First blog, latest update!

We are all getting settled into our new schoolyear routine! Jeremy and the boys are now in their third week of school already and getting used to homework and getting to bed EARLY!

The boys are loving second and fourth grade. Noah is finding out that there is way more homework in fourth grade than third, and there is much more responsibility. He is happy to be back at school and seeing some of his school friends again. He is going to be doing some very cool things this year in school, in science especially, and going on some wicked field trips! He will have his first all-day field trip (starts early and goes till late evening on a tour bus) to Springfield later in the year. That is really grown up.

Gabe, too, is getting into the second grade groove. He is already cracking his teachers and fellow students up! He is trying to find the quickest way to get that homework done! He, like Noah, reads at least 20 minutes every night and records it himself on his reading log. The greatest thing about second grade, as everyone knows, is learning cursive! He really, really looks forward to getting his "cursive license" later this year.

Jeremy is back to school too, but is really most excited about his new, front flower bed. It contains exclusively native plants. Why, you ask, is that so great? Just ask him! Wow. He will tell you all kinds of reasons! But in any case, we're looking good on the outside. We'll post the pic. He has worked very hard on it and we are in excellent shape for the winter. That should be about it for the yard work. Uh huh. That was a joke!

Andrea is busy. She doesn't want to talk about it. Ask her in November maybe.

Watch for links to our individual pages! We will soon each have our own little insights, pictures, and personal favorites to share and enrich your life. We look forward to your feedback!