Time to catch up

Wow! Once again it has been sooo long since I blogged! Excuses...I have been busy with work and exhusted when I get home. Probably not much of an excuse but there it is none the less.

Family updates:

Healthwise all of us have been doing well. Alex had strep throat once this winter and week ago Hunter got really sick and was down for a couple of days but he's better and no one else got sick from him. I've had a bad round once (early in the season) Since then after I got my flu shot I've been pretty good. Thank goodness Mike's been pretty healthy all winter too.

Alex is doing fine in school. He's struggled through keyboarding yet again and I'm pretty sure he failed it. I'd have heartburn over it but it's one of those courses that I really don't see him needing much as he gets older and the main reason he failed was the teacher docked each and every assignment 50% because he would peek under the cover to see his hands. I'm 52 years old & I've been typing all my life and I look at my keys still! He's really slow and it was really hard for him. Beyond that course I think he will do fine. I'm finding Alex is really become a 'teenager'! His mouth continues to get him into trouble both at school and at home but for the most part I find that he has his really great moments and then he does something to remind me of his age and I have decided part of it's the age. Oh to be 13.5 and know what I know now!!

Hunter has done very well in school. A's and B's last I checked. He's a fun loving kid to a fault...he'd much rather play than work. He loves to play his Nintendo and watch Movies and play with his Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. His organizational skills stink! And we are constantly after him to clean his room and keep his things put up. That's an on-going thing I'm afraid and a battle I can only hope sinks in and stays with him beyond adulthood.

Zac moved back to Milo late in December to stay with Connie and Rod Fridley. Connie has been or Daycare Provider and Friend since the boys came to live with us and she's always had a way with Zachary. He's found it hard to come back but seems to be doing OK. I've decided to try to stay out of the mix with Zac because I'm not the most positive influence for him. He and I just can't seem to click and really never have. Not sure why exactly...but I've always expected a lot from him and seems like he always found ways to disappoint me. He's better where he is and who knows maybe he will be a great guy someday!

Shann and her brood are doing well. Shann continues with school and work. She's taking some electives this semester one of which is Art. I think it's more involed than just art it's like creative drawing or something like that. Since i couldn't draw to save my butt she impresses me constantly with her talent. She was this way in High school and I told her, she's still got it! Josie and Josh are growing and so darn cute!! Josie has had a health scare. She got a bowel blockage and they think something isn't right in her intestinal tract and we are still not sure what that really is all about. When I know I'll try to remember to share. Not too worry too much, I saw her this past week (we went shopping!) and she seemed to be feeling fine.

Rhonda's family are all well now. We had a real bad weekend two weeks ago. Savanah was in the hospital with the Roto Virus. Don't ask me...I just repeat it! Anyway she had high fevers and dehydration, couldn't and wouldn't eat or drink for like three days! It was awful!! But God is good and she's fine and happy. This little girl smiles at the drop of a hat!! Rhonda is working part time at the YMCA in Boone and Jeff has landed a great job that he just loves in Huxley. Rissa is 14 and is old enough to start driving with Mom & Dad! That scares me! She get great grades and is soo the typical teenager and Jeff needs to get the shotgun by the door because it won't be long and he will have to chase the boys off!! She's so pretty!! Tate loves school and does really well, he's soo darn smart...sometimes that gets him in trouble at home...but he's usually pretty good. And Brighton is growing and seems to be a pretty happy boy. He goes to Pre-school three days a week and on Fridays Rhonda has to worklater than his school gets out and I go pick him up on my lunch break. We go to Burger King or McDonald's for chicken nuggets and he's a happy camper. He actually looks forward to our Fridays and so do I!! A little Grandma time!!

In two weeks Shann, Rhonda and I with all their children and their hubbys are going to be in Michigan and then to Ohio to see my Grandma Snyder. We are so looking forward to this trip. For those of you who do not know, The girls were born in Michigan and we are going to show everyone where they were born and lived while we lived there. I'm praying for great weather and a safe trip!!

Memorial Day weekend Mike and the boys and I will be in Pagosa Springs, Colorado! I've made the arrangments and I'm presenting the whole thing to Mike today at his Surpise Birthday Party. It was his 60th Birthday on the 4th! I hope he likes the gift!! He loves Colorado...he and his dad and family and friends would go every year to hunt when he was younger. He took me there for our honeymoon 11 years ago. I'm knid of 'pumped' about it myself!!! I hope it's warmed up by then. I'm hoping we can go to Durango take the Silverton Train up the mountain and there's a horseback riding outfit I've contacted for us to take a 2 hour ride in the mountains! I just want him to enjoy himself!!

Well, hope you've all survived the Winter! It was a long and vicious one! We are all looking forward to the Spring and Summer and being able to go outdoors and have fun!! Think Spring!!