The trees are bursting with buds here and we had our first taste of the summer that's to come yesterday when the sun was beaming and temperatures rocketed to 75 degrees. It was breathtaking! The girls and I soaked it up. They even danced in the sprinklers and I was so full of joy watching them squeal with delight as the sprinkler passed by them.

As I'm writing, I can hear bellows from the lake of our first thudnerstorm of the season. My poor husband is trying to enjoy the first day of trout season and I know he is getting pelted up north where he is with rain and thunder and wind. I am so sad for him as he has been waiting since January 1st when hunting season ended for this day. It's a holiday to those in the outdoorsman world,  just like opening day of rifle and bow deer season are! I still laugh to remember him making sure before we got married that I knew he would hunt and fish when possible. He just knew he had to be sure I wouldn't whine and complain about it later.

We've been plugging away with our kindergarten homeschool, slowly but surely. I think we're gonna kick it in fifth gear starting this week. I ordered and already have Bailey's 1st grade package and it looks very exciting! I'm really looking forward getting into some more meaty  stuff. Kindergarten has been fun but very foofy (i.e. easy).

I've been having a blast cloth diapering Abigail. I am so sad to know it will likely come to an end by fall. She hasn't shown much interest in using the potty, and I really don't even mind. With Bailey & Emma I was so anxious for potty training so I didn't have to buy pull-up disposable diapers anymore. All of the cloth is in the washer right now but I will do another post later with pictures of what we have and use.

I hope to do at least one post a day again. I'd like to write about a book I've been studying called "Praying the Names of God" which has been such a blessing to me. I also want to show more of what we're doing with our homeschool.