Okay, I'm back... sort of

I am back but sans pictures. I am waiting for all the boxes to be outta the house and all the rooms so I can take pictures and post them. Which, as it is looking now, might be around Christmas time! If I never see another box again I will be one happy woman. Even though moving absolutely sucks, the house is wonderful. I did a lot of decorating in my head and so far they have all come into play the way I wanted them to. Unfortunately, some of the rooms that we want painted aren't yet and won't be for awhile. They suggest not painting for a year in case there are nails pops from the drywall, but we can't wait that long. We will be starting the painting process in a few weeks. Getting a family of 5 settled has been a long and tiring process but it is coming a long and I think I am down to 10 or so boxes left to unpack. That is nothing compared to the 3,478 that I started with.
Summer break started last week, and I am already wondering when the 1st day of school is. The girls just fight ALL OF THE TIME! We had one good day on Monday and they played well together all day, but made up for it yesterday when they decided it was a fight and whine and cry and bitch day. Oh, and I did have to break up some physical fights. Someday they will appreciate each other. The kids have settled in nicely to their new homes and bedrooms and the girls even made friends with some kids behind us. We are fortunate to live in a neighborhood filled with kids. Our last neighborhood had a girl(Chloe's best friend) and her brother who lived next to us and that was it. So this is a welcome change for the kids.
I promise to get on here and get back to blogging about us and our lives. And I will post pictures this week. I will be absent from the blogging world again in about a week and a half. We are leaving for vacation a week from this weekend. And believe you me, we NEED this vacation. Nothing but a house with a private pool and the beach! I am taking not much more than some clothes, my bathing suit, flip-flops, BOOKS and sunscreen. And I don't plan on doing much of anything but sunbathing, swimming and reading and spending some serious down time with my family. We are getting our family picture taken on the beach which I hope turns out well. We haven't had a professional picture of all of us since, well Janey wasn't even born yet. It is time. We are also celebrating Chloe's 7th birthday at the beach. She wants a Luau Party. I am excited for her. What could be better than celebrating your b-day at the beach? We did promise some sort of friend party when we return from vacation. She is torn between inviting some friends to the movies or a sleepover. Both seem like fairly easy ideas to me.
I am glad to be back. I have missed this little bit of creativeness in my life. I also want to get back into the self portrait challenges. One thing at a time.