Thanksgiving

Well, we have just put another Thanksgiving in the books.  We had over 30 people at Thanksgiving yesterday, including a 4 week old baby- our newest member Nicholas David.  The boys were very good young men.  They ate what they were supposed to and said thank you at all the right times.  No outside play because of rain, but they wrestled on the floor  a bit with their big boy cousins.  Today we shipped Noah off to Wisconsin to a cross country race.  He just got GRCHS trophy for most improved runner 25 min. down to 19 min. for a 5K.  I am very proud of him, and of all the boys.  They are all holding their own in a very difficult school.  Their grades are not perfect, but well above normal and we are proud of them!  Just had parent teacher conferences and every single teacher told us that we have the nicest, most hard-working boys.  So I am immensely proud of them and happy to think that we may be doing something right.  So just sitting here now watching Batman cartoons and listening to Jacob slurp his hot choco!  It just started to snow a wee bit here...just in time for Christmas!

Weekend in November...

I am beginning to feel somewhat like an empty nester.  Noah on a bus trip to 3 Oakes for a cross country meet of his friends on the team.  Micah is at a weekend Rocket Launching event Three Oaks!  Jacob is sitting here eating waffles.  So not quite empty.  :)  The three of them are loving the social aspect of school and they are all keeping up academically.  :)  Whew!  Noah probably loves it best of all---go figure! 

I love my new job as a first grade teacher.  What a great gig I have going this year.  I am so nervous it will all end and I will get a little hellion in my room, but for now- I love it!  Yesterday we painted fish and it was great!  Of course it helps that I have an aide AND a student teacher and only 21 kids!  I love that part!  Don't know what I am going to do next year.  Don't know if I can truly leave my home of 12 years.  Sigh...I wish things could just stay the same. 

High schoolers

Oh heavens!  High school starts in one week.  Notebooks and pencils have been bought.  New shirts and jeans have been washed and hung.  New shoes still need to be found, but for the most part we are physically ready.  Emotionally, I am trying to pretend it is all just a really bad dream.  I know that they have to grow up and I know that they have to move on in life, but I also know that high school is just one step closer to when I have an empty nest and 3 grown up boys.  However, I also plan to totally enjoy these last 4 years I have with my boy children before they turn into men children! I have been loving watching them play their chosen sport.  Noah is running cross country and Jacob is playing soccer, both for GRCHS.  Micah has joined a Rocketry club that he really seems to enjoy.  I must say that I continue to like these 3 boys no matter what age they turn into- even teenagers!  ;)

I have taken on a new job as a first grade teacher...what am I thinking!?  I am vacililating between being scared to death and totally excited!  I have a great new room and I am loving organizing it!  :)

June before school is almost done...

Sad/mad today...you know when things just don't go your way?  I want to be a two year old and pout and scream and have a little fit over it all.  But I won't- at least not in public...or probably even in private. 

The boys graduate from middle school this week.  I don't know if I can stand it.  I would not like to send them to high school, thank you very much.  I get a little weepy thinking about it all.  So I will just stop thinking at all...  We went out and bought 3 of everything for the graduation...3 shoes, ties, pants, shirts, socks, belts...the whole nine yards.  They will be the most handsome guys at the graduation I am sure.  And, let me tell you...they are gorgeous.  It is like Dave and I took the best of the both of us and God put it together to make these most amazingly cute boys.  I may be a little prejudiced though. :) I love them so so much.  I just hope and pray continuously that they will continue to make excellent life choices.

MAY DAYS!

May, already. Where is the time going? I tell you! We now have 3- 14 year olds in the house and it is crazy here for sure. We also now have 7 chickens...well make that 6. The dogs got one of the chicks last night, there was lots of tears and gnashing of teeth last night- not mine.




School is making me a little crazy right now but I think it always does this time of year. Dave is working for the government as a census working for the next couple of months- it sure would be nice if a job like that could become permanent. He is also still working as a custodian for church and school...yes we are both very busy right now. The boys are playing baseball on the Rockford Christian Middle School team. They love it and so does the coach (their dad). :)



I am going to teach summer school this summer-crazy right. Maybe I won't need to teach after school next year then... a girl can hope. :)



Hmmm...heading to bed now. Sleep tight!

First day of spring has brought us snow! Can you believe it?? I am so enjoying the boys at this age. We have an appointment at an endocrynologist for Noah in May. I think he is great just as is, but he is thinking he is height challenged. It doesn't make it any easier when brothers are growing by leaps and bounds! Jacob is wearing a size 12 shoe and has outgrown his mother by an inch or two. Micah is growing like a weed too. His voice is dropping too. :) Ah puberty. :)