overdue update

Emma is out of school now and she is reading like a first grader! I am amazed at how much she has progressed in the last quarter of school. We made a cool sticker board for her and set a goal for her to read 100 books this summer. It is good because it gets me to the library with her and it is good for her because it fuels her "A-type" mode of her personality to check it off the list. I am so proud of her.

Audrey is doing front hand springs. One day she said, "Mom, watch my hand-stand." and proceeded to put her hands on the floor then flip over to her feet and say, "ta-da!" I was amazed. I used to do that, maybe one day again...

Kennedy is toddling all over. She is awesome at picking up something, taking it to another room, putting it down for something else, and continuing this until nearly the entire house is reorganized. If she can lift it, it has been relocated. I always wanted a personal organizer!

Tim is in school at Rio, plugging along, after much stinkin' ado trying to get sallie mae to fund our future, he has been able to maintain his classes without getting dropped, so hopefully full steam ahead. He has 2 classes left at rio then GCU online where we are hoping to get finished in 9-12 months. Hallelujia!!

I believe that May was the longest and most stressful month for me. I did a bit of growing up this month (yes even I can do that at 30, sad though that it is so needed). Soul searching is hard work, and rearranging priorities is even harder and then waiting for all of it to settle to see if it "feels" right is the icing on the cake of adversity. That is what life is about right? I am learning I can do hard things and after it's done I am grateful for the challenge. Until then, crying helps, kicking things usually doesn't and my kids make me laugh more than yell. That is good. I think.

On to Summer!