Rim Lake, and hanging out.

 You know that moment when you hear bits of giggling in the kids' room, you know they might be doing something naughty but are glad they are having fun so you wait a little while longer to investigate. Well, I bought the the big thing of toilet paper at Sam's for our three month stay here, and this is what the children decided to do with it. Very nice castle. They might fight a bit, but I love that they are starting to play more together every day.

 I found our apartment online which was very scary. But we didn't want to show up in North Carolina like we had in Virginia, with no home. That was just too stressful. So I made a list of everything we wanted in an apartment, and to top the list was an indoor pool for finishing off the winter months and an outdoor pool for spring. We were not dissapointed. We go to the pool atleast three days a week. And two weeks ago both kids took off their floaties and are official swimmers. Raiyah is always shocked when she comes up and sees how far she has gone. She keeps telling us she will be joining us on the next triathlon, and is so pleased that she can swim like a mermaid now.

 The kids take turns giving eachother horse rides. I'm not sure how good this is for their backs but they love it and always end up in laughing hysterics. I will also take more pictures in a bit of our apartment but it has been a huge change from the beach house. We are actually living the way we planned when we started this adventure. We are each sleeping on blow up beds, no dressars, just shelves in closets, and boxes, wow what a change. But we are loving every moment. We are not worried about all the little things that come with trying to decorate a home, or buy that cool item we see becuase well it just won't fit in the mini van. We are pretty full just carrying the essentials to each destination. This simple, yet completely fulfilling life is so wonderful. We are seeing the US, learning so many new things, and just spending time as a family.

 Rim Lake. The visitor's center at this lake let's you borrow fishing poles, and gives the kids each a fishing kit with a tackle box, flys, and all you need to fish. The kids were really excited and really liked Ryan teaching them how to hook a worm, and cast a line. What a great day we had.