It's been a while...

So it's been a while since we've posted on here. We've had chaos, renting the house, moving to a beautiful city, and getting settled again. I would say we are settled now, and loving it here. We are only 3 hours away from "home", so we can still see our family when we want to. That is nice. The kids absolutely love Austin. It's so pretty with the hills, and all the parks. Midget has made her usual friends, and has settled into her new dance school. We had a bit of a disaster at the first one, it was Dance Moms in real life! The ladies were not friendly at all, the girls were very catty. So we moved to a new studio and hoped for the best. It is great, thank heavens! The owner was so sweet when we stopped in, and she goes out of her way to watch out for cattiness. Midget even gathered all her nerve and tried out for the schools competition team, and made it! She's got a long way to go, but this gave her the boost she needed to give it her all again. So proud of her!! Now to sell some kidney's to afford it:( My little man, turned 14 a couple weeks ago. That was rough! He is starting high school in a few weeks, can someone please stop that? I am in no way ready for it, and neither is he. I don't think it's sunk in how important high school is for his future. Hopefully this new program AVID he got in will help him out. Toughlove is what it is going to be i think. He's got some nice friends, one is so annoying, but is really a good kid. The kind who comes in and makes himself at home. It's good to have those friends:) Hubby is settling into his job, it's boring for him i'm sure. Political drama abounds again i'm afraid. I guess that's what grown-up jobs have. He's loving his jeep though, and driving off-road. I prefer the desert so it offers some cushion if something happens. These rocks scare me! I'll try and get back in the habit of posting. I tried to be handy yesterday and made my own dish tablets and detergent. A friend posted the recipe and I thought I'd give it a try. I love the laundry soap so much! It makes a ton, it's alot thinned than the ALL I usually use. The smell though is so nice, it's soft and not so perfumy. Love it! The tablets are being tried out now, so I hope they are great too. Since a bad of them is nearly 8 dollars, I couldn't pass up the chance to try. Here's the recipe for the soap: http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/2012/02/no-grate-homemade-laundry-soap.html Here's the tablets: http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/2013/04/make-your-own-dishwasher-detergent-tabs.html Here's some pics from the past few months, the kids have grown so much! So I have to share this. The Spiderman hoodie he has on... We are in Hot Topic, a scary store if you have little ones. They do have some cute t shirts and Dr Who gifts. He looks at it and says he likes it. I though, strange, but Ok. Are you sure??? Oh yes, it's awesome.. So I go back to get it, it's sold out. I order it online, and he gets it for Christmas. He then claims he was joking.. I think he had a friend make fun of it or something. Anyway, he makes fun of me for getting it, gives me so much grief. It's now a big joke in the family, if someone likes something, really? Are you sure it isn't a Spiderman hooodie? And he know gets something Spiderman something for every holiday, and he will for the rest of his life! He loves his Spidey underwear for his bday, I made sure it's so soft he couldn't resist it:)