Writer's block...

So I confess that it has been so long since I have written in this thing that I now feel like I don't really have anything to write about! Of course, I have four children, all of whom are amazing in their own little ways :) but for some reason nothing seems blog-worthy. I've been doing so many mini-updates on Facebook for the past few years that it is hard to think anything more than one liners! So I thought that I'd just jump in anyway and let it come to me as I go! :)

We are a good 6 weeks into the school year. It is hard to believe that I now have three kids in elementary school! Karissa is in 6th grade and loving it! She is enjoying diving into pre-algebra in the hopes of being placed into full-fledged algebra as a 7th grader! I didn't take algebra until 9th grade! It is hard to believe how far ahead she will be by the time she graduates from high school!

Abby is in 3rd grade and is looking forward to multiplication and cursive writing. She is following in her sister's footsteps with her love for reading. She is reading at an end of 6th grade level! :)

Zachary has started kindergarten and is loving it! The sun rises and sets on his teacher as far as he is concerned. Several of her phrases have made it home with him. He also convinced his teacher that he had 11 toes one day. When asked why on earth he'd do that, he grinned really big and said, "I was just tricking her!" Mrs. M. is in for it! :)

Cadenne has started a little school of her own. Three other moms and their little girls have gotten together with us, and we take turns teaching every Thursday. Cadenne LOVES it, and if you give her the opportunity, she will recount every school session in great detail! :) She is doing great health-wise and keeps us cracking up on a daily basis!

Brian is still working for the city of Orange as an equipment mechanic. He is approaching the end of his third year. He also does car repair on the side, so if you need any work on your vehicle, I know of a good mechanic!

My cousin Susan and I have been working together on selling stuff on eBay. We've learned a lot in the last year and it is starting to pick up! :) We'll see!

One big piece of news that I was meaning to share following my last entry is that we are pursuing the goal of becoming foster parents. We have a burden to help take care of orphans, and eventually maybe working with pregnant moms in crisis. In order to begin the foster process, we legally have to be in a 5 bedroom place. The state doesn't allow mixed genders to share a room if either of them is over 5. Children over 2 can't share a room with an adult, and we also can't have more than three kids in a room no matter how big it is! We have a lot of work to do before we are in a position to get into five bedrooms. :) For one, we need to pay off some debt. That is actually our hugest obstacle right now. Please join us in praying for this! Our hearts want to do this tomorrow, and we know that God will provide! :)

Well look at me... I managed to get several paragraphs out of my now inexperienced fingers. Over the course of the next few months, I hope to transfer some of my Facebook statuses to the blog. Don't get too excited in you suddenly see a billion posts from me over here!