okay, enough of the "soul searching" stuff... here's a family update instead:
first, how exciting it was to read our school district's weekly newsletter and find the following:
... recent Math Olympiads competitions... Congratulations to ... high scorer ... seventh grader Drew Abbott... YEAH DREW!!! (okay, it was a long paragraph with several names, so i'm just forwarding the important parts!) and earlier in the year, drew received an award for a comic book he made for his language arts (read "english class") called "fruits vs veggies". we're so proud of him!!
other updates... grades just came out and everyone is doing well, for the most part! (how anyone can get a low grade in phys ed is beyond me, but i guess this will teach our boys to be responsible about remembering gym clothes!!) we're getting ready for baseball for drew, noah & evan (following ev's soccer season thru march) and we're looking (again) for a great activity for taylor - maybe a track team!
we're still making progress on the house (sorry, no pictures yet... working on the camera situation - again!), but our projects seem to be very slow going! ed & i worked hard over the weekend - ed mudding the dining room to prep for painting and i went after the rest of the wallpaper in the living room. with every new step completed, we find another layer to the project... these seem to be the "home improvement projects that never end!!" the walls in the living room didn't come out quite as we'd hoped, so we're working out our plan b... can i just say how thankful i am to have such a handyman for a husband?! he's fabulous!! we're always working on something and sadly haven't finished anything yet! but, we'll get there. we're in no hurry anyway - we've got a lifetime to work on this house! :)
oh, thanks for your prayers & concern for john (ed's brother) - keep praying! no news yet. he returns to the doctors mid-feb. i'll keep you posted!
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