In the end of June we took a trip to San Diego and went to Sea World and the Beach. The kids had a blast it was nice to be able to take a vacation. Brandon has been doing alot of traveling with work over the last few months. Good for the checkbook at times, but not so good for family time. We are very blessed that he still has a job in this economy though.
The kids started school at their new charter in August and they LOVE it. Sean is still in his Autism program, but they have him attending some "specials" with the regular 5th grade class as well as Social Studies and Science with them too. Most of his friends are still there from last year, but he has made a few new friends this year as well. He gets to join Lexis class and that has been good for both of them. Lexi is in the 5th grade as well and is doing really well. Its a small class with only 14 students. Very close knit group, very much like a little family. She has made quite a few friends. She is doing the cheer and dance club with school and also attends the release time chapel program on Fridays. Its non denominational but has been a good way to help with learning character traits and things that we hope that the kids they attend school with will learn. Being that their charter is linked with a church and owned and run by a Pastor they are very BIG on family values and the majority of the kids that attend are Christian families with good values. We havent had anything close to the bullying we had before and we are SO grateful for that. It seems to be a GREAT fit for us. We are praying it continues to stay that way. They go up through 12th grade so hopefully we will be able to remain with this program til the end.
In the end of August we moved to a new house. If you want the new address and you dont have it just send us an email and we will send it to you. Its been a great fit. Alot more space than before. Its right behind Brandons office so it cuts his commute by more than 3/4 of the time. And a couple miles closer to the kids school. Its been great to have the space to have people over. We were able to have Brandons mom come over for dinner, and we have been able to hold the Blaylock Family fast Sunday get togethers here which has been a much better fit for the kids. We are enjoying getting to spread out, the kids have there space and we have ours. We arent on top of each other anymore. We got the office out of our bedroom so we have our own space now that is not community space. Thats been nice. Having a laundry room inside instead of in the garage has been great too. We have a large yard for the kids to enjoy when the weather cools off. So far they have played out in a small dirt area and on the covered patio but not much in the rest of the yard. It has some overgrown weeds and dead tree that we are in the process of removing and then it will be the perfect outdoor space for them. We are settling in nicely.
Lexi had her first sleepover with her new friends a couple weeks ago. We were really nervous about it since we dont know the family well, but we decided that since we know they were a very Christian family and that it was important for Lex to feel connected with these kids that it would be a good thing. She really enjoyed herself and really bonded with them much more. This was important since this group was a little clique before she came to the school. Its been nice for her to feel accepted by them. There are only 6 girls in the class and 4 of them had been at school together since Kindergarten. She really enjoys their friendship now. She also started a ceramics class at Mesa Arts Center in September. That was the only thing she wanted for her bday (She got more than that =) but that was all she asked for) she has missed a couple classes from being sick, but she has really enjoyed it and is sad that it will be ending soon.
Other than that not much has gone on. Looking forward to a visit with the kids baby cousin (who is a year old now) we havent seen him since he was a couple months old. And the kids are gearing up for Halloween. We are enjoying our fall break now, unfortunately Brandon is out of town this week so we havent been able to spend any real time with him. We spent Lexis birthday here at the house, not much celebration but we did do a little family thing with just the 4 of us after Brandon got back into town. Sean birthday is coming up next month as well. And looking forward to our first Christmas here. We are just renting here but plan on staying for awhile while we get our finances back in order to buy again.
Anyway, thats our last few months in a nut shell.
I will try to update with each of the upcoming Holidays so you can see what we have had going on.
Talk to you all soon. Love ya <3
