Answered Prayer

With the kids getting into a routine and Keira starting solids
and feeling like I have a slight grasp on things around the house...
why not add some more by teaching piano lessons again?

Many moons ago and minus 3 kids, I had started teaching back in AZ.
But then moving, living in small apts, and more KIDS kept me away from my little hobby.

So after bouncing the topic around for a week I took the plunge and spread the rumors that I was going to teach.
But what to do with the kids?
That was the question.

I knew the loft of TOYS upstairs would help, a timer to countdown until the lessons were over, rewards for good behavior...but maybe the backyard could be a good "oasis"?
Although that would mean supplying the yard with more then a 3-foot plastic slide.
Am I right?
I started researching the internet for options.
Although most ended up being WAY over budget.
(and when I say budget, I mean negative budget...because lets be honest..."Mr.SL" sucks up all our dough)
Because...really...why go little when BIG is SO MUCH BETTER?

But then Lar brought some news that blew me away!
A family in the ward that just moved in weren't going to use their tramp-O-leen and want to know if we could use it.
SAY WHAT?

And what would be the appropriate Rachel response to such opportunities that come up...
"H_ _ _ yeah!!"

So here it is...tah dah!!

(a net will soon follow...we've been fixing the dryer instead of attaching it)

The kids love it!

It offers some great exercise and "wiggle-removing".

A place to catch some rays.

Brings smiles to their faces.

Shakin' all the silly's out.

And catching some air.

There's so much fun being filled on this monstrous flexible fabric they are in constant need of fluids!

And maybe even a nap or 2.

THANK YOU FRIENDS!