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Life lately...

It has been a while since I've written. We've been busy living each day. No excuses. Simply  speaking the truth. Although we've reduced the number of after school activities, the increased amount of sunshine means more time outside, and less time taking care of business. Chris and I area still going strong with crossfit. We or I  grumpily completed a half murph, which is an 800 m. run, 50 pull ups (ring rows for me), 100 push ups, 150 body squats and another 800 m run. Horrible, painful, miserable, but completed.
The girls are wrapping up their final 8 weeks of second grade and kindergarten. They are looking forward to all things summer and talk at length about all the wonderful things they wish to experience when we travel to the States this summer-camping, water skiing, the lake, etc. I am so happy that they appreciate all the fun they've come to know as summer too.
Gavin is growing and changing faster than we can imagine. He is nodding his head and shaking his head. He LOVES all things nature--playing outside, going for rides in the stroller, water. He takes it all in and hates to retreat to the indoors. Two top molars have pushed through, so his stuffy nose and conjestion have cleared. He is growing like a weed and is quite a happy boy. He has begun to insist on feeding himself. Independent and not even two!
We returned from our second cruise a little over a week ago! We traveled with my mom and her friend, Percy. It was lovely--Rome, Sicily, Sardenia, Mallorca, Valencia, and Marseille. We had blue skies and sunshine for all but Rome. We all had a blast.
Chris and I have finally found a home to purchase. It has been a long search. We were just beginning to think we may need to adjust our "musts," when this one became available. It is only 3 streets over from the home we are currently renting. We are beyond excited, but not looking forward to the packing and moving process.  We will likely move in the end of July.

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