekend. I was amazed at how much we did. We arrived Thursday, and Friday we went to my mom's school to visit her while she was working. That night, my mom, the kids, and I went out for dinner and to play. Later on that evening, we met my sister for a beer and ended up playing pool. I haven't played in ages. And I'm happy to say that I still won both games. Haha.

Saturday morning we went to Cypress/Black Bayou to swim. We met an old friend there, with her boyfriend and son. It was a perfectly sunny day. Not too hot, not too cold. The water was exactly as I remember it. So dark you couldn't see the bottom after it was about a foot deep, a slight sheen of oil from the boats floating on the top. I wanted my kids to experience the lake I grew up swimming in. The one that I cut my foot wide open in because you can't see the bottom, and had to sit out the first week of band camp my senior year. Imagine teaching a flag routine on crutches. It was quite interesting.

After the lake, we received a call from one of my mom's friends, and we packed up the kids again and went to her house, where we picked scopadines from under a canopy of vines. They were covered in them, shiny green and brown spheres dangling like pearls over our heads. We ate a few of the ripe ones, and they were so sweet that it was unbelievable.

We had a family get-together as well, because my Aunt was also in town. It was nice to hang out with everyone. Sunday was church and then lunch. Then we had to pack up and go. The weekend went by way too fast.

Yesterday we started homeschooling Izzy, and it's a little early to tell how she'll really do, but the past two days have been fun for her. I've been impressed with her attention span for it, but I also realize that this is still new. We'll see how it goes later on this year. We also had a visitor, a friend from Shreveport who came and stayed the night with us.

I'm also starting to teach. I expect my student lists to be in by the end of the week, so by the end of next week I should have all the lessons set up and started. Crown starts again next weekend, and so does my Mommy Group, Time Out. It's shaping up to be a busy fall, but we all know how I thrive on being busy. I get so much more done when I'm busy, because I'm afraid I won't have time to do it later. For instance, over the past few days I've done four loads of laundry, kept the dishes done and the house clean. My house doesn't stay clean when I'm not busy. It's a strange cause and effect, but whatever works, right?

Can't wait to get updated on everyone else.