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| T "modeling" his new haircut. The mullet competition is in July at camp. If he places, he promises to cut it. Please wish him well! |
This summer is on its way to being fairly busy. L is finishing the steps she needs to register for her fall classes, A is working on get her last 18 hours done in the next two semesters so she can graduate, and T started his weekly basketball gyms with the JV team. L had to take an entrance exam for college since we opt to NOT have the kids take the SAT or ACT. That was a crazy story. She is allowed to take it online, which is awesome! However, the proctor site they use was impossible! We literally spent about 20 hours trying to schedule this test! Of course, it is based in India so calling customer service was frustrating. We finally gave up and just took her to TWU to take it. It went so smoothly! I wish we had just saved ourselves the frustration and gone there first. It cost a little more, but was totally worth it. It was super easy to get to. T and I just dropped her off and went off to do errands in town. I took T to play basketball at the park for about an hour (thankfully I had him pack an extra shirt because it was super hot and muggy that day and he got gross!). We then went to two different stores to get our grocery shopping done and L finished right when we were done at the last store and we went to pick her up. It couldn't have been more perfect. She was ecstatic because the proctor had told her he was proud of her because she did so well on her exams, almost no one gets scores as high as she got! It made me feel really good too since I was the one that taught her everything! I know I have a very hard school schedule, but the kids have flourished with it. My writing schedule is more rigorous than a traditional school, but I feel being able to effectively communicate what you want to say is very important in almost any job so we have always really focused on that and all the kids have ended becoming very good writers. A always has the highest grade in her classes for papers she writes and L did an extraordinary job on her entrance essay. I am SO happy I made them do so many papers in school. It made them very capable writers.
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| The park had a really nice court, but it was sooo hot! |
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| We went to see L's friend perform in a Narnia Ballet. |
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| We had a great time! |
A feels like school will never end! I remember those days! However, for her it really won't since Vet techs have to take continuing education classes to maintain their license, at least it's only 5 hours a year though. She should graduate next May. With the craziness of the housing market, she has been researching buying land to put a tiny house on. I figure if she buys a plot of land close to work, she could put a small house on it. That's pretty much the only way the kids will be able to have their own house. In fact, D and I have even talked about selling our house in 5 years when he retires and buying a tract of land to divide up for the kids to put houses on. Of course by tiny house, she means like 1000 sq ft. She has found a couple floor plans that she really likes and at about $125,000, it is actually affordable especially if she already has land. It makes me feel better knowing the kids have some kind of option for housing when they get older. D and I were 22 and 23 when we bought our first house and honestly, that just isn't possible anymore. Housing prices are so high plus interest rates that it's just too hard for new grads to be able to own a home. I can't believe she is about to turn 20! Life goes by so fast!
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| I took the girls out to celebrate being on the AB honor roll throughout highschool. |
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| We went to eat at one of our favorite restaurants. |
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| This place is always so good, but it is a little pricey. |
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| We always enjoy it though! We also went to see the new Little Mermaid in 3D and I took them shopping. It was a fun day! |
T is my last little birdie still in the nest. Well, technically everyone except C is still in the nest since they all still live here, but T is the only one still a minor and in school. He started his basketball open gyms this week and playing with the JV players is going to be a lot harder! They go hard the whole game. The game is rougher, faster, and harder! I worry about T because of his Pectus, but so far he hasn't had any real issues. He just gets more tired than other players because his heart can't work as effectively so he has to work twice as hard ( while not pushing it too hard and causing an episode). I still worry though. They only had 12 kids show up for the last open gym so basically everyone played for 10 minutes and then had a minute to get a drink and then played for 10 minutes again. That just went a repeat for an hour and a half! To say T was tired afterwards would be an understatement. His friend even came home with him and they were both so tired they pretty much just showered, ate dinner, and went to sleep.😂 They couldn't even watch a movie.
The kids are all at camp in July so D and I are planning to take our first couples vacation since 2007! We aren't going far just in case we need to get to the kids at camp, but we are going to go away for about 3 days just us. I am excited. Hopefully, it won't be too hot, but if we did fine last summer in Galveston, I am sure will be fine. I'll just plan on finding indoor activities.
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