Hello there blogging community. Yes, I am alive. The past few weeks have been exciting, stressful, tiring and rewarding. The week before Christmas we got our first foster placement. We received two sisters; 14 year old Courtney and 12 year old Christina. Yes, much older than we were anticipating. Its been an adjustment having teens in the house again! The girls are settling in well and the boys are enjoying having them around. So within that week before Christmas, I took the girls shopping for necessary items (boots; coats; underwear, etc); took the girls to the other side of the mountains to pick up Trevor (they had never been to the Seattle area before) and get shopping and wrapping done. Christmas morning was really nice. LOTS of activity. We received a Wii for one of our gifts and that has been great fun for all. My favorite at this point is bowling--which maybe because I hold the high score for the house....... :)
School is back in full swing. Courtney is in 9th grade and in the alternative home school program within the school district, so she only needs to check in with her teacher once a week. Christina is in 6th grade and takes the bus each day down to the middle school. We had the flu really bad this last week, so not much school has occurred this last week for Jack. Him and I were the worse off; Jeremy and Trevor only lasted for about a day and the girls pulled through with no real symptoms except some tiredness. The girls have a fair amount of things they need to be at within a given week, mainly counseling sessions. We have had one court date so far with more to follow. Given that, I'm out in town much more often than I was before--it is forcing me to be better about my meal planning! :)
My biggest struggle right now is fitting in my time with the Lord. It has changed a bit with simply keeping a bible open and try and read when I'm standing in the kitchen (if no one else is in there talking to me! LOL ) Its been a long time since I've had this much constant activity around the house, but it is getting better--just need to keep my perspective.
Work is coming along for Jeremy. He is working part time at an aircraft shop and is still doing construction as it comes up. We are in the process of taking over our friend's remodeling company since he is going into another line of work. Taking over this business, which has been in the area for awhile, should help with keeping busy. Hopefully I can keep up on all the office stuff!
Better go for now and continue with the day!
