Update

I know I have been very quiet. Mainly due to the photo editing class. Most of my computer time was dedicated to completing the course. So today I will do a little catch up. The picture of Jamie is my favorite recent picture. It illustrates the abilities of my couch potato son. He climbed this rock wall with ease. I was quite happily surprised by this. He is doing very well in 9th grade. Somehow he seems to do better every year. A warning to other good parents of teens. Check their cell phone records for texting information. You may find they have been texting when you thought they were sleeping. The really scary thing here is this is my quiet child. I will have to confiscate Sarah's phone. The second picture is just cute.

Sarah informed me this weekend she was going to start eating breakfast at the school. Apparently they serve hot food complete with milk AND juice. Clearly she has had enough Trix.

This first full week of school was tough. I spent a lot of time in the evenings at church. We had to prep for the new Sunday school year. Two theme rooms had to be redone. One is Sarah's new class. It went from a desert/archaeology theme to a Covenant Castle/ Knights of the Cross. I did lots of painting. It wore me out. Many people spent way more time on the project than I. The other room was transformed from a space ship to a wooden ship with sails. People worked some late hours trying to have everything ready by Sunday morning. I will definitely be taking pictures and posting them soon. The results were incredible! Interestingly, the power at the church went completely out Sunday morning about 9am. You know you did a good job when the opposition is that obvious.

I worked my first sub day Friday at the Alternative Learning Center. I spent the day in the isolation room. One of the kids was in for a firearm violation. There is never a dull moment around that place. Many faces I recognized from last year and some were new. Some will be there until they graduate. The staff knows they will simply drop out otherwise.