ok, we're all here and accounted for! it's been a super stressful month or so. and in the middle of this we've had easter, and mom and bob's visit. I really celebrate Easter, so between that and moving i think i've only survived the last 4 wks with copious amounts of caffeine, sugar, and adrenaline. Patrick leaves tomorrow morning, for the week. I and the kids are going to do nothing more than eat and sleep on a regular schedule, and have baths every night! We are mostly settled in our "cozy" rental house :-). the kids sharing a room isn't going all that well, not sure what to do about that. we dont' have internet yet, so i'm doing this somewhere else, but as soon as we do, i'll get some pictures up. from easter and from our new home. there will be a certain amount of adjustment time, i think, possibly even culture shock! patrick will be gone a whole lot over the next little while, at least 6 months we think. so between that and feeling unsettled because we aren't in our permanent home. . . !
kids are pretty good, charlie's almost crawling, and has 4 teeth now!

ps. cultural moment: this morning in church they were advertising a fundraiser for youth camp. you can hire a youth for work, and he said, if any of y'all have a poopy chicken coop that needs to be cleaned out, come get a youth. i laughed then realized he was serious :-)