What have we been up to?

This last month slipped away, again. What have we been up to that we forget there's a world out there?
The twins have been working very hard at school. They took their state core testing last week, they call it the TAKS test. DJ made straight "A" honor roll for the last 6 weeks and Dylan made the "A-B" honor roll. They have both finished their wolf badges in cub scouts. They have been spending quite a bit of time with friends, wishing it were summer and school was already out. Only 4 weeks left.
I went back to work at a nursing home here in town. I worked full time for 2 weeks and now I'm waiting for Dan to come back home to see when I will work again. Hopefully they'll continue to be understanding that I am a mother first, then I can be a nurse in my "spare time." I'm laughing as I type that because there's no such thing as spare time. My cub scouts are mostly finished with their badges so we are almost done for the year. Now we are trying to gear up for a few summer activities. It never seems to end.
Dan went back to work this week. We were all happy and sad at the same time when he went back. Wishing that someone would just pay him to stay here with us so he didn't have to go. Happy that we got about 2 months to just reconnect with him without work in the way. He went down to Houston and pick up Gramma Opel for awhile and we got to spend some time with her. He worked hard and got the garden in, now we're watching it grow and hoping that we can figure out this Texas soil and not just kill everything before it makes. I am already craving fresh veggies.
In general we've just been busy living. Think of all of you often and miss you all. Hope to see everyone as soon as possible. We're planning on heading home for the 4th of July, maybe we'll see you there.