About a year later

So yes, I am going to be one of those people that still blogs for some reason. I don't Facebook or anything else....so this is really it for me.

It's been about a year since I last updated on our family. Guess it is time for another update.

School is over! YAY! Summer break. I might not be so excited in a month.

The last week of school was just crazy, you know all the fun stuff they have going on. Field day was, of course, a blast! They had the dunk tank this year. So much fun!! And the water was so warm. At least it wasn't freezing when you went down. The kids were exhausted that night, so was I. 

E will be turning 8 soon and I have a baptism dress to make and pictures to take. I should have more time to work on it now. I have been working a lot.

So yes, that's an update too. I have a job. I just work at the school in the office as well as still subbing where I'm needed. I have very few scheduled hours so it leaves room for sub hours. I usually end up with more sub hours than regular hours. Between work and volunteering, I'm at the school a lot.
I will also be the PTA Co-president next year. Fun times! The other co-president is a blast. We are going to have so much fun, really!

D played basketball again and this year his team won the championship. 1st place all the way!!

Both of the kids took swimming lessons and did great. D has a natural skill for it and we are hoping to push him into maybe having swimming as his sport in high school and such. He would do great.

Jared is still at the same job. He's wanting to get his pilot's license. We just need to figure out where he'll go for that.

My grandfather passed away last year. It was pretty hard. He was in the hospital up around us for a month before he passed. The grandchildren up around this way took turns spending time with Grandma and Grandpa at the hospital when we could. I spent quite a bit of time there. I don't regret it at all. It was the hardest passing of any family member for me though. I'm not really sure why but it was rough.
I really want to be closer to our parents now. Still not in the same town, but closer. :-)

The kids are growing so quickly. I can't believe my baby will be 8 soon, my oldest is almost to jr. high. I'm so proud of both of them though. They are good kids. Life just moves so fast. I still don't feel that old. Well, I'm not. But I remember 10 years ago thinking how far away this time would be. I have a whole different perspective now. 10 years from now my baby will be 18....probably getting ready to go off to college. 10-12 years from now, empty nesting it here. It used to seem so far away but we've already been through 10 years that went so fast. I'm sure the next 10 will go just as quickly.

This year we will celebrate our 14th anniversary. Not a big deal anniversary, I know....but it's almost to 15, which is almost to 20. Life just moving so fast still. I don't think I'm ready for it all yet.

For the summer, D and I are training for a 5K. Why? Well, it's something he's wanted to try and I need to get in shape. Day 1, today, was hard.....on ME. Him, well....he didn't break a sweat and he has reminded me of that a few times. I will get there though. What 5K we are going to run? No idea. But I'm sure we will find something. Right now, we train. In a month or so, I'll start looking into 5Ks. 

Not much of an update, life around here isn't that interesting. We are just living it like we normally do. Try not to stress ourselves out, try to spend time together as a family and not drive each other crazy.