not much going on.....

I was thinking today, wow, I have just not been in the "blogging" mood....maybe that is a good thing, not a whole lot to say, life seems to have settled into a routine quickly. I think Fall sort of does that. I love this time of year, It really is my favorite, but it is way too short! Today I bought the candy corn and peanuts which is a dangerous "treat" in this house. I am sure we will be breaking into it tonight. The boys are watching "Enchanted" which makes me laugh, they love it, they are wrapped in their fleece blankets, each of them holding a dog. The girls are sharing stories of our weekend away in Rochester, we all left at 2:00 on Friday for games Friday night and Saturday, that was fun! The girls Volleyball teams record is 8-1, which is great! Sebles soccer team has not been quite so fortunate, but she is enjoying it! Troy and I, along with Morgan and a friend went to the movie, "The Surrogate," on Saturday night, wouldn't recommend it, weird, and not much of a story. I think I am going to actually try to finish a book tonight, my friend Julie borrowed it to me quite a while ago, and I just couldn't get into it, picked it up again, and now am "into it." I have not been reading much at all but I also feel as though this is the time of year when I start to enjoy getting back into it.

I hope everyone is able to enjoy this Fall weather and hopefully my next post will be a little more exciting.

4th grade again..

Last year when school was finished, Troy and I and Araya's teacher, Mrs. Aleckson really felt that Araya would benefit from repeating 4th grade. Araya seemed fine with it, and we really didn't talk a lot about it this summer. The reasons for the decision were many, mainly I would say that last year " was an adjustment year." We feel it is important for him to "get it," before moving on. It has been a great start he is contributing more with class discussions, displaying more confidence, and doing great in subjects that he was struggling with last year! However, Araya has discovered that he is the only 12 year old in 4th grade, he could potentially drive as an 8th grader, and possibly be 19-20 when he graduates.

We are looking on the bright side...more time with us, more time to play soccer but mainly more time to learn! So, when he said to me last night, "maybe I can move to 6th grade next year," I told him, "hmmmm.... you will have to work really hard and read more at home, and we will work with you on English and Math...etc... he looked at me and said, "nah, that's o.k....let's forget about it." So, we will see what happens this year, but for now, we will love 4th grade and Mrs. Aleckson! Age is just a number, right?

WWAW-Wow What a Week!

The first week of school is over! We celebrated Araya's 12th Birthday, and our 19th Anniversary also! I received the most beautiful roses I have ever seen the first day back to school! They brightened up the office/desk for the whole week!

Another highlight of the week was Araya and Syfah had their first soccer games, Araya pulled off a hat-trick (3 goals) with a final score of 3-0! I didn't get to see it, as I was at the girls volleyball games. it is going to prove to be a challenge to get to see these games, since Troy coaches soccer he will most likely see more soccer games than I! We realized between all of our kids this week, we had 4 volleyball games and 3 soccer games!

This week we will add Wednesday night church and Sunday school! Troy and I are both excited to start working with the 6-8th grade youth on Wednesday nights!

Another thing we did this week was take in a Cambridge High School football game! That was fun!

I realized tonight that our kids are getting older, tonight Shelby and Seble met friends at 9:00 at Applebees and Morgan is off to a 9:20 movie with friends! I am so glad that she can drive!

While they are off and running, I am ready for bed!!

unbelievable

As you recall from a few posts back, one of our daschunds had gotten a hold of Arayas hearing aid. Well a week later we went in and Araya was fitted for another mold. We went to pick up the mold on Friday, we had also scheduled a hearing test at the same time. As the Audiologist was performing the hearing tests and hooking different "gadgets" up to his ear, I was thinking, "this is taking a long time." She was repeating some things and Araya was in the sound booth so I was not always aware what was going on. When she was finished, she had Araya sit in a different chair and she sat down next to me, she pulled out his test from January and the one that she had done that day. She looked at me and said, "I am completely confident that Araya's hearing has improved, to the point that I would not have him wear his hearing aids!" "What?" I said, she looked at me and said, "If he were my child, I would not have him wear them." Well, to say that Araya was a little thrilled is and underestimation....to say I was a little shocked as we had also just purchased another hearing aid is another underestimation. I asked her how that is possible? Well, the surgery definitely worked in the one ear, and the hole in the other is healing and becoming more solid...............so we will recheck again in a few months, with the understanding that we may need them again and we may not!!
As Josie, the Audiologist sent us on our way, she looked at Araya and said, "your smile just made my week seem not so bad and made my weekend look better!" Araya said, "Thanks!"....he smiled the whole way home and couldn't wait to share the news with the rest of the family!

I like shopping but...

I like shopping, but buying school supplies with 6 kids is definitely not something I care to repeat for a while...at least another year! We shopped later this year, I usually buy things as I see them go on sale, but it seemed to creep up on me this year! After all was said and done this was the damages:

41 notebooks

72 pencils (some mechanical)

1900 pieces of loose leaf paper

16 boxes of Kleenex

48 folders

8 glue sticks

26 packs of index cards

6 packs of colored pencils

3 new calculators

12 dry erase markers

12 highlighters

12 red pens

2 watercolor paints

2 packs of constuction paper

3 Trapper keepers

36 pens

6 large erasers

2 boxes of crayons

6 new backpacks

6 bottles of germX

3 compass/protractors

18 large book covers

for a grand total of _______________! I cannot tell, I have to tell my husband first!!!

Now I have to go to buy my boys some jeans!!!