Summer time

Well, I guess I have been slacking, but with good reason. I have been super busy with home stuff lately. And with the kids out for summer, I don't have much time to sit and blog. But in two weeks, all four of my little ones will be in school! That's right! I will be kid free for a few hours a day, minus the days I babysit Lala. I don't know what I will do wth my free time, but I will be enjoying it, that's for sure! I am looking forward to this school year. Noah is scheduled to be in a great teacher's class (Ari's teacher last year) and she is really excited to have him. She said she can't wait to have child that she is going to have to challenge all the time. (Noah is extremely bright and needs to be challenged. He has almost all his multiplication facts memorized and can read anything! Its amazing!) Jinelle is scheduled to go into the best Kindergarten Class in the UNIVERSE! All three of my older kids had Ms. Carr, and now Jinelle will have her. It does mean a little extra work for me, cuz Ms. carr is at the kids' old school. So two schools that both start at the same time is going to take some juggling, but luckily I have great friends who are willing to help to make it possible! Aiden is going to be in a great 5th grade class. I am excited but a little apprehensive about it. I have heard that his teacher's idea of GATE students means double the homework. But no fear....I will not let that happen. (My feeling: Don't punish my son with additional homework just cuz he is exceptionally bright! If anything, he should be getting less homework cuz he is ahead of the regular class! But like last year, I will take care of the problems as they come along. ) Ari is still up in the air. I am hoping (and praying) she gets a teacher that I am trying to get to come to our school from a different school. If she gets this specific teacher, I will be SO EXCITED! He is awesome! (and next year, Noah will have him if he is at our school! He's like Ms. Carr, I want all my kids to have him!) Her principal was hoping to have a pre-GATE class (they don't start GATE until 4th grade, but kids who show GATE qualities are put into a class together and it is pre-GATE) but with all the budget cuts, that can no longer happen. It would have been great, but Ari will be great anyways. Her teacher last year (Noah's new teacher) said are was her best student ever and that her life would be so easy if she had a class full of Ari's! Well, enough bragging.......ok.....there is never enough bragging when it comes to my own kids....but I'll stop......for now!!
So, Jason and I are doing great as well. Jason just went back to work a few weeks back after a four week vacation. It was so nice to have him home! We had a family reunion that we went to that was fun (besides the worrying about house stuff while I was away. When I was busy adn not thinking about house stuff, I had fun!) But after the week, I was ready to be done with the family and back to just us again. The plan is to have another family vacation/reunion in 2012 at Lake Havasu, but I don't think we will be going to that one, if it happens. If we do go, we will be staying at my parent's River House, not on a houseboat with 50 other people. I already called dibs on the house just in case! But we'll see if it even happens.
Well, I guess that is all for now. I will try to update this more often. Hope everyone else had a great summer as well!
PS If anyone has pics of my family from the past 2 years, please e-mail (or snail mail) them to me. I am really missing the pics we cannot replace and would like to hav e few from the past 2 years that I cannot replace. Especially from kids birthdays, holidays and Ari's baptism!