School Time

School started this last week.  The girls were excited to meet new friends.  Ashley is going into the 8th grade at the junior high,

 Melissa is in 6th grade at the middle school,

 Rachel is in 4th grade at the primary school,

 And Sara started kindergarten at the primary school.  She was so excited to finally start school!  Too bad they only do half day kindergarten here.  That's a concept I will never understand.  Yesterday they learned about the number 1.  Wow.  They even take time for recess in that wee little three hours of school. 

Pictures, Finally

I am finally getting to a point where I can blog again.  Moving with six kids is no easy task!  We still have a lot to unpack, but it's getting there.  This is a picture of the path all the girls walk to and from school.  Two kids go on base, the older two go 20 minutes into town, but the bus stop is at the base school, so they all walk this.  It takes them 10 minutes to walk it.  You can see the school if you look at the tree in the middle of the picture--it's the tiny building to the right of that tree. 

Our beautiful home!

 Our very cute street with actual sidewalks and street lamps.  You have no idea how excited I am about that!!

 The family room.  Oops.  Left a pair of kids p.j.'s on the floor. 

 Kitchen and dining room and Emily playing play-doh.

 Master bedroom.  Quite a bit smaller than our last house, but that's ok!

 View of the backyard as seen from Ashley's room.

 View of the commons area in the back of the house as seen from Emily and William's room.  Notice the playground.  Those are everywhere here.  It's awesome.

 This is one of my favorite things about this house--a huge pantry.  I love it.  A lot!