It's been a nice break from the computer for the past few weeks. I have thought about many of my blogging friends, wondering what's new with you all. Now I get to go back and catch up. I have enjoyed this time of refreshment and all the extra time with my kids.

We've been busy enjoying the summer. Swimming, planting, playing in our homemade bike wash, enjoying friends, participating in Madagascar Cockroach races, making slime, finding toads in our yard ( the kids have found so many! ) and a host of other fun things. This week the kids are at VBS, maybe next week as well. It's been an enjoyable summer.

But it's time to get back to a little more structured routine and begin reading more regularly and doing a little more hands on learning. The kids and I are eager to begin.........I've been planning some things and hope to begin soon.

In the meantime, here are some pictures from our trip to a local Butterfly place -- the Butterfly Pavilions. We love it there. It's one of my favorite places b/c of the open area that is swarming with one of Gods Beautiful creatures....the Butterfly. They actually release new butterflies daily, twice, in fact.

Here's a short video of several butterflies, including the Owl Butterfly, on a rotten banana