Summer is OVER

Back to School!

Here's what's happening around here:

1. Crazy busy times at work for Carrie
2. Bob has taken up teaching a class for our school. He is teaching Agricultural Science in the Caribbean. Which means he has one hour of class time and 3 hours of field work each week. There are only 7 students in the class. We are looking forward to his final project....a farmer's market!
3. Our boys all head back to school on Monday!! This will greatly help the shuffle between school and home...and make Carrie's days a little less complicated! Brodie and Drew are starting grade 8 and Ethan- grade 4.
4. The boys are continuing to grow like weeds. The photo is of Carrie wearing a pair of Drew's sandals. CRAZY!
5. Brodie and Drew have taken up playing the drums and guitar. They've gone from noise to music a few short weeks. This is exciting...and relief all in one!
6. There are many students in our school that are leaving, and new ones coming in. This rotation helps us realize that although we will miss them, it's so great to hear that they are ready to live with their parents again. The father of a boy heading home took a few of us out for supper as a "thank-you". He welled up with tears as he tried to express his gratitude. "There are no words", was all he could really say. Enough said!
7. Now we wait for babies. Both Jill (our sister-in-law) and Rachel (our friend) are expecting to give birth on the same day, in the same hospital, with the same doctor....and are hoping for the same birthing room (the one with air-conditioning). What's even better is that Jill needs us to take Hazel (our one year old niece) during the delivery, and Rachel has asked me (Carrie-obviously) to come in for her C-section. We don't foresee boredom in our future!