I know that life gets crazy for everyone! Here is a semi quick update on my life right now.
Chris is a freshman. He still needs to figure out that school is important. He is a Life Scout and is now working toward his Eagle Scout rank. He has already talked to the scout leaders about what he wants to do for his Eagle project. He would really like to finish it as much as possible by the end of the year. He got to go to Florida for spring break with our church. We attend an awesome church (more on that later.) He had a blast and got to swim in the ocean for the first time.
Cassidy is in eighth grade this year. She joined the Book Battle and had a great time. I was so excited for her. She is my child that has struggled with a learning disability in reading. She now reads ALL the time. She is a Cadette Scout in Girl Scouts and is also a Venture Scout. This all keeps her pretty busy. Cassidy has been fairly healthy this school year. The only hospital stay she has had was not for her asthma, but to get her appendix removed. She has only had one trip to the ER for her asthma and it was just this past weekend.
Barry is in seventh grade. He has decided that school is too hard. I am not sure if he is having a problem with someone at school or with the school work itself. I have been working on figuring that out. He is a Star Scout. He can actually rank up to Life Scout this week. I am not sure if he will do it right a way or not, but he can if he wants to. Barry is not sure what he wants to do for his Eagle Project, but he has time to figure it out.
I am looking for a job, but in the mean time have been keeping myself VERY busy. I still help out in scouts any where I can. I also volunteer in Kairos Outside. This is a fantastic outreach that works with women who have or have had someone in prison or jail. I attended this as a guest and LOVED it, so I have worked with the group since then. We also found a great church.
We attend Road to Life Church in Chesterton, IN. The first time we visited, my kids all asked to come back. So we did and have never looked back. Chris volunteers in Kidtown (kids up to 4th grade) doing media (lights and computer stuff.) Cassidy and I work in Baby Boulevard. This is kids from newborn to three or potty trained. We all are going to start helping with Load In because we go to church in a high school. So of course this means everything is taken in and out of the school we use every week. All three kids love the youth group, The Avenue or Ave for short. This is who Chris went to Florida with. Cassidy and Barry went to Chicago with the Ave over spring break. They all had a really good time.
