Back to a life of amenities!

It's been a breath of fresh air to be back in place that has easy amenities!  

The YMCA is a mile from our house and the kids and I are there at least once a week to workout.  They also have a pool that we're looking forward to using this summer.  But they also have tennis courts!  

Camp Pendleton base is about 20 minutes from our house and is full of things for us.  I almost forgot what it was like to have access to some of these things, but Camp Pendleton might trump all bases we've been to so far.

We've connected with a group of military homeschooled teens!  We're a rare bread of people and it's been amazing to have this community.

We've gone bowling:

and met at several different restaurants on base that don't mind us just hanging out for hours.

This week we checked out 'Create Space' at one of the libraries.  I was overwhelmed by all of the things they had there!  The different sections included: two 3-D printers, a wood engraver, robotics, movie making with a green screen, a cricit and sewing machine, crocheting, Legos, and every other crafty thing you could imagine.  And all for free and for our disposal.  Colin made a 3-D airplane and the kids drew while we waited.

The boys met some of the kids at the movie theater (they were the first ones there).  It's not a typical movie theater, but every once in a while they play $1 movies.  Snacks were cheap, the theater was nice and they basically had the place to themselves.  They played a new movie too, so it was a win all around!