I started writing you yesterday and got slammed and never did write. So ... next school year we have AJ in High School --- a junior... holy crap I'm old... And Dallas will be in 7th grade, Bryce in 6th grade at the intermediate school and Katie in Kindergarten at the Elementary. The next year we'll have one in every school. High, Middle, Intermediate and Elementary. That ought to be fun.
Katie is excited to start school but we are still waiting to find out if she'll go all day kindergarten or half day. 75% of the kids will be all day. 82% of the children requested all day. So some children will not be all day. They said they are trying to find the ones that "need" the most help. Katie tested really well and probably doesn't "need" the all day...so we'll see. One of my best friends is the all day kindergarten teacher and we wanted to be in her class though so we are fighting for her. Bryce had her and did really well.
We had a nice lazy weekend. Went to grandma's for a BBQ on Monday which was really nice.
We haven't spent too much time considering what to do this summer -- thought about buying a pool for the back yard...not sure we want the expense or the hassle. We are coming up to Logan the week of June 13 (AJ will be there from Sunday to Thursday. We'll probably come up and stay a day or two like we did last year. We haven't really had time to look into motels and planning or anything yet.
Katie just started piano yesterday. She was SO excited. Dallas' teacher agreed to take her on. She may be too young so this is just a trial thing to see if she likes it. My neighbor lent us her old piano books so for now we are good to go. Dallas continues to LOVE piano and actually practices quite a bit. Especially when it's time to do his dishes...tee hee.
Cub scouts are done for the summer - actually we are done completely (if I could just get released now...) Bryce will turn 11 next month and then me and another lady want to get together and work on some merit badges with our boys. I wanted to wait for Bryce so I don't have to do everything over and over and over!!!! I may start first part of June and just not pass him off until after his b-day. We are getting close enough now! Several years ago we did about 1 merit badge a week with AJ and he was able to really get a lot accomplished -- plus it gave him "something" to do every morning rather than just play video games.
Dallas and maybe AJ will go to Thunder Ridge for a week some time this summer for scout camp too.
Aj has youth conference and football camp going on the next two weeks and ortho appt and dentist appts. That boy needs a license. Right now he is doing 2 a day foot ball camp. 6-8 a.m. and 6-8 p.m. every day practice. I don't get what he sees in this football crap. He had to pay $360 this week of his own $$ and sold 30 dixie direct cards to get it and then his coach is making him sell 15 pine view cards too. Everybody is going to really start avoiding us!!!!!!
Your drama camp sounds like it could be lots of fun (and lots of work). Sounds like something that might have happened "back in the day." Seems like everybody is too busy to do that kind of stuff now. I bet if you check the library or online you can find some cute plays. What are you thinking...the little red hen? The wizard of oz? Are you wanting to do acting and singing? Is this going to be at your house? Are you going to get scenery? You could really keep the kids busy with some card board boxes and lots of paint...!!!! Our back yard would be perfect for that -- basketball court would make a great stage. Course it's too hot to do anything out there this time of year.
We would like to go somewhere this year (besides Logan) but we have just been so busy we haven't had time to sit and talk and plan anything. I would like to go rent a cabin for a day or two or go to the grand canyon or something. With the price of gas and the pain of traveling with kids we don't want to GO too far but we do want to have some fun memory. Colorado and New Jersey were really fun the last couple of years. I would actually love to go back to the same place we stayed in Colorado 2 years ago -- it was awesome accommodations -- but it was a 10 hour drive.
So there you have it. We don't know and it'll probably be over before we know it!
