Two week update

Around here, we have been working on getting back into our school year schedule. Quick updates:

Keisha:

started dance again. She is taking a jazz class and a hip hop class with her best friend. They have been enjoying it so far and I am excited to see her recitals. She  will be taking her driving test this week and when she passes that we will take her to get her written one done! I will have a eager/willing driver to help out! Yippee!!!!

Audrey:

has started fall ball. There was enough girls this year to split it into two teams, older girls and younger girls.  Coach realized he needed a couple of older girls to help with the younger team and Audrey was chosen. She has been really excited to teach them all what she knows and she gets to pitch a lot ;) They have won their first two games and we hope they keep having fun!

Autumn:

is LOVING school (finally...*sigh of relief) She wakes up every morning on time in a good mood and comes home the same way. She is getting A's on her assignments, and recently got her first 100 ever! Hopefully it will be this good all year. She got accepted into the Ride For Joy program and we should be starting in the winter. She also has started Girl Scouts again and it looks like it will be a fun but productive year.

She had a neurosurgeon appointment and all is looking wonderful. We found out that her shunt tubing is long enough to last her her whole life (unless she's over 6ft.) We also found out that there is a possibility of her shunt never malfunctioning for her entire life (now wouldn't that be wonderful).

Jalen:

is getting into the swing of middle school. He is playing clarinet and loves to come home and show (annoy his sisters) us all what he is learning. He started chess club every Friday before school. He has always loved chess and was eager for this to start. He has his own board and always wins against us at home.

Chris has been out of town working again for a week so I have kept really busy driving all the kids around and keeping the house afloat. I also started dance class. I am taking a jazz/hip hop with Mandy. We only have a few other ladies in the class but it has been fun. It is amazing the type of workout you get from doing all those moves. 

We had a quick, but yucky cold thing fly through the house this last week. Jalen got the worst of it (coughing, no voice, miserable). I got the stuffiness and achiness. Keisha wasn't feeling too hot last night so hopefully she isn't getting it now.