Kyle attended his first archery contest for 4-H last Saturday. Mike and Kyle left the house around 8:00 (which you know is early for Mike) headed toward Willis. He scored a 98 out of 360. Which is not bad for his first attempt. He had a few problems with his new bow but he loved shooting at the 3D targets!
Brandy got a second summer job yesterday. The lifeguard for the swim team quit so she was asked and decided she could make it work. And it pays $10.00 an hour!! That impressed her more then anything else. She was afraid that after her trip to Puerto Rico she would not have any money left for back to school and homecoming shopping so she better get it when she can.
The swine flu is causing a lot of phone calls and extra details at work this week. Everyone take care and spend more time at home. I like that idea!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Summer is coming....
The end of April means that there is only 6 six weeks left!! And everyone at our house is excited about the end of school but more importantly is that Bear Bear is retiring. June 1 is the official day that starts his retirement. The company is hosting a "retirement party" for him on Friday, May 15. The entire family is going to be there as the guest list includes people he started with fourty years ago. Lance and I are very proud of Dad as he has always been there for the two of us when we needed him the most and even sometimes when we didn't think so but he proved us wrong.
Mike just returned from a world wind trip to the Grand Caymen Islands. An airplane had a broke flap problem that had to fixed. After the problem was fixed, the crew was still "on rest break" so he got to sit on the beach for a couple of hours and run around the island with the station manager. Now that is what Mike calls overtime!! Mike sent pictures to Brandy via her cell phone and as she puts it "it not right sitting in chemistry class when your Dad is in Cayman." Mike and Brandy both have new screen savers now.
Speaking of islands...Brandy will be attending a Girl Scout destination to San Juan, Puerto Rico this summer. She will be gone August 9-15 for a land and sea adventure. It is mostly about environmental ecology as that is what she wants to have a career in. She was extremely surprised that she was chosen the first time she applied.
Kyle on the other hand made almost $600.00 at the 4-H show in March on his rabbits and baking projects. He made it to the live auction with his single fryer and it sold for $400.00. He was overwhelmed as were we. He has also been chosen to attend The Middle School of Choice next fall. It is a different concept to learning with an intergrated study of math and science. It does not offer the traditional sports or activities such as football or basketball. But it does offer swimming, baseball, and shooting sports. More to Kyle's favor of things to do so we will give it a try for a year to see how it goes. His grades have been awesome...just 1 C during the 4th six weeks. I truly feel we have finally turned the corner. we are weaning off the seizure medication as I speak. The doctor said we had to try since he was 13 and the doctors had always thought he would grow out of it since he was so young when he was diagnosed.
And for once I have news about myself.....I resigned from the school district at the end of this school year. We went to Lost Maples State Park over Easter and while we were camping, the four of us had a discussion about Mom's job. The Monday after Easter, I turned in my resignation. For the first time in my life I have no idea what I'm going to do!! And the funny part I don't feel nervous or anxious just a sense of peace. I know I will find something as by Tuesday afternoon I already had a job offer. I promised myself I would not even think about serious job hunting until the middle of July when we get back from Florida.
Mike just returned from a world wind trip to the Grand Caymen Islands. An airplane had a broke flap problem that had to fixed. After the problem was fixed, the crew was still "on rest break" so he got to sit on the beach for a couple of hours and run around the island with the station manager. Now that is what Mike calls overtime!! Mike sent pictures to Brandy via her cell phone and as she puts it "it not right sitting in chemistry class when your Dad is in Cayman." Mike and Brandy both have new screen savers now.
Speaking of islands...Brandy will be attending a Girl Scout destination to San Juan, Puerto Rico this summer. She will be gone August 9-15 for a land and sea adventure. It is mostly about environmental ecology as that is what she wants to have a career in. She was extremely surprised that she was chosen the first time she applied.
Kyle on the other hand made almost $600.00 at the 4-H show in March on his rabbits and baking projects. He made it to the live auction with his single fryer and it sold for $400.00. He was overwhelmed as were we. He has also been chosen to attend The Middle School of Choice next fall. It is a different concept to learning with an intergrated study of math and science. It does not offer the traditional sports or activities such as football or basketball. But it does offer swimming, baseball, and shooting sports. More to Kyle's favor of things to do so we will give it a try for a year to see how it goes. His grades have been awesome...just 1 C during the 4th six weeks. I truly feel we have finally turned the corner. we are weaning off the seizure medication as I speak. The doctor said we had to try since he was 13 and the doctors had always thought he would grow out of it since he was so young when he was diagnosed.
And for once I have news about myself.....I resigned from the school district at the end of this school year. We went to Lost Maples State Park over Easter and while we were camping, the four of us had a discussion about Mom's job. The Monday after Easter, I turned in my resignation. For the first time in my life I have no idea what I'm going to do!! And the funny part I don't feel nervous or anxious just a sense of peace. I know I will find something as by Tuesday afternoon I already had a job offer. I promised myself I would not even think about serious job hunting until the middle of July when we get back from Florida.
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