I have missed blogging and the photo memories.
2015 so far...
Simba died in January, we think he had cancer. 12 years is a long time with a pet, and we still talk a lot about our Simba-Som. We miss him!
Dale passed away in February from the brain tumor. There is so much to say here, maybe on the one year anniversary. But Dale is missed everyday.
Louisville experienced two epic snowstorms in February, one of which we barely missed as we drove up to Indiana for the funeral. But because we live in an incredible neighborhood, we had a freshly plowed driveway when we got home the next weekend.
Kent fell on the ice in Indiana, splitting his head open. It's healed nicely, and can barely be seen. Kent battled carpal tunnel for months, including tingling fingers, no sleep, and painful shoulders. He had successful carpal tunnel surgery in June, but still is battling sore shoulders and weak muscles. The doctor seems to have figured out the issue, and Kent is feeling better.
The kids were greatly effected by grandpas death and funeral. We talk often about Heaven and whether Simba and Grandpa are hanging out together.
We went to Disney in April. We left for Florida on Easter, was delayed and didn't make it to our hotel until midnight. We had a fun trip anyway, and enjoyed a day at Magic Kingdom and one day at Universal Studios. It was nice to be together, the four of us!
After a fabulous year in rec soccer, Kyle broke his ankle at school recess playing soccer a week before summer began. A big 2nd grader named Jeremiah fell on his ankle and that was the end of the soccer tournament planned for the weekend. Lula was in town with a hurt knee, I was recovering from strep throat including an allergic reaction to the penicillin, and Kent wasn't sleeping and in pain due from pinched nerves, so with Kyle's broken ankle it was fun times in our house! Harriett and Christiana were in town for a conference; I think they probably wanted to turn around and leave when they walked into our mess!
We found a wonderful summer sitter, Haley who had just finished freshman year in college. She was/is genuine, sweet and kind to the kids. It was a hard June however since Kyle was in a cast, and couldn't do swim team or anything else active that we normally do. He was a trooper though, and handled it better than me at times! At the end of it all, he got his cast off in time to swim in the swim team championships and do great!
The rest of the summer went smoothly as we prepared for the start of school. We even made it to Austin for a week of fun with the family (and a return trip to Schlitterbahn)!
Anna started kindergarten the day after her 6th bday. She has the teacher we requested, Ms Littles. Ms. Littles is a young, perky, enthusiastic-about-learning teacher. So far she has been great. Anna loves her, has embraced kindergarten, made new friends, and has grown in leaps and bounds since the first day of school. She is sweet, kind, smart, and can deliver a perfectly timed one-liner to cut her brother down to size.
Kyle is our Kyle. He also has a great teacher, Ms Onan. Third grade has not been a challenge academically but the level of expectations and introductions into "real" school took some adjustments. Kyle also started playing soccer with a club soccer team, Ohio Elite. He hurt his tender ankle at Anna's birthday party, and after that was not right on the soccer field. It was a tough couple of months in a more-intense soccer program, but now he is back to storming the field and loving the game. The final tipping point into the good was a weekend of playing football with his cousins Michael and William and their buddies in Chicago! He forgot to be hurt and just played and played and played. Kyle is a super smart, intuitive, kind kid. This fall has been a big growing season for him. He was asked to join Quick Recall (like Jeopardy) at school and he is absolutely thrilled!
I ran the Triple Crown this year, including three races: 5k, 10k and 10 mile. Then I ran the neighborhood 5k and won third place! Ha! It's been therapeutic to run this year. I also did a neighborhood bible study this summer and really enjoyed it. I made new friends and grew my faith. It feels like Kent has travelled a ridiculous amount this fall, including trips to the UK and Japan, so my non-paying job is to keep life at home moving along. So far so good!
We did get a pretty new kitty this summer, Princess Jasmine! Kent actually chose her at the Humane Society. She is a sweet girl and deals very well with Anna's kitty-handling of her. Princess Super Kitty, as we call her, loves people and a party, even if those people are a gang of 8 yr old boys!
We saw our friend have an Epileptic seizure at the pool during championships, and have done what we can to help her and the family. We have seen good friends get divorced, and heard about personal struggles in other families. We saw both moms/grandmas have knee replacement surgeries...and recover nicely! (They have bionic knees now, according to Kyle). Oh and we finally turned in our lemon of a car Traverse for a new to us Honda Pilot. We LOVE it!
So now I will try to upload pictures to capture 2015 - What a year!
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