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regarding my absence
Well, now that I’ve had a nice long (albeit unscheduled) absence from the blogging world, here’s what’s been up:
The world has turned upside down. That’s the only explanation I have! Things have been topsy turvey around here, much like a roller coaster ride. Jacob and Ashley broke up a while ago, and Jacob moved in with a friend temporarily. Things went along, not well, but not horribly, for a while. A lot of things happened, which I won’t publish on the internet for all to see ~ their private lives and relationship should remain private. Attison and Ashley have been well-taken care of living here with us. This past Monday, Jacob decided to go back to Minnesota. He packed up the car (which we bought for him, and which he was supposed to be paying us back for) and just took off. I’m not too happy about the decision he made, but it’s done and overwith, so there’s not a lot I can do about it.
That has been the majority of the topsy turvey-ness. It has been difficult, as you can imagine, but we’re coping well overall.
Attison is growing like a weed, and is such a little cutie. She has a major attitude at times ~ especially if you dare to take the bottle out of her mouth to burp her! ~ but she has a sense of humor, and her little belly laughs are just too funny.
Ashley and I have been sick, and we think Atti may have caught our cold as well. We took her to the doctor yesterday, and she said Atti’s ears and lungs are clear, so we’re good for now. She hasn’t been coughing all that much; mostly she just fusses.
Patrick is at college, and seems to be doing well. We are expecting him home this weekend. He wants me to take him clothes shopping. Can you imagine ~ an 18 year old male WANTING his mother to take him clothes shopping?! I’m pretty psyched. Ariel may be coming for the weekend as well ~ we’ll have a very full house.
Sawyer’s working away at school. We decided on Sonlight’s civics and government curriculum, as well as Apologia’s advanced biology (anatomy and physiology), and Teaching Textbook’s algebra II. The Bible part of Sonlight’s program is pretty hefty, but Sawyer seems to be enjoying it. We’re still involved in co-op; Sawyer’s taking Spanish and a leadership class. He’s also involved in choir, taking French horn lessons, and active in 2 youth groups. Oh, and let’s not forget the newest addition to an already over-crowded schedule ~ hapkido. He voluntarilly goes to hapkido 3 times a week to get his butt kicked.
Ashley is studying to take the GED as well as studying for the driver’s license test. Once she finishes her GED testing, we plan to enroll her in college. With a baby, she’ll probably need to take online classes, but that would actually work well for her.
I have some pictures from last week that I need to get off my camera’s memory card onto my computer. Once I’ve done that I’ll post them. Attison is definitely a little red head. Her eyes are still blue, but they may be changing to green. I don’t know yet. She’s a cutie, that’s for sure.
That’s about as summarized as I can get about the events that have taken place during my (what seemed to me to be forever) absence. I’m hoping to have time to catch up with all of my bloggy friends!
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