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an family life update (from June of this year)

I am sure some of you wonder why all of the sudden the updates and where the heck have I been?? Life just got the better of me and we have hit a place as a family that has required some reconstructing and the idea of facing the basic task of blogging, just seemed exhausting. 

One of the big changes?? My uncle is now part of our household :) he has been living with us since May.  While we love him dearly, adapting to another person in the house is an adjustment for everyone.  on the flip side he is use to living alone so coming into a house with 3 other people and 4 dogs I am sure is overwhelming.  Thankfully it has been a relatively easy transition and things will get better with time.  He is big help in many ways.  With Jason and I both working full time now and opposite shifts, it is nice for us to each have an extra hand around for some help if needed.  Olena loves having him around but unfortunately with the change came a new mouthy and argumentative side of Olena.  We are working on it.  She is in "step up" stage as far as her maturity goes so Jason and I struggle a bit trying to grow with her as parents. We are trying to retrain ourselves too. 

The last 3-6 months have really detoured us from what our life plan was so now it is the time when we have to stop treading water and start working on new plans. 


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