We Made It

Well, we made it through our first week of school. First 3 days anyway. Everyone is enjoying it except Joy. She said there is not enough color in the building, the teachers are mean, and she doesn't want to have to take a shower during PE. She does like watching TV during lunch. It is a big adjustment for her.

Patience came home the first day claiming to be the teacher's pet. Aurora has been excited to announce each day that she hasn't had to "pull a card." Logan says he's gotten in trouble a little, but I haven't received anything from the teacher.

It has been nice and tiring at the same time going back to work after working minimally for 6 weeks. It is nice to see the children, especially a few that weren't walking the last time I saw them and now are. I take joy in their successes.

We are still waiting to hear back from a job Bruce applied for in Branson. House hunting is on hold til then. I really don't like limbo.

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.

Broken Record

It seems like I am constantly apologizing for not keeping this updated. If you want to know my thoughts more often, you can now find me on Facebook. I gave in.

As for an update, the children and I spent 3 days at my Mom's the first of the month. We went to Grant's farm with Uncle Bob and Aunt Sharon. Of course I forgot my camera. The children had fun feeding goats with a baby bottle. We also saw and fed camels and llamas. Joy and Patience spent 10 days with Grandma VanHoose. I hope Aurora and Logan will get to go for a long weekend this week. Joy and Patience are spending next week with Uncle Jesse and Aunt Becca. School starts on Bruce's b-day, Aug 19th. Logan is getting excited to be in the "trailer." The Kindergarten class is in a trailer room next to the school. Joy will be attending a brand new middle school called East. She is nervous and excited at the same time. I share her feelings. She had some bad experiences in Summer school so I am more nervous than excited for her. Bruce and I are in our second year with our employers. We are both expecting some changes from our work schedule and environment, but they should be for the good of our family. I guess that is about all in our world. Hope things are good in yours.

Sorry it has been soooooo long!

Hello All! The last few months have been busy for us. Mainly for me at work. We have been busy doing Kindergarten screenings. It has been like tax season in our office.

We have not settled up with the insurance company yet. Enterprise decided to take responsibility for the accident. Joy still has not been cleared by the doctor, at least not the eye doctor. She has been seeing double. It seems to be getting better.

Logan graduated from pre-school and Joy from 5th grade. Today was the last day of school. All three girls got second place in their class rooms for most books read. The all got a medal. Joy and Patience have strait A's for this quarter and are on the A-B honor role for this year. We were also pleased with Aurora's grades. She does not get letter grades yet. Everyone is doing summer school except Patience. It starts on Thursday.

We put a bid on a house on Friday. They countered and we countered their counter, but they are asking too much for their house. Our agent thought our offer was very good. There must be something else for us.

Anyway, I guess that is about all. Take care and I will try to do better about keeping caught up.

Crash, and Crash again

On Saturday I was driving down Rangeline and was waiting for the light to change. All of a sudden, crash from behind and then crash in the front. I was rear-ended by a person driving an enterprise rent a car. He claimed to have their insurance and would not tell me what his personal insurance was. He does not have their insurance and he will not answer his phone. A claims adjuster from our insurance company is trying to get in touch with him.

I had all the children with me except Patience. No one was seriously hurt. Joy was in the back of the van and took the worst hit. She hit her head on the window next to her. She also was pushed back by the seat belt. They took her off in an ambulance. She was complaining of a lot of pain and it was taking a lot of time to get cleared from the scene, so they took her away. I met up with her at the hospital. They did a CT scan and an x-ray and found nothing wrong. She and I were both really sore on Sunday. We all stayed home from church. Joy is still complaining of pain. I am taking her for a follow up visit with her doctor.

We appreciate all the thoughts and prayers we have received.

Two Ten Year Olds

Just as an update...

Patience turned 10 on Sunday, the 15th. Joy is still 10 for 6 more days. Patience loves this fact. Joy, not so much. We celebrated Patience's birthday at home. Bruce made homemade pizza and we had chocolate cake. The missionaries and Bubba came for lunch.

On Monday we went to my Mom's. We went to lunch at Pondarosa and then we went and saw Mickey and Bill. She is my father's oldest sister. On Tuesday morning we went and saw Dot and Rusty. Then we went to Bob and Sharon's. We had lunch at Cici's pizza. We had a great time at the St. Louis zoo. It was sunny and 80 degrees. On Wednesday the kids helped grandma plant some fake flowers at my grandfather's grave. Then we went to Laverne and Ken's for lunch. They have a nice new screened in back porch. It will be nice for them when their children and grand children come for a visit. We stopped at the VanHoose's on the way home. Debbie is doing pretty well. JIm was out on the road. Yesterday we ran errands and hung out here. Joy and Patience each had a friend spend the night last night. It has been a pleasant spring break.

We are looking forward to Matt and Jeanne coming down for dinner on Sunday. They have to see if it works with their schedule, but it should. The missionaries will be coming too.

Bruce is going to Springfield tomorrow for World Wide Dungeons and Dragons day.

The van is getting new struts today and tomorrow I'll take it for tires and alignment.

I hope this finds everyone well and happy.

Jennifer