I do still want to blog, I promise, I really do! There is just nothing quite like the stress of parenting teenagers that can take the wind out of your sails at a moment's notice. Looking at it from the "glass-half-full" side, there is never a dull moment around here. So, while there is lots of picture taking and blog-worthy (aka journal-worthy, since this is my family journal)experiences going on, I just cannot seem to get it together to put up a blog post. I will try to do better....
The school year is whizzing by and we find ourselves at the final quarter of Shelby's high school career. It is strange to think that she will be leaving home for college in just a few short months. Like any mother, I wonder if she is ready. She is still so young (although she would beg to differ, I am sure!) and I worry about how she will do out there in the world. I know there will be inevitable trials and difficulties and learning experiences, and I can only hope that we have instilled in her the tools that she needs to thrive. She is still frantically applying for scholarship applications in the hopes of being able to come up with the $18,000 she needs for this first year. We joined a gym together....me to work out, her to get free tanning....so we are there several nights a week.
Caleb is slowly regaining the use of his wrists. It has been a bit of a struggle for him to not be able to play tennis this year. He is taking advantage of the extra time in his schedule to look for a job, so we are hopeful he will be able to find something before the college kids come home for the summer and take all the jobs!
Joshua is back to playing lacrosse and loving it! He is such a little athlete! Last weekend he went on a 25 mile bike ride with the scouts then off to his lacrosse game. I didn't think he had it in him to do it, but he surprised me!
Samuel is still swimming like crazy! He was awarded "most improved swimmer" for his year round swim team and the coach told him that he missed being "most valuable swimmer" by a few points (it is judged on their total points earned for the team at meets throughout the year). That was surprising because Samuel has chosen not to swim on Sundays because he thinks it is important to keep the sabbath day holy, so he typically swims 5 events less than everyone else at each meet. I thought he would be a little sad about finding that out but it actually made him feel good and he said that he knew he was most valuable swimmer but he wants to keep the sabbath day holy, so that's all that matters. What a great kid!
Savannah is in "friend-mania"! It is so funny! Everyday after school she is planning which friend's house she will go to or who will come to our house. She has four good friends that she switches between and at the dinner table one night when we were sharing our "good" and "bad" about the day, she said her "bad" was that she only got to have one friend over that day! Such a little socialite! She is losing teeth like crazy! She has lost one of her top front teeth and the other is hanging on by a thread. It is all cock-eyed and she looks like a snaggle tooth! There is another on the bottom that is about ready to come out soon too.
Chris is still working and scouting and helping me coordinate the kids schedules. It is crazy! We are getting pretty close to when his allergies knock him out for about a month, so he is enjoying spring while he can. Work is going a bit better, but still lots of travelling and still stressful. I really wish he would be assigned a new boss!
I have been hit by allergies for the first time this year and they have hit me hard. After a full week of thinking I was sick, it finally occurred to me that it was allergies, so I am starting the meds a bit late and desperately trying to get it under control. Basically, I am miserable! I know people don't die of allergies, but I find it akin to morning sickness where you wish you would die!
Okay, so that's about it with us. I will try to get it together next week over spring break and post some fun pics!
It was not that sturdy of a stick; as a matter of fact, it disintegrated in my hands as I tried to pull it out, but it successfully destroyed my rear tire in a matter of seconds! Fortunately for me, Sam's Club honored their warranty and replaced it free of charge......unfortunately for me, I had to replace another perfectly good tire at my cost so that they would be balanced! :(
Chris' parents celebrated their 50th anniversary, so the kids threw a "pig pickin" in their honor. It was an awful day weather-wise with tornadoes touching down all over the state, but we were oblivious to that until later that night. All 6 of their kids along with all the grandchildren made it for their special day.
