What's been going on in Texas?

I thought I would post what's been going on with us, since my last post was in March.

I know many of our family and friends are wondering if we still own our house in California. Well, the answer is yes. It got delayed again, and now it's supposed to close in September. Hopefully it will close on time and turn out to be a Happy Birthday for me. If it doesn't close, at least we won't have to worry about who we are staying with at Christmas time -- Ok that's not funny! By the way, if anyone drives by our house, we do have someone living there from our old ward, so don't freak out.

We LOVE visitors, and over the past few months we have had several (yeah). We had Kent and his family and Kim and her family (Kim & Julian for a night, Derek for a week). The kids loved having their cousins around, especially Nicholas, he loved having Derek around and not being the only boy. It was great to see family and we can't wait until Christmas to visit family and friends.

Keith has been hard at work on the Italy video (which he had major problems with) and I am glad to say that it is almost finished. He also bought a really nice mountain bike and plans on using it soon -- but he will have to wipe off the dust first. Keith is still a work-a-holic, but getting better, sometimes. When he is home, there is plenty to do around here. The garage is still a disaster, the playset still isn't finished, we have paint for 3 rooms not started, etc...

Nicholas is getting ready to start third grade and is very excited about school, although it is going to take away from his Wii and gamecube time. He is getting really good! He is also looking forward to playing baseball, and Keith will be his coach this year!

Megan is getting ready to start first grade and Brownies -- look out everyone, let the cookie battle begin! Megan is doing VERY well with her Arthritis, though her medication is stupidly expensive, about $150 per month that we can't afford.

Amber is doing great, although she changes her clothes several times a day (and I just love laundry). She still makes the biggest mess of all, she's our lil' Texas tornado, especially in the playroom. She has been doing well with keeping toys upstairs, but often we find snack wrappers under her bed, or pillow, and food is not allowed upstairs. She's a sneaky little one - I'll be nailing her window shut in a few years.

I (Angela) am doing good too, but am having a hard time keeping our house clean. I'm starting to think we should have moved into a smaller house :o). I have been trying to get prepared for my preschool which starts in September. The good news is that the kids and I have been enjoying going to the pool, but Keith's a slacker and only went with us once since he's a work-a-holic. Oh yeah, and he's also been busy on my endless 'honey-do-list' (like building the kids big ginormous play structure - I think it would have been quicker if we bought a kit, but Keith is stubborn and had to design his own).

That is all for now... I will post some new pictures soon. We hope everyone is doing well.