Falling Too Fast

So much to say, so little time in which to do it! Lots going on here so I’m just going to “bullet point” this time to chronicle things for family posterity…
- Finished the Odyssey books & are half way through The Light and the Glory trio. We also started back around to the Betsy and Tacy books. It’s been four years & they are barely remembered.
- On a much bigger note, the two older children are now going to school with Daddy! I have to say it is so different having a girl vs. a boy in school (in our family anyway). I have learned more about that school’s goings on in the last few weeks than I had in the previous seven years of Keith working there & two years of Nate’s attendance combined. I am happy to say she tells me everything. It’s so much fun seeing school through her second grade eyes.:) Anders, Jack & I are finding there’s plenty to do while they are away & the kids are blessed with wonderful teachers. All is going very well & I plan to go in on Wednesday afternoons to be a room mom for Callie’s class within the next few weeks. I’m very much looking forward to that & so is she.
- Speaking of notes, we purchased a saxophone for Nate to join band so look for sax duets (Yes, I dusted off the old sax & even played a few licks. Still got it.) by Christmas IF…
- Nate’s upper jaw heals quickly! He cracked his top jaw bone last night playing backyard football with the church kids. PTL it was a bone that will heal in a few weeks & wasn’t a cracked tooth!!!! I’m not sure how one can crack the jawbone & not a tooth, but he was well covered with prayer last night, so that’s the only explanation I can give you. God is good!!
- Which leaves the next big thing around here…football. And get this, the boys are on the same team this year. Really! It’s flag football & both are learning (first year), so it really is a good thing. Nate is the oldest & will scare off the other team while Anders is the youngest & I’ll bet the most scrappy so will zip around the offense. It’s such a great bonding thing for them – they’re both excited about it. And for the cherry on top, Callie is cheering for their team. Her coach is an old friend & we couldn’t ask for a sweeter one. Plus, she feels like we do that it’s for fun & they don’t really need practice (keep it simple!) so for this fall, our dream has come true – we have all three involved in the same activity with one practice a week! They only have five games, too, so it’s not hogging all Saturdays from now to Thanksgiving. Have I mentioned how much I appreciate Upward?! THIS is why!
- Club is up and running with a team of super teachers. This month we are focusing on love so are memorizing 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 together. With Anders being a schoolboy this year, it is nice to have everybody working on the same passage & for a month at a time. This makes it easier to implement & put into our everyday living.
- Anders & Jack went in for shots last week & Anders was the bravest little toaster I ever saw! He just hopped right up there & took three shots like a little man. What a boy!
- Jack reached Nate’s birth weight at exactly seven weeks – 10 pounds, 13 ounces. He continues to be the family entertainment in the evenings.
- Keith is taking his class on Wednesday nights this semester & while we miss him in Club, it is nice to streamline our family schedule & only have a couple evenings filled a week. That’s been our goal & some said it couldn’t be done – so far, so good.

That about wraps it up for now. I leave you with the photo of the week. For more pix, see Flickr to the left.