Thursday!

LOL, Thursday is a running inside joke from karate class :)  Thursday was another "normal" day in our new household, we did a lot around the house getting it put back together.  Before we left for Ukraine we were building our gameroom into a 5th bedroom (thanks Steve!) and moving bedrooms around preparing for Kayleigh and Michael.  We were also packing for our anticipated 33 day trip (ended up being 47 days, glad I brought extra undies....).  We got partially done.  So the house was pretty tripped out when we got back.  Each day has been a new day in seeing where we are at as a family, what do add back into our daily mix, and what to add new to K & M.  So we ended up getting a lot of household stuff done (Jodi and I had to argue about it first, as Thursday is amongst many things, our official argument day.  If we're gonna argue, it's gonna be on a Thursday :)  Then we got a lot done.  We're doing a lot of tag teaming up K & M with our kids so they can have someone to model and follow as they learn their new family and all the moving pieces.  Kayleigh jumped in with Alyssa and did a ton.  Michael teamed up with Dylan and did well, but is not as interested in chores (13 year old boy so not really a surprise!).  Dylan and I went to karate class for a bit as we start adding that back into our routine, then home for dinner (K & M like doing dinner as a family....).  The girls had a friend over for a sleepover which they did in the tent in the backyard (perhaps next time they'll set the tent up farther away from the septic tank sprinklers....), the boys camped out on the trampoline.  So far we continue to be amazed at how well Kayleigh and Mike have jumped in and are adapting to their new world.  Both are learning and using new english words each day.  No big blowups or I want to go back.  God is at work!