2+ years?!

How can it be over 2 years since I have posted anything to this blog?! It was a summer goal of mine to update here and catch up a bit.  Summer break ends in 3 days for me.  Whoops.

So here is a quick run-down of the last 2 years:

- Katey took Driver's Ed, did an extra session of in-car instruction because "she just isn't ready" according to the driving instructor, got her permit, tried not to drive as much as possible, got her license, and now has a car and is ready to drive to and from school every day.  *I had no idea the amount of anxiety that comes from a child behind the wheel (both with me and without me in the car!)

- Seth decided to try out for soccer with the school in 7th grade, even though it had be 4 years since he last played.  He decided he wanted to be goalie and he made the team!  We laughed as his school has a large Hispanic population and out of 50 kids trying out he was one of 4 that were not Hispanic!  He played in both 7th and 8th grade and is now on the team for his 9th grade year at CATA.

- Katey started thinking about college.  We did a campus tour at Taylor University, both Mike's and my alma mater, and she loved it.  She has applied there and plans to apply to Appalacian State as well.

- Seth had one rough week last summer.  He was bit by a random dog that we couldn't catch or track down (and the Animal Control agent was almost bit by the dog 3 times while trying to catch it) so he had to undergo rabies treatment just in case.  I had no idea that process was so expensive, but if we had to pay for all of it, it would have been right around $20,000!  In the same week he also endured 75 ant bites while playing a game in a field, and fell on gravel during a team building game at school and tore up his knee and shin.  We are glad to have all of that behind him!

- Granny and Papaw have settled in but not without a lot of turmoil.  This is for a separate post on its own, but it has been a tough 2 years to be sure. 

- Jen continued to sub in the UCPS school system.  She filled in as the Admin at the church office for a couple of months at the end of last summer and helped to train the new hire.  In February she was hired as Teacher Assistant at Rocky River and spent the remainder of the school year working full time there along with continuing to work as the Youth Admin at church.

- Mike celebrated 20 years at JS Walker!  There was a lot of change within the company and it hasn't been an easy couple of years, but he continues to work hard and enjoys most days at work.

- Jen served on a community advisory committee with UCPS in working on new plans for a district-wide redistricting plan.  This was a passion of hers after the previous redistricting that was difficult.  The process was long, and not always easy, but she enjoyed putting in the work, doing research, and working together with a great group of folks who wanted to see positive changes for the county.

There is so much more to post about.  But for now, this will have to do.  Yahoo for posting again!