Back-to-School again

Well, it seems like I just wrote about the beginning of summer, but it is coming to a rapid end.  Gracie is enjoying her last week at Girl Scout Camp.  She is learning all about horses, and I am sure she will have lots to tell us when she returns.  I just hope she doesn't want a horse!

Our newest addition -- Iselin, from Norway -- will join us on Monday, August 1.  We are really excited to have her with us this year.  She will actually stay with us from August through June.  Fun times ahead!!  Iselin will be playing soccer for the high school team this fall too.  We are really excited about that as well.

Speaking of soccer...the rec league starts its season next month.  John and I have been very busy attending meetings, creating schedules, collecting fees, setting up camp...etc.  We are hoping for a great season of soccer!!  Camp is next week, and that will keep both John and Gracie occupied for most of the week.

I am teaching again!!  I recently accepted a position at Covenant Academy, a local private school.  We had already decided to send Gracie to this school in the fall, so when the position became available...it was the perfect fit.  I will be teaching middle school math, science, and Bible.  The kids actually come back next Thursday, August 4.  WOW!!! 

I completed my first semester as a PhD student at the beginning of this month.  Talk about work!  Phew...it was A LOT of work.  I will attempt 2 more classes this fall along with teaching, soccer, 2 girls, John, 2 dogs, ICES work, Girl Scouts, and Thirty One.  We will see if I survive...