Holy cow, I’m SO behind in updating.
Well, I guess that the biggest news is that after 4 years of homeschooling, Jake is back in public school. He had been talking of going back for 7th grade, but when Camden transferred from the science magnet to the school in our district, Jake decided he’d like to go back at the same time. He’s doing really, really well. He had a rough start, because of things like having no clue about how to work a locker, poor guy. But his grades now rival Camden’s and he’s completely comfortable. We’re really proud of him for being so adaptable. He’s going to be in band next year, and at try outs last week he settled on the trumpet. This should be fun!
Like I mentioned above, Camden transferred out of the science magnet program he had been attending so he could finish out 8th grade at our local school. He’s finally got his head out of his butt, and is doing well and getting good grades again. Thank goodness, because he’d been grounded and without a cell phone for the last 9 months and it was getting really old. Ha ha. He already knew most of the people who go to this school, so he had no trouble fitting in.
Believe it or not, Camden will be in high school next year. Gosh, where did the time go? He’ll be going to the newest high school in the district and we went there for orientation and it’s really pretty. Gorgeous architecture! He hasn’t settled on a schedule yet, still trying to figure out what electives he wants to take…
Did you hear Wes got really sick a couple months ago? We had all gone to the beach (a really nice day in March, oh, the joys of living in Houston) and on the way home he started feeling bad. He ended up in bed by dinner time and … excuse me saying this … but he had bloody diarrhea by bed time. We had him to the emergency room the next morning and they ran all kinds of tests, pumped him full of antibiotics and pain meds and eventually sent him home with a referral to a gastroenterologist. That doc ended up doing an endoscopy and colonoscopy, and came to the conclusion that he had gotten a hemorraging e-coli from eating some raw oysters the Friday before he got sick. He’s back to normal now, thank goodness. That was pretty scary.
Wes’ job is going good … for now. Even though his job is to supply builders with things like appliances, windows and doors (and most builders are not doing well right now), he’s doing pretty well. He’s a real hard worker and is always out looking for new ways to get business. He’s been working with apartment buildings recently since apartments are hot right now.
I’ve been looking for a job (outside of running my websites) since Jake went back to school. It took 5 months, but I finally found one. I just started working at PetSmart here in League City. The people all seem really nice and I think it will be a fun, part-time job. We’re hoping I can earn us some vacation money so we can go back and see Dave and Jen, or have them all fly down here to visit.
Speaking of Dave, Jen, and Max … Max will be 1 year old on May 28th! Hard to believe a whole year has already gone by. We talk to Dave and Jen and she sends up pictures frequently. She’s a good daughter-in-law!
John and Pat visited in February. While they were here we went to the Mardi Gras down on Galveston. It was our first time to do Mardi Gras and we had a blast. There were day time festivities, including a parade, so we were all loaded down with necklaces, crazy hats and goodies. We also checked out some boutique shops here in League City one day, then went out to Kemah, which was also hit hard by Hurricane Ike, and hit up some shops out there. We had a fun day of shopping that day. Another day we went to Old Town Spring, where there are a lot of craft and antique type touristy shops. I’d never heard of it, but Wes told us about it and even met us for lunch that day.
Wes and I are both on Facebook now. If you look to the right, at “Our Links” you can find links to our Facebook pages. We both update frequently so you are more likely to be up to date with us if you friend us there. I post pictures there, too, so you’ll see more of us as well.
I think that’s about all for now. Hopefully I’ll update again before Christmas. 
Love,
Sherri
