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Does anyone have any ideas of things to do in Kansas? Except drive through!

WooHoo!!

School is finally out for the kids. Our last day is tomorrow. I can't believe that our school year lasts so long. At least this year seemed like a long year. Today I sent my resume to a school closer to my house, Middletown Middle School. In fact, it's the school that Molly will go to next year. It would be so convenient, but we'll see what happens.

Today was a big day for the Donald girls. It was Blair's last day at the middle school, Molly's last day at the elementary school, and Brooke's last day at the primary school. Next year, all three girls will be in the youngest grade in their schools - 9th, 6th, and 3rd. Everyone seems to be excited to be moving on. I can't believe that they are growing up so fast! Brooke is sitting beside me now watching as I type this, and she is promising to always be my baby!

Anyway, we're glad that summer is finally here. Bring it on!

Six days to go!

So yesterday while lounging at the pool, Jerry starts thinking about our trip. We were thinking about driving all the way down to Carlsbad Caverns which are in the southern part of New Mexico,  but now are changing our minds.  We want to go St. Louis and after that we were thinking of driving down to Memphis and then through Arkansas and Texas to Carlsbad. But after much thought, we decided that that's a lot of driving to see one place and it could be another trip at another time. So we changed our minds and decided that after St. Louis to travel straight through Kansas to get to Colorado. That will allow us more time out west. I wonder if we'll change our minds again? We really have no idea what we are doing!

I didn't post this past week that I went to Georgetown and got a good report from my doctor. My cancer didn't grow enough to worry about, so we are still at the monitoring stage. I go in three months, just to check in. In six months, I have another CT scan. I was really scared before I went, because I was afraid that I would be the one that would stop our family from this trip that we have talked about for a while. I was really relieved when the appointment was over and everything was okay.

One week until we take off!

I can't believe that we are actually leaving in one week. The kids have 2 more days of school and Jerry and I have 3. This school year is dragging on way too long. I think a law should be made that school has to be out by the second Friday in June. Anyway, yesterday Jerry showed a friend how to take care of the lawn, and we already have someone lined up to take care of Duncan, our dog. This weekend we are going to make a list of what we need to take. Our neighbor's mom gave the great idea of rolls of quarters for laundry. I'm sure we'll forget some things, but there are stores where we are going!

12 more days of school left!

So I'm counting down the days until the end of school, and gearing up for our big trip this summer. As soon as school is out, we are throwing our girls into the van and driving across the country. We have ideas in mind of where we would like to go, but we aren't strapped to any major schedule. At first we thought about getting a pop up camper, but the cost of buying a bigger vehicle to pull the pop up, and then buying the pop up would be rather expensive. So then we decided to stay in hotels part-time and to tent camp part-time, storing our camping stuff in the hard-shell turtle on top of the van. We did that for two weeks last summer and it worked out nicely. But after much thought and deliberation, we decided to skip the camping stuff and just stay in hotels. We decided that since we are constantly going to be on the move, not thinking about tent camping would just simplify things. Also thinking that the only thing that might separate us from bears at night would be a thin sheet of nylon was also a factor! So I don't have to get out the camping supplies, see what needs to be replaced, or plan what food supplies to take. No packing towels, blankets, or sheets. I like this idea already!

Pangea

Today we went to Pangea in Frederick, in front of the Giant on 40. It was really nice. There was music, food and lot of vendors. The girls and I got henna on our hands. Jerry wasn't too surprised! Frederick seems to always have fun things to do on the weekends. 

Spring Break

It's Spring break and I think that all of my family needs the break. We are just staying home and relaxing. Although today, I organized my walk-in closet. Doesn't it look wonderful? It's funny how such little things, as organizing a closet, can make life so happy! Also this break, I am planning on learning how to add pictures to my blog. So far I've only added pictures from photo booth.  I think it's pretty easy, but I haven't done it yet, so that will be a big step for me. Tomorrow we are going to the Newseum in D.C. I hope that some of the cherry blossoms will still be blooming.