Okay, so I cheated everyone on the last entry and have taken forever to update anything. Sorry! Hopefully, you are all still checking on this every once in a while and haven't completely lost faith in me.
Matt has started ALS or Airman Leadership School and will be very busy with that for the next 5 or 6 weeks. Once he is done with that he will officially be a Staff Sergeant and will start to have troops under him. So far he has been keeping a positive attitude and seems excited to start the next phase of his military career. He has seemed to find his place at work and as usual got right involved in the things that he enjoys such as the football team. He has quite a little jog to work every morning, but has been enjoying the quiet ride there.
Ryan played basketball when we first got here which turned out to be quite a bit more serious than we anticipated. He then played soccer in the smaller town that we live in which ended up being a bit to unorganized. We are working on finding a balance for him where he can still enjoy playing, but also develop his skills. He is only a week away from finishing the first grade. The school here is quite a bit easier than his old school and he is way ahead of his class. We had him tested for the gifted and talented program here and he qualified. He will be spending one day a week starting next year studying more challenging things which will hopefully keep him from getting bored. His summer will be packed full with activities and visits with family until the next school year begins.
Colin also played soccer this season and loved it. He is so fun to watch because you can tell he enjoys every minute of it, although he does say that "soccer is so hard!" He was the youngest on his team of 5 and 6 year olds so he had trouble getting to the ball before the other kids. Colin has a wonderful ability to pretend with anything and often times can play with his toys for an hour at time.He will probably go to a pre-K program next year, which should really help him get ready for kindergarten.
I have been busy working around the house and carting the kids from place to place. Just last week I also got a part time job as a waitress and I am still trying to get into a nursing school somewhere. I had ariginally applied at three schools but I got denied one, put on the wait list for another, and I haven't heard from the third yet. I guess if I don't get into a school this fall, I will just try again in the spring. I have also planted a small garden in the back yard and some flowers in the front that i have been trying to get to grow. I plan on working more on the garden this weekend since it is going to be nice.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that we got a dog. A boxer named Roxy!
I hope this finds everyone happy and well...I will update sooner next time!
