“I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.” -John 10:9
Click here to listen to the memorial service
(approximately 52 minutes – you’ll probably have to turn the volume all the way up on your computer.)
Well so much for my idea that I would do quick posts to update more frequently. The fall has been busy, busy with the kids starting school, Noah in Soccer, and Mom’s company getting ready to launch a new website. Photos are caught up through Noah’s birthday. Once the website launches next week, I’m hoping to get the rest of the photos caught up through October and November.
The kids are enjoying school. It took a couple of weeks for them to adjust but now they seem to really like it. Noah is able to read some of his sight words and is learning lowercase spelling as well as patterns for Math. He likes PE and recess the best. Kaara likes doing projects at school the best.
Noah had a bout of strep throat at the end of October but strep actually is cured with anti-biotics so the pink stuff did it’s work and he is healthy again.
Pat has been keeping busy with his three online college classes as well as finishing up his summer projects. He finished the treehouse in September, built a new fence for the front yard, and installed a new mailbox. We also had the large chestnut tree in the back removed so it would stop dropping chestnuts and leaves on our nice new deck. Oh and we had to get a new refrigerator on our anniversary as we discovered our old one wasn’t cooling things enough (freezer at full cold was only going down to 25 degrees).
Six years ago today we became parents for the first time. Today our son celebrated his birth with a morning of kindergarten (where he got the birthday hat), a lunch of hot dogs and potato chips, lots of presents, cake and ice cream, a pinata, a round of miniature golf and finishing off with dinner at McDonalds. Life is good when you’re 6.
Well, it’s a month later and I’m finally getting our camping pictures up. I will get the ones of the start of the school and Noah’s birthday up sometime after Noah’s birthday. This is a photo of the treehouse in progress. A completed one will be posted after Noah’s birthday.
I’ve been working on a new format for the site, one that allows me to use my own music and incorporate the videos into the slideshows as well as switching to the blog format that will allow me to have a record of what I write.
Kaara made an attempt at potty training in August and was doing well but has lost interest in the last couple of weeks. We’ll try again once she’s more adjusted to the new routine of school. She seems to be enjoying school but it is a change.
Noah has started kindergarten and also seems to be enjoying it. (Recess is his favorite part). A couple of boys who were in his art class last year are in his class. He also started soccer and seems to be enjoying that as well. He started Royal Rangers in church in July and is doing pretty well. He should get his badge for the first quarter at the end of the month.
Pat is taking two online courses for his AA degree this quarter. One is digital photography (for his humanities elective). The photo at the top of this site is one of his assignments.