Well, I'm hanging in there. Hope things are going good for everyone else.

School started for me last week. Such a different schedule for me. I'm going to school during the day since Mark is in preschool now. I'm such a night owl that this having to get up and be "ready to learn" at 8am is crazy.

The public schools started today. I'm going to pick up Ross from 2nd in a little bit.

Everything else is me just hanging in there. I know God is there for me.

Write ya later.

Wow

Didn't realize it had been so long since I had posted. My bad :)

Well, I'm starting a Bible Drill team with the children in Sept. and am hoping to start one sometime for the youth. I am so looking forward to it. The leader's guide I got has so many options of how to do things. It's awesome.

Started school today. Had my Intermediate Spanish class this morning. Then in the morning, I go to my Math class bright and early. Gonna be a big change for me, but I know I can do it.

Mark's doing better. He did get into trouble at school today. He wanted to be "line leader" and pushed another child out of the way. He has no patience (like his daddy hehe)

Next week~ Ross starts 2nd, Emily starts 6th (she's nervous about middle school), and Ashley starts 8th (she's happy about her last year in middle school). One more year before Mark is in "big boy" school.

Hubby's 20th year reunion is in September. It'll be interesting.

I can't believe how fast this year has gone! Where does the time go??

I guess that's it for now.

Write ya later.

The Zoo and news

We took the boys to the zoo last Wed. It was HOTT!

(Ross didn't want to make a good face for the pic)

They were able to "paint" with water on this chalboard.

This is a marble egg statue. It's made from Georgia marble.



This explains what eggs are what.

My boys on the egg statue.

My Shorty :) awww



Another pic of Shorty

Took Mark to the doctor today. I have been going absolutely crazy~ and I mean literally. I cried Sun. cuz I just can't handle how Mark has been behaving lately. When we went to the zoo~which is 5 MILES long and Mark walked the whole time~when we got home, you'd think he'd drop from being tired. But noooooo~ he was bouncing off the walls. Sunday, he talked for 5 hours straight and never got quiet. Now he's done a lot of this before, but it's getting worse and worse. He was diagnosed with Oppositional Deviance Disorder and will also be diagnosed with ADHD. She couldn't say ADHD until she gets an evaluation from Mark's teacher, but it's pretty clear.

The evaluation~ First 9 questions~the attention part of ADHD~have to have 5 out of the 9 questions.....Mark had 8 (I didn't answer one question cuz it didn't have to do with Mark~ so technically he had all the ones I answered)

Second 9 questions~the hyperactivity part of ADHD~ have to have 5 out of the 9 questions.....Mark again had 8

Next 5 questions~ODD~have to have 3 out of the 5...Mark had 4.

Then the rest had to do with depression and anxiety disorder~ which I knew he didn't have that.

So now maybe I can get some help for him AND me. I've been having a tough time dealing with him the last few months. Especially when I have Mark and Ross together. They just grate on each other and fight all the time. Just pray that I can get thru all this.

Write ya later.

Semester's over :)

Whew. The semester is over. I made an A in both World Religions and Intro to Computers. Yeah me :) Next semester: Astronomy, Math, and Intermediate Spanish 1. Astronomy~ I've always wanted to figure out where all the stars are. I can find Orion's belt....but that's it. I can't even find the Dippers. Math~ the math I'm taking is cuz I can't remember what I learned in HS. hehe. I had to take a test to place in college math and didn't do so well, so I have to take this one first. Intermediate Spanish 1~ I've been out of Spanish for 3 semesters now so I figured I needed to go back and take this one again. I'll take Spanish and Math at the school and Astronomy online.

Lewis stayed home Wednesday and we took the boys to the zoo. I'll post pics later. It was fun, but it was hot!!!

We're having a bit of problem with Ross. Don't know if his medicine isn't working right or what. He's also not sleeping thru the night, so I don't think his sleep medicine is working. So frustrating.

We did our first performance the other night at church. It went real well. I'll have to get the pics from my FIL and post them.

Hope to get our bible drill teams going soon. Don't know when, but hopefully soon.

Write ya later.