Family Update

It has been a while since I updated. Things are going well but busy busy busy. Andrew and I got back from a week in Jamaica last Sunday (more about that one later). Andrew left Wednesday to go out of town, but luckily was able to come back Friday so that was nice. He might leave again next week, unfortunately with his new position comes more traveling so we take the good with the bad. The kids are older now, and so involved in things with a great support group so honestly although we miss him it is not that bad when he does travel.

Andrew is doing well, loving his media room and car. His job is going well I think the happy hour once a week with his co-workers helps:)

I am doing well too. To be honest with church, Emma's PTA and Jacks school stuff I totally overextended myself this year. Whatever time Emma's PTA stuff does not take up, church does (i teach both Sunday and Wednesday). My two kid-free days per week are spent doing stuff for E's school and such, and I am done. I will be a room mom for one of them next year but that is it. I am glad to be finished with her school, Wednesday nights end in three weeks and then it is on to Sunday school and preschool director of VBS ( i will never learn!). Looking forward to a girls weekend in San Antonio in a couple of weeks, and going to Houston to see my family (it has been over 2 months since I have seen my sister and her family). I am trying to plan a mini-vacay for our family, no idea where or what. Then we will go to Great Wolf Lodge with my parents and sister at the end of July, then the lake in August. I am counting the days until the pool opens and can't wait to be spending all out time there! I have met several Mom's in our new neighborhood and it will be nice to spend more time with them and their kids this summer. Oh and my good friend Micah is getting married on July 9th and as a bridesmaid there is tons to be done (showers and such) so that will keep me busy too!

Emma is doing well. She will go to Kindergarten next year, she is more than ready and really looking forward to it. I am not so ready, but it helps that it is a fake kinder year for her:) She seems to be reading quite well, and has taken more of an interest in it in the past week, in fact she read at school yesterday which was a first. Her teacher said she holds her own socially and is ahead academically so I think our choice for kinder next year is a good one, all the people that work with Emma support it 100%. NONE of them support two years of kinder for her, but this is a choice that Andrew and I have made and feel confident in it. T-ball is going well, she has 3 more games, and swimming has 3 more weeks also. She will have summer school, a week of creative arts at the local GT school, zoo camp and summer dance camp this summer. We are planning on a trip to Atlanta, spending time in Houston, and having several friends coming to visit (YAY!!). I just signed her up for dance for next year, she has been begging since about February to get into it, but you can't join mid year. She will do a Tap/Jazz/Ballet combo then probably a 45 minute hip/hop class on top of that. She will also do swimming one day and have school 5 days a week! If this becomes too much we will drop a dance class or swimming.

Jack is also doing well and just loving life. His school is going well. He had his first program last week and it was about what you would expect from a 1 year old (lots of standing around staring at the audience), although he did clap for himself in the end:) He loves school and his teachers say he is the class clown, and popular one (that could be trouble). He is doing well in swimming and really likes it. This summer he will also go to summer school with Emma they will finally be at the same school!!! Next year he will go to Emma's school three days a week. He will also do swimming, and little gym.

I think that is about it for our family update, hope this post finds everyone doing well.