it's a crazy day in the neighborhood

Well, more than a crazy day. It's been a crazy week. Here comes our update!

Kaitlyn: show season has officially begun and Kaitlyn is super busy. She is trying to finish one last electronic class before the band starts traveling to all their competitions. She will have to work at it but it is possible. She gets to practice four days a week for 2-3 hours each day. Squeeze YW and homework and friends in there and she doesn't have much time for anything else. But that's the way we like it, too busy to get into trouble. Well, one piece of trouble, she gets braces this week.

Wells: The youth climbing team doesn't have enough takers right now so Wells is not climbing this fall. He is planning to join a couple of clubs at school to do something fun. The club meetings start this week so weill see what happens there. He is making huge progress on the classes he does at home and so far is able to balance both school and home classes. I keep pushing him to go faster, he keeps pushing to go slower, and we somehow manage to meet in the middle and get things done pretty well. He has 1.5 classes to finish and then gets to take a break for a little bit. The length of the break depends on how fast he works! Sometimes that motivates him.

Lee: super busy growing algae and trying to figure out if we will soon be driving cars with algae-produced fuel. He was helping a friend move last week and came across a 1947 Farnsworth radio and, yup you guessed it, brought it home! It is kinda fun to have in the house. He tuned it to an oldies station so we listen to antique music on an antique radio.

Marlene: was away from home more than she was home in July and August. She is still running (will be doing her first official 5K on Labor Day) and riding (looking for another supported ride before the cold weather really hits). Three weeks at home has done wonders for her diet and she is down 7 pounds so far. She's hoping to lose another bunch before she starts traveling again.

Well, that is about it for us! We are just running and running and hoping to catch up some day. The biggest problem we have is that we are not sure what we are trying to catch!!

Hope to hear from you all soon.

school time!

The kids go back to school tomorrow!! We are all so excited to get back on a regular schedule. It's been a crazy summer and we have had a lot of fun, but here's not another adventure!