Sorry, still no pictures. Soon, I promise. Hopefully we will have some before and after shots pretty soon, so you can see that we have made a little progress. Thankfully it is starting to come together. Our upstairs is almost done. Almost....
Here are some random things that have been going on....
-Kent and I had our 11
th anniversary last Sat. the 5th. Can you believe that? We haven't "celebrated" yet because we both worked on Sat. But we will. Time flies when you are having fun.
-We are enjoying our new ward. The people have been very kind and welcoming, and have gone out of their way to be friendly. I need to remember how nice that is when other new people move in. Our ward has very few kids. I think there are only 25 kids total if they all came. McCray is the only boy in his class. It doesn't seem to bother him. At church Sunday a sweet lady came up to us and introduced herself to us. She said he name was Marilee Webb. She looked SO familiar to me, like I had seen her somewhere before. I kept staring at her during church and finally figured it out--- she directs a lot of choirs at church meetings (general broadcasts). Like she lead the choir last year I think at the RS
broadcast. She is very intense with her leading, and gets very wide eyed. Do any of you know who I am talking about? I am excited to have someone with talent like that in our ward. A different lady came over today, and I had to ask her if that was the right lady that I was thinking of. She said yes, and that people come from all over-to sing in the choirs that she directs for church meetings. She said that she directs a choir every fall that has 300 people in it, and they sing at temple square for Christmas. The lady said that there are not try-outs (that would be a deal breaker for me) , you just have to sign up and be chosen. I would love to do that someday- I love to sing, but am definitely a choir singer, and not a soloist. They practice once a week for a few months and then perform. Hopefully someday I will get a chance to do something like that. Fun!
-School is going well for the kids. Reed had his first week of Kindergarten, and enjoyed it. He has a male teacher, I would guess in his mid 60's. He seems to like it. I don't know of very many men that age who would want to sing I'm a Little Teapot with 28 kindergartners for a living. Good for him. Reed is the first of the kids to go to school, and not be the oldest in their class.
In fact, with a May birthday, he is one of the younger ones. I took him to class the first day of school. We had missed the memo about the "meeting" spot, but the teacher told us where to go and what to do for the next day. So I ran through it with the boys the next morning, exactly where to go, and what to do. They said they got it. (It is just the flag pole by the front door- VERY EASY) McCray enters through the same doors, so I asked him to make sure that Reed got to where he was supposed to be. I dropped them both off. Unfortunately, Camille enters a different way. They needed her. So I am trapped in the drop off lane, with nowhere to park, and no way to move so that I could get out and help them. I can see them, trying to figure it out, and could see that Reed didn't know where he was supposed to be. McCray was starting to panic because he was worried that he would be late. I knew exactly what they were thinking and saying, just by sitting in the van watching. So a few seconds later, they both disappear into the school. I know at this point that Reed IS NOT where he is supposed to be, I can't do anything about it, and I am just praying that he will get it figured out. By the time I got out of the drop-off trap, it was way too late to do anything. So when I picked Reed up after kindergarten, I asked him if he found his class. He said that he wandered around a bit looking for it, (it is in a portable
outside) and then an old man (janitor) helped him find his class. I was so glad that he got it figured out. It is hard to let you kids go out into the world, and make them have to figure things out themselves. I guess that is what you try to do as parents, run through different scenarios so that they will be confident in solving problems when they have them. Needless to say, I walked him in myself the next day. I think he has got it down now. He just seems little. Very ready for school though.
Camille and McCray and enjoying their classes. They have both found some friends, and seem happy. McCray was invited to a birthday party this coming Friday. That will be good for him. I met the
child's mom, which made me feel a lot better. I am glad that he has a nice little friend.
-Kent has been so good at getting projects done around the house. He starts something, and works at it until it is done. FINISHED. He has done so much more than I have with getting our house in order. I am so grateful that he is that way. I feel like that by the time I take care of kids, do homework with them, cook meals, keep things picked up, do laundry, work my 2 jobs, and do all of the other day to day stuff, and there is not much time left over to make a dent in the
un-packing. But he is cruising along, making a lot of progress. I am so grateful for all that he does. This job of being a parent would be very hard to do on your own. It is nice to be a team.
-Morgan is holding down the fort this year by herself in the mornings. She is always very happy when it is time to go and pick up Reed. We are watching
Jossue 4 days this week and also next. They usually play really well together, as long as he does what she tells him to do. :) She got a cute little haircut, that hides the self-cut that she did a couple of weeks ago.
Well, it is time to sign off for another... week I hope? I am done at work
for the night, and am on my way home. Home Sweet Home.
