Thursday, October 13, 2005

Quick (or not so Quick) Updates

Maybe it’s time to let this project go. I seem to have trouble keeping up and I’m not sure what if anything it accomplishes, bur here are some quick updates for now.

I am now working part-time as a Child Attendant Care worker for the Mental Health Association. I work with emotionally disturbed kids. Kind of a big brother thing, but a little more detailed with a lot of paper work. They bill Medicaid, so you can imagine. It’s been hard getting back into the work thing and a lot of days I want to hang it up, but so far I’ve stuck with it, thanks at least in part to a lot of encouragement from Linda.

Linda is back into the full swing of teaching again, only this time 7th graders instead of 8th. After working with a few kids similar to the ones she works with everyday, I have a new respect for what she does.

Elizabeth is hard at her last year of nursing school. Only this semester and one more. It’s tough; one class especially is hard, but she keeps at it and we’re very proud of her. Combine that with working part-time as a nurse tech and the irons she keeps in the fire around church (Sunday School, Board of Ed, etc) and she stays more than busy.

Rebekah is always busy with something. Hard to believe she’s a senior in High School. She still run’s cross country and keeps busy at church (she’s added leading music to at the Saturday night service a couple times a month to Kings Kids and Youth activities) We’re still working on college plans (anyone got an extra $100,000.00 they’d like to donate to the cause).

Our nephew Dan had a pretty good season with the Navigators and Got called up to the big league with the Giants this fall and got a fair amount of playing time. He’s playing in the Arizona Fall league in October and November and then gets married in December. We’re looking forward to the wedding.

Our Niece Erin is in her second year of teaching in China and seems to be doing well. The rest of the nieces and nephews likewise seem to be doing well as far as we know We love them all and are proud of them.

Well that’s about it for now. Take care! God Bless!