Ok, we finally know something!

Yay! Anyone who knows me, knows I HATE not knowing what's going on. (Though I have gotten a bit better over the last few years.) So, while I have mixed feelings about the way our lives are going to be this year, I'm at least glad to know SOMETHING! Lol!!

Michael has officially sworn in! They gave him a start date of March 10th. We were definitely disappointed w/that date, as he would have loved to start MUCH sooner than that, but such is life with the Army! He will have a 9 week boot camp at Ft. Jackson, SC, then a few days off, then he'll start AIT. Unfortunately his AIT is a pretty long one (19 weeks!)...BUT he will only be about 2 hours away from me and the kids at that time, so we'll get to see him every weekend! Praise the Lord! I really thought it was going to be a huge prolonged time that we wouldn't get to see him at all, so to find out that we'll get to be together every single weekend is a huge blessing! He will be training as a Chemical Operations Specialist. He said it's also referred to as 74 Delta, or NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical). Makes him sound smart, huh? Well, he is! Lol!!!

So that's the latest update for Michael. The kids and I are doing pretty well, other than battling a pretty nasty flu bug that has been running rampant at church and school. Laynie got a pretty mild version of it, but poor Jared - he got hit pretty hard. It's so pitiful when they're sick! I think they're both on the mend now though, praise the Lord!

Teaching P.E. is going very well - I'm really enjoying it! I'm having a contest with the girls to get them exercising outside of P.E. time, and they are so motivated! I told them that I would take the person who got the most points from now to the end of the semester to go get a manicure and boy, that was all the motivation they needed! They're pumped! They're really great girls.

Anyway, I think that's about it for now. Hope all is well with everyone, I'll try to stay on top of things and keep this updated!

Quick update

Just thought I'd post a quick update. The kids and I are now with my parents. Michael goes to sign this Saturday, and will leave within a few days of that. He took advantage of his days off around the New Year to bring us here and get us settled.

Right now the kids and I are trying to get settled into a new routine of going to school with Grammy (my mom) every day. She teaches at her church's Christian school, so we're tagging along! My schedule is filling up fast. I've already joined the choir and orchestra (didn't really have a choice about that one since my brother is the music director - lol!! - but I would have joined even if he wasn't!) . :) Also, I'm teaching the high school girls' P.E. class this semester! That is something new for me, but I'm super excited about it. I'm also temporarily working 10 hrs. a week for a friend of mine who has a home daycare. In addition to that, I'll be working probably one morning a week for yet ANOTHER friend of mine who has a home daycare! Needless to say, I just got myself a planner book so I can keep track of everything! I'm afraid I'm going to forget something w/all that's going on!

Jared is getting back into the swing of things with his home-schooling, and doing great. He gets to go to Bible class with "Uncle Mike" (my best friend Bethany's husband), then he does his A Beka videos for the rest of the school day. He also gets to take recess and snack breaks with the elementary class, which he is loving!

Laynie is doing great - just kind of tagging along wherever I go for the most part! She is talking more and more, and just says THE cutest things! I love it when they're this age and they have their cute little baby voices!

Michael is working hard, and we're trying to talk as often as possible. Obviously, when he leaves for boot camp, we won't be able to talk at all, pretty much. (I've heard there's a possibility of a couple of short phone calls towards the end of boot camp, but I'm not counting on anything at this point!) So we're trying to get in as many phone calls as possible! He talks to the kids several times a day as well. They sure do miss him!

Well, I'd better stop for now - I need to get to bed! 5:30 sure does come early! I hope all is well with everyone, and I'll try to keep this updated as much as possible!