As for me, life as the Primary President is going well. I’m actually surprised at how well I was prepared for this calling. I guess being the Secretary for 3 ½ years gives you a lot of knowledge! I seem to think that I need to be doing more, but then realize that the Secretary just has a lot of busy work to do…now I just have a lot more responsibility. I have started working out 3 days a week at the church with some friends doing mainly “Zumba” (Google it if you don’t know what it is), but we have thrown in some yoga, Abs of Steel and Dancing with the Stars workouts also. I am feeling good, but unfortunately haven’t seen many results yet. I’m hoping I’ve just been building muscle and that now the pounds will come off. We’ll see!
Austin continues to do well in school. Math is the one subject he struggles with (he gets that from me unfortunately), so Rhett has been put in charge of helping him with that. He has busily been preparing for the Writing TAKS test, which is tomorrow. He continues to love basketball, and recently started having us record Spurs games that he watches over and over. He is a true blue (well, black actually) Spurs fan!
Logan found a new favorite thing…“Chuggington” (thanks Mike). It’s a new show on Playhouse Disney. He loves watching the episodes, and also loves playing games on their website. He continues to struggle at school with discipline…which included a chat with Mr. Morgan (the Principal) last week. We just don’t know what to do with him anymore! Although “Chuggington” is now the thing he gets grounded from if he disobeys. One good day down and hopefully many to come. He started in his G/T (Gifted & Talented) class two times a week, and that seems to be helping. I think sometimes he just gets bored. The G/T class has so many things to do that he doesn’t have time to get in trouble.
Carson is just full of life. He never slows down! He loves to be a helper….cooking, laundry, etc. He is also a big helper with Jackson.
Jackson finally learned how to go down the stairs! Yay!!! He’s been proficient at going up for a few months, but now there’s no more baby gate blocking the stairs 24/7. He loves to go upstairs and explore the playroom. Almost always it is full of fun and exciting toys that he doesn’t usually get to play with downstairs, like legos and trains. He loves to go up and hang out with his brothers. He is such a happy guy and we love him to death!!! He is 14 months old today.
That’s about all from us this month. We are grateful for Rhett’s new job and all the love and support we received from friends and family while he was searching. Now we are looking forward to a great new adventure. We are sad to be losing our “cousins” as the boys call them. Rhett’s sister Melissa and family (who live in Austin…1 hour away) are moving to Denver, CO. We will miss all the fun times spent with them! Now how am I supposed to get the rest of my house painted???
Thanks for your love and friendship!
Rhett, Maren, Austin, Logan, Carson & Jackson
