Quarantine!

So here we are at home. Quarantined for two weeks! The kids are all three in the same classroom this year. They had an exposure to COVID in the classroom and now we are at home for 14 days. All of us can happily report that we have remained healthy! So, we will test our school at home skills once again. YIKES! The good thing is, as a family with triplets, we have a group to work together and we don’t have to deal with the isolation that some other students would have in this situation. We have tried putting our kids in separate classes some years and we have kept them together some years throughout elementary. Both situations have worked for us. And our kids really seem to thrive no matter what. They love to be at school with other kids. It has been fun and fairly easy for them to meet different friends. Some easier than others. But, we have been blessed to have moved to a new school, in a new state without feeling like we have turned their world of friendships completely upside down this year. Part of this is due to their ability to keep in touch with friends from everywhere online. We are definitely living in a “connected” world. Whether good or bad. The ability for staying in touch on the internet has been a blessing for us this year! Our kids can Facetime and play games online with friends from all over. Can you imagine growing up like this? I had to make a long distance phone call to talk to most of my friends back in the day. Anyway, we are getting through this together. And as usual, we are looking for silver linings! One of those being that our kids are going to be able to stay up and watch the whole Super Bowl tonight. And they can sleep a tiny bit later in the morning. Go Bucs!!

We are BACK! 10 years later...

So, I haven't posted in TEN YEARS! That's right, it's been 10 years. I have attempted to start a couple of different blogs after our babies were born. But let's face it, I FAILED! We have been busy, life has changed immensely. And I am just now starting to feel like more than just a mom again. We have moved several times. The kids have lived in 6 houses since they were born. That is crazy, right? And just this past summer we finally made our return to Florida. And we are here to STAY. It has been an adventure for sure. But, we are back where we belong. Along the way, my husband suffered three strokes from an undiagnosed condition. And I am happy to report that it is just a distant memory for us now. Most people would not even notice anything has ever happened. We have been through some stuff for sure! But truly, life is good. We sat at home during this pandemic in the spring and made a huge decision about our lives. Life is short! We want to be in the sunshine. We want to be where our kids can swim and fish and be near the water. We knew it was time to live closer to my parents again. We needed to be where our son can swim every day. And my husband wanted to be back "home". Leaving the rest of the family in Kentucky was a hard choice. But, we knew we can always fly and drive back to visit often! We sold our big beautiful house in Kentucky. The house that we built to raise our kids in. It was a good one! But, it was just a house. And we bought a small, older home with a small yard and a pool in Southwest Florida. And we haven't regretted a thing about it!! This financially was a great change for us. There is less indoor "stuff" to worry about. And there is so much potential to fix up this little house. We absolutely love it. My parents moved off of the beach and closer to us a couple of months ago. It has been nice having them so close. We are able to help them out and they are able to help us with the kids also. My inlaws wish they could be down here to see us all more often. But COVID has just wrecked all of the best plans. I pray that our lives all return to some normalcy again soon. But, I know that is what everyone hopes for. Now that we have given you a ten year update. Let's look at these big kids! 10 year olds. WOW.