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| First day of 8th grade. |
The kids have done really well in their new schools. Lizzy did the school play last spring, The Seven Brides of Dracula. It was cute and she had fun, but decided to do the technical side of theater this year. She was inducted into the National Junior Honor Society last spring too. This year she is taking Pre-AP English, an art class that she gets high school credit for, and is planning on taking a trip to Washington D.C. in June. She is becoming such an amazing young woman.
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| Cast of The Seven Brides of Dracula. |
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| First day of 5th grade. |
Alex is doing better academically than he ever has (other than standardized testing, but I've got opinions about that). We're working with a doctor and a therapist to help him learn to better manage his moods/emotions/actions. He got a Pokémon club started at the school this year. We're so proud of him for planning and doing all the work needed to get it going. He also just joined the 4/5th grade choir.
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| First day of 3rd grade. |
Garret is thriving. School seems to come fairly easy for him. He's actually in the Gifted and Talented program. He's another reader, which I love. This year he's read most of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series.
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| First day of 1st grade. |
Keri is...beautiful, feisty, inquisitive, loving...pretty much the same little sassafras she's always been. She seems to really like school and has lots of friends there (though she can't remember about half of their names).
I'm doing pretty well. After 7 years of discomfort and nausea, I finally found a doctor who would remove my nasty gallbladder. It's amazing the difference it's made! I'm still working on the whole "housewife" thing. It's hard to stay on top of housework, though, when there are books to be read and yarn to be knitted. LOL I recently finished my first commissioned work. A friend paid me to knit a temple shawl for her. It was exciting! She loved the finished product too, so that made it even better.
Ben has been busy at work, as always. He's also VERY close to finishing his Associate's and has plans for his Bachelor's. Yay!
Overall, life just keeps on going. We bought our first house and have lots of plans for things we'd like to do, but haven't gotten to them yet (time and money are limited). We adopted a dog named Eris. She is a Belgian Malinois mix (what she's mixed with is up for debate) and quickly became a member of the family. One of the kids favorite things that we've done is buy annual passes to Sea World. We all LOVE it!!! We took an unexpected trip to Washington to say goodbye to Gramma Marge. It was not the circumstances I wanted, but it was wonderful to see everyone and Gramma is reunited with Grandpa now. We also had the chance to visit with Ben's brother and his family in Utah on our way to and from Washington. My sister and her kids came down here for a visit too. I love family time!
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| The kids love their 4-legged sister. |
