Time sure flies!

So much for being better about updating my blog…oh well it has only been a year. Even though I would like things to slow down they just continue to fly by all around me. Lets catch up yet again.

The hubby is as busy as ever. He still is working the two businesses and just recently added a 3rd business. The landscaping business took a little hit with the economy’s downturn, but not too much. The nice part about the way he grew the business was to drop the majority of the small homeowners contracts and stick to mostly the commercial jobs and the large housing contacts. The irrigation repair business has its ups and downs as it does every year. The summer is upon us and we are in the up time of the business. On top of both of those businesses he added a little distribution business on the side. Although it is working graveyard and we rarely see each other anymore, it will be worth it in the long run. He is getting use to working graveyard. He is almost done with school, but I think he is going to take a semester off to take a break.

I am as busy as ever. As Scoutmaster of the older boys scout troop I am busy helping to plan meetings and running a program. We are getting ready for our trip to Moab to do some whitewater rafting on the Colorado River in a few weeks. As Cubmaster of Jordan’s pack, things have finally wound down for the year as school is out. I still have some small activities coming up in the summer but at least it is not as demanding on my time. I still work full time as a supervisor for the Sheriff’s Office and love it. I am also enjoying my time helping Dane with the distribution business.

Ethan just had a birthday and turned 20. He is still working for Dane but is now part owner of the irrigation company. He just bought another new car, well truck, and a new Kawasaki motocross bike. He was riding every weekend, but since summer is here most of the places to ride are closed, due to fire hazard so he will have to wait until October to get any good riding in.

Jake just graduated from 8th grade and will be a freshman this coming September. He is interested in playing freshman football in high school and started working out with the football team in February. It is weird seeing him with all the older high school kids, I want to say he looks like a baby compared to the seniors, but he fits right in. It is really hard to tell he doesn’t go to school there already. He has been riding motocross for almost a year now. He wants to get into racing but we’ll have to see about that. He is still working on his Eagle Scout project, he just can’t seem to get the write up done the way he wants it. He is collecting shoes for Soles4Souls and he will be working on it a lot this summer. He is also staying active with Civil Air Patrol, and as a cadet for the Sheriff’s Office.

Jared just finished 7th grade. He is really only interested in video games, movies, the computer, war movies, oh yea and girls. I swear that kid gets more text messages from girls then anyone I know, and at all hours. When I get home from work he’ll be asleep and his phone will be going off with new text messages that have come in. Although he is a bright kid, he hates school. Some days I think the teachers do not challenge him enough. But he has planned to do his Eagle Scout project for the school so that is a good sign. He wants to get one of the new electronic signs built for his schools bulletin board instead of the old put the letters in yourself sign. We’ll see if he can raise enough money to get it built and installed. Even though the price is huge, he is capable of raising the money; I think his biggest obstacle will be the bureaucracy of the school district.

Jordan struggles every day to be 8 years old. He has no friends his age in the neighborhood and the only time he sees anyone that is his age is at church or school. He hangs around with adults or the teenage boys, and that causes him some issues when he is in school. He talks like he is a teenager and acts like he is a teenage and when September rolls around he will struggle with learning to adapt to 9 year olds again. He loves animals and loves to bring home the vice-principals bunnies during the school year. He is a Webelos scout now and is looking forward to working on his activity pins.

Jessica is spoiled by everyone. She is the princess of the house and responds to the name of princess. She hates to have clothes on her body unless it is a dress, otherwise she is just in underwear most of the time. She loves to be outside all the time. She learned very quickly how to get out of the house to follow the boys outside. We finally had to put in a locking bar high up on the door just to keep her in the house. That lasted all of about 5 minutes and she learned how to open it so she could get out. She loves to sing and dance and has asked to start gymnastics. Not sure dad is ready for that

Congratulations Jacob!

Tomorrow Jacob graduates from the 8th grade and will be a freshman in high school. How time flies. Congratulations Jake!