We're alive!!!

The past few months have been crazy. Let's see if I can recap most of it:
Josh switched jobs just after learning the one he had.
I got hired and laid off in the same month (Boo! Budget cuts!!!).
I got hired back doing a different job 6 weeks later.
I'm now teaching full time.
Andrew LOVES his school.
Andrew is getting ready to have surgery in the next couple of months. He'll have to be inactive for 6-8 weeks.
The girls are potty trained! YAY!
I think that about sums up the important stuff. :)

Josh works hard and sometimes travels to Africa for work. He's not gone too often and despite his long work hours, we are happy to have him home almost every night and safe with us. :)
I LOVE my teaching job. I'm at Andrew's school and he mostly likes having me around. He likes it when all the other kids have to wait outside (usually in the cold) in their class line until 8am and he doesn't have to because he comes in with me. :) He likes getting extra computer time before and after school in my classroom while I do my work. He doesn't like that I'm on a first name basis with his teachers and can quickly find out if he is not doing his best in class! :)
Andrew is enjoying school. He's in a multi-age class of 3rd-5th grade and it's a good fit for him. He played soccer last fall and is looking forward to playing this year. He's also a wolf in his cub scout troop.
Leah and Leila are turning into little girls more and more. They aren't toddlers anymore! Leah is our drama queen who is quick to overreact to anything and everything. She's also called the "little mother" as she feels it's her need to take care of everyone else in the house. Leila is our adventurous clown. She keeps us laughing (recently i asked her to pick up her toys and she pulled her hands inside her sleeves and said "I have no hands!") and she keeps me gasping as she fearlessly takes on any physical challenge (including big hills for sledding).

We had a wonderful, white Christmas. It was just our little family but it was a nice, relaxing Christmas. We went to a Christmas market, a chocolate festival and played in the snow a LOT! :)
I want to try to keep up with this blog a little better. I think it was a combination of Josh being home (and him not being dependent on the blog to see the most recent pictures, etc), settling into our new home, the ups and downs of my job, etc.
Overall, we are happy with our situation so we can't complain. :)