Since March when I blogged last: Isabelle ran track this year with the middle school. I shuttled her back and forth to practice every day for 6 weeks. It was pretty tiring, but she worked hard and really improved. This summer, she spent 3 weeks in Kansas, one of those at Totus Tuus.
Isaac crossed over into Boy Scouts. He did his first Winter camping with his new troop, backpacking weekend and summer camp. He has really grown.
Liam did state testing to satisfy some of Colorado's requirements for homeschoolers. He tested high in Math and higher in Reading. Which I knew because I hang out with him. Anyways, because of this, I have agonized about what the best curriculum decision for him for next year would be. #homeschoolprobs He also crossed over to Webelos in Cub Scouts. Him and Joe got to go on a campout to the Sand Dunes, which looked super awesome.
Adelle had a dance recital in May. She was lovely. She loves dancing and is going to dance again this year. Her reading really took off in the last few months. 2nd grade coming up!
George was equal parts exasperating and charming and exhaustingly clever. He finished preschool and is preparing for Kinder this upcoming month. He is ready. I am not ready. I have my reservations about sending him to Kinder (why don't they let them play more??) but he is ready to read and loves school. I am trying not to borrow trouble and to see where the year takes us.
Joe got a part time second job in addition to his full time job. He has hiked three 14ers so far this summer, traveled to San Francisco, Dallas and New York for work. We have worked on stripping the decks to redo (huge job! much bigger than anticipated!) We put in new flooring in our living/kitchen/dining.
I got a part time job as Father's assistant at Church and am trying out a position as a Birth Assistant to a local midwife. I forgot about how tough on call time is. But I am excited to see where that takes me. I climbed one of those 14ers with Joe, which was excellent in that 1) I got to share in one of my husband's passions and 2) I climbed a frickin' mountain. It was tough in that 1) My knees hated me for about 8 days. And still residually hate me on occasion. 2) Wait, there was just one downside. Everyone has been adjusting to me being gone some. I have tried to be more patient when I am home. I
We have worked a lot, collectively. We haven't hiked as much as either Joe or I would have liked. The adjustment has been tough at times. For everyone.
But here we are. In Colorado. Gorgeous mountains, health, supportive family, wonderful friends. We have a strong family.
I will leave you with a quick story. I started working at the Church mid-June. Father is a get-down-to-business kind of guy, so the morning I walked in, he came into my office with about 5 different things. He had a meeting he needed to get to, but wanted me to be able to get started, so he very briefly explained what he would like me to do and set me to it. As I got started, this song came on the radio. Total Holy Spirit moment. What more can I ask for?
