and they did fine. Here’s a (not-so-great) photo of them out front:

They did end up in the same class, thankfully. Their teacher seems nice and sent home a letter today that made my day, telling me how very bright, very well behaved and very polite they were. They had a “test” today and one made a 100 and one made a 96, which tells me they’re right on track with (or ahead of) the new school, so that was nice to see. They made friends and overall had a great day. We’ll still miss our wonderful Texas school and all the incredibly nice people we met there, but I think we’re gonna be okay. I also found out about dance class for Bailey (she was doing it before we moved to Texas, but there were just no good places for her to go there) and she will be starting next Monday. I’m excited for her about that. Oh, and I got in the web based class I needed to get in for both my JBU degree and a requirement for my teacher’s license as well. The stars seem to be aligned and the Heavens seem to be smiling down on us. We appreciate all the prayers and good thoughts for us from everyone. They seem to be working!

Off to sleep now, gotta get up and take the kiddos to school and then go get my ID/password for my online class. Have a great day tomorrow!

as much as possible. When you downsize like we did, you are presented with a whole new set of challenges to overcome, but we’re doing okay. DH has been EXTREMELY busy with the new job, trying to take this operation from a hobby herd to a well-organized and managed cattle ranch. I have been feeling like a single parent for the last week or so and I’d like to say that it will get better, but it probably won’t. He isn’t happy if he isn’t doing something work related a large percentage of the time so, to use a word that Debi chose as her one word for 2008, I’ve decided that acceptance of this is what I need to find and I’m working on that. Of course, that doesn’t mean we won’t encourage him to spend time with us and do family things like we did while we were in Texas, but my expectations will be lower and we will simply make plans for us and if he is able to join us, that will be great, but we won’t wait on his availability to make plans. I hope that doesn’t sound harsh, I don’t mean for it to, but it’s just reality and the sooner we start making the best of the situation, the sooner we can get into a routine that works for us.

I did just sign up for a Big Picture Scrapbooking class that Noel mentioned on her blog and it sounds like fun. I nice jump start from someone that isn’t inside the digital community, of which I’ve grown so tired. I started a nice blog, peaceloveandscraps.com, to highlight some good stuff in the community, but the move got me off track. Hopefully, after the kids go back to school, I’ll have a bit more time again and can get back to it and hopefully, it will attract some readers. We’ll see.

We’re going across the street (literally) to my sister’s house for some New Years Day blackeyed-peas and then we’ll be back home for an early bath and bed for the kiddos and my first page for the LOAD challenge that I signed up for at BPS. Hope you have a nice evening and your new year starts off wonderfully!