Saturday, October 13, 2012

I Love The Fall

I am sorry that it has been such a long time since I have written.  Our normal busy lives have became frantically busy and quite Chaotic in the last few months.  I love fall and some real exciting things have been going on this fall so far!  Here is my normal breakdown to get you up to date with all of our lives......

Chris - He is still filling in at different churches as needed, he just preached this past Sunday.  He also turned 39 this past Sunday.  Chris is working very hard at work and usually puts in 10 hour days, the office that he works for in Lexington has had a record year.  I believe that he had a big part in that.  He has also been very dedicated to the boys, and has not missed a football game all season.  He also volunteers to help at the games from the concession stand, working the chains, and washing cars for their fundraiser.  The boys love that he is such a dedicated part of everything that they do. 

Jonah - He is now in the 7th grade, and still going through the normal growing pains of a pre-teen. He is taking a couple of classes that he really seems to be enjoying, one being Pre-Algebra (he is a math wiz!), and the other is a Careers course.  He has decided that he wants to be either a Physical Therapist or an Athletic Trainer when he grows up.  He is playing his second year for the middle school football team, and the team is getting ready to go in to the play offs and with only one loss this season, I think they will win it all!  Go Braves!!  I love football Season another great part of fall.

Jonathan -  He is now in the 5th grade, his last year of elementary school!!  He is playing for the middle school football team this year!!  Jonah's Middle School did not have many 6th graders come out to play for the team, and since Jonny wanted to play they let him move up to the middle school 6th grade team.  He has strutted around the whole season.  He is the only 5th grader wearing a middle school jersey on game day to school, and he puffs out his chest every time he puts it on.  I love it, he is so cute!  He gets a lot of playing time, and he is such a good player. 

Jacob - I usually write about Jacob second in my blog posts, but I decided to put him after his brothers, because he has had many ups and downs in the last few months.  Some "ups" are that he turned 18 in August and that was exciting for him, and he started his Senior year the same week as his birthday.    Then he had some "downs", and he made some real mistakes, and faced some very real consequences for his mistakes.  I know that I am being vague, but for those of you that don't know what has transpired, just know that he is doing better, but he still needs prayers.  I do want to finish writing about Jacob with some more "ups".... He will be finishing up his high school credits at the end of this month, and will not have to attend school anymore until the end of the school year.  He will walk with his class at graduation May 2013!  He got a full time job at 84 lumber and he starts next Monday.  He is very excited about it.  I just know that 2012 will end on the upswing for Jacob.

Bethany (ME) -  As a wife and a mother I have felt every emotion, every up and every  down of every person in my family.  I will end today's post with that said!