Family Fun Night!

That is what it is called. It is a school / parish function. After 4:30 pm mass tonight, they did a blessing of all the teachers. Then, out ot the parking lot where they have tables set up, and music and food and drink. (Hot dogs, hamburgers, soda's and water). It was very, very, very humid tonight. So.....stinking....hot. It was fun, but I did get to seen in action some things I didn't like.

1) My fourth grader, along with two of her friends, excluded another girlfriend. I spoke to her about it then, and we will definately be having a LONG discussion tonight on how that WILL NOT be tolerated. I want to scream, HOW DARE YOU!!!??>>!!! But I will try to find the right mommy words to express to her my dissatisfaction and sadness over that. She knows better...and will be reminded.

2) My second grader has a really hard time playing with her classmates. She feels left out and out of place. This breaks my heart.

3) I watched as Julianne was doing her usual "touchy/pulling" stuff on her friends...and they did.not.like.it. :( How am I going to get them to understand that she means no harm.....

Anyway...I got to mingle, and the kids had fun. Here are some pictures.

Here are the School Pictures!

Well, the kids returned to school yesterday. They were excited to go, and it was a great day. Here are a couple pictures.

School here we come!!!

Well, the school supplies are (mostly) bought. The new school shoes sit waiting to be worn. The new school jumpers for the girls are here....well, Alena's has to be returned for a smaller size...but they are here! Julianne got a "ready for school" haircut. She looks so cute, and even though it was just a trim, it makes her look 2 years older, which makes me put on my pouty face just a bit.

We went today, Sunday, for the Preschool and Kindergarden "open house". It was a madhouse there...and the AC had gone out, so it was HOT HOT HOT in there. Imagine, a million kids, three million parents, and no AC. yeah...it was m-u-g-g-y!

Mason got to meet his new Preschool teacher, Ms. Maureen. She seems really nice. Mason was a bit sad that his teacher from last year, Mrs. Mary, who he LOVED...is not the teacher of his class. Mrs. Mary loves Mason, she told me so every day. "He so reminds me of my grandson"....she would always say.

Julianne got to see her class, and find her seat. We are glad to know that sitting right behind her, at another table is her new found friend, Olivia. This made her happy. Julianne practiced, and when given the opportunity, said to the teacher, "Hello Mrs. Oldani". It was great. The school and Jeff and I have all been working on getting them prepared for Juli and her special needs. So, we will see how things go. Hopefully they won't have to move her down to preschool, like they suggested they might....because if they do, then we will lose our scholorship. So....we will be working REALLY hard with her.

So....come on Wednesday, because we are ready for school. Well....except for that waking up early part.

God is good!

We were informed today that we were accepted into an awesome program!! There is this great program here in the city of St. Louis called Today and Tomorrow Education Fund. Here is the website:

http://www.privateschoolscholarships.org/index.html

Basically, it is through the archdiocecese, and it is a scholorship program that is devised to get City residents to send their children to Catholic (or other private) schools, in the City. If approved, they will pay a portion of the tuition, up to $2000 per year...Up To 8th Grade!!! Well....we were approved today...for $2000 this year! Since Julianne went to a public school last year, it made her eligible to apply for this scholorship! This means $2000 knocked off the tuition this year, and we depending on our financial status, this will continue through 8th grade.

God...is....Great!!

Anybody reading this?

Hi everybody! I hope some of you are reading this. :)

This past Sunday, we had Allison's little Birthday party at my brother Billy's house. We also had a mini mini baby shower for my brother and his girlfriend, Cammie. Their baby, Ty, is due in a couple of weeks.

I will add pics from that day whenever I upload them from my camera.

We did some back to school shopping yesterday. The girls are getting excited. Allison will be in 4th grade, Alena in 2nd grade, Julianne in Kindy, and Mason in preschool again.

Talk to you all soon.

Welcome!!!

Welcome, family!! We had such a wonderful, awesome, fabulous time while in Michigan! We are so blessed to be part of such a spectacular family. I decided that we needed to have a site here, for all of you to read whenever you feel like it. I will update with what is going on here in St. Louis. I will post current pictures. This way, it won't seem like years go by without knowing what we are up to. Feel free to leave "comments"!

For starters, here are some pictures of our recent Petoskey visit!!