September 13, 2011

Well we have made it to the 3rd week of school. I no longer work at the kids school. The new principal decided that he didn't need me anymore and let me go but has since hired 2 more people. It makes me wonder if it was just that he didn't like me and wanted his favorites there. The kids are still attending Madison at least until we can get enough money to get an apartment in San Diego or its surrounding areas.

I have been dealing with the above problem and also some unusual facial swelling. One doctor told me it was a sinus infection but a dentist said that it is an abscess. The only problem with that theory is that the dentist can't find the abscess anywhere. I looked like I had been hit by a bat or a fist. These are pictures were taken on Thursday Sept.8, and Friday Sept. 9th, thank heavens that the swelling started to go down on Sat. I was sure that I wanted to go to church with my face this messy.

Fridays Swelling

Thursdays Swelling



Jonah is loving all day kindergarten and is learning so much. He doesn't like not seeing me everyday at lunch but I really think it will be good for him. He knows all but 2 of his kindergarten no excuse words by sight and is reading easy readers as part of his homework.

Noah is loving being in his 4th grade class. He actually in a combo class with 5th graders. He recently took a pretest on what he knows of 4th grade math and got a perfect on it. I don't know what to do with such a smart kid. He recently, also, received his wolf badge in cub scouts. He also worked really hard to get his World Conservation Cub Scout Patch. It was a lot of work but he feels amazing now that he has it. He is in the Bear den now and will be learning much there.

Kristianne is, as always, an amazing young lady. She is getting ready for 6th grade science camp coming up in October. I guess the camp thingy begins. She wanted to be part of the fundraiser for camp tuition, so that it wouldn't be such a struggle to get her there. She was able to raise all the money needed in a 24 hour period. Thanks to Grandma Rogers and Marilyn Lewis at Arlanza Elem. I can hardly believe that in just 6 short months she is going to be going into young women. Where has time gone.

Tom is still working down in San Diego and has been getting more consistent hours so that will make it easier for us to save up money for rent and deposit on a place. We so want to be all together again. It has been hard on all of us with this long distance relationship as a family. I only pray for his continued success at work.

That about updates everyone and thing that is going on up to today. Stay tuned, I'm sure this will change.