2011

Hello- to any and all who follow this blog ;) I have been busy working on projects and doing things with the family. I have deleted all of my old posts, rather than go private and I am hopefully going to have things that I can upload and share in the very near future. It seems our Internet is so slow that I can't even load pictures anymore :(

Family life is going good. Rod is still employed and that is what helps me be able to stay at home with the kids :) It is good that he works in the summer on roofing as this helps us have extra money when things aren't always great financially.

Adam is in preschool and enjoying it. He still has trouble recognizing his name but he is getting better about working on his school work at home. So hopefully he will progress in these areas and many more soon. He is only 3 and the youngest of all 35 kids, so I expect him to be slower on some things.

Amanda is trying to work on potty training. It is a back and forth type of learning right now, but we will get there ;) She is usually in panties at least 5-6 hours a day whether she has accidents or not I want her to be able to try to go to the potty as needed. She will be turning 2 in April and I can't hardly believe it.

Our old house is being taken care of by a loving family from Jackson. We think that they are really enjoying it and hope they can make it a home as we did.

Budgeting is a big thing that I have been working on lately...seeing where we can save while still trying to support the things that we always have. The library, school and local charities are something that I feel touches so many peoples lives. I wish more people realized that and donated time and funds to keep these things going. Taxes are a form of support that is required but some people think that is enough.

PTA is another thing that I am passionate about because it helps so many kids. I joined this year as Vice President and I hope that things start looking up in the very near future. There are so many decisions that are made by just a handful of parents, I really wish we had more voices to hear what they would like to see done. So I am working on putting a survey together that will hopefully help us get direction on where we need to go :)