Got My Life Back

It has been a month since I last posted on this blog. I did post on my other blog one only three weeks ago. It has been fairly busy, though. Life has finally been restored to the normal order. The kids are back home and in school and Isaac is back in early morning seminary, so I have to wake up at 5:30 in the mornings again. I like waking up that early except that all last week I did not get to bed until midnight. I have not been eating well enough for my body to handle that. I say this as my husband sits down next to me with 4 hot dogs and 3 slices of American cheese melted over the top of them.

Anyway, we have another new car in our driveway this month because my husband had an 18-wheeler roll backwards onto the hood of his BMW. He found a Mercedes to replace it. He got a good deal on it. Half of the price was covered by the insurance settlement from the other car. But we still have two car payments now. Harrumph!

Emylie is going to school in Hallsville still because she has one more month before her dad has to move to San Marcos, which will be 4 hours from us instead of two. Emylie will choose if she wants to go with her dad and start a new school or stay here with the rest of her family. We are praying that she will stay with us. I have had a few good conversations with her about the realities she faces and the impact of her choices. She really needs to be here instead of being alone for 3-4 hours a day, minimum at her dad's house in a place where she knows no one. This is the thing that weighs on the mind of this mother.

My babies are painfully adorable. They have an exceptional command of the english language and utilize it fully. They use three and four syllable words correctly and in context. I wonder if there is a correlation between having multi-syllable names and early vocabulary and intelligence development. Anastasia has only been called by her full name. Same with Amelia. Big name little kid, big brain little kid?

Andrew started Karate this week. Claire and maybe Isaac might be joining him later in the month. Claire started playing the Clarinet in band this year. Isaac is taking advanced digital graphics, which seems to be the only thing he cares about, so I might get him some private lessons with someone we know who is very skilled at that. In fact, I told him I would if he would go to seminary.

The pictures are from Boondocks Motocross track.

That's all for now.