April 2010 Update

I found this free blog background and just had to have it for this month because I just took some new pics of the boys in the Bluebonnets. It's been 3 years since I last saw them....thanks to the drought we've been having. Now everything is covered in wildflowers. It's so pretty!!!

Well, another month is gone…and what do we have to show for it??? Let’s see…

Rhett loves his new job. Me, not so much. It’s a difficult schedule to work around, so I’m hoping it will get better. Rhett is enjoying the challenge of selling life insurance and he’s doing pretty good at it too. He probably drives between 50-80 miles each day, has a new laptop, bought a GPS and uses his cell phone constantly. He NEVER even had one before this past Christmas when I gave it to him, now we need to get him a different (better) one because of his work needs. Luckily we can write it off as a business expense!!!

My life is hectic, crazy, depressing some days, busy, fun, happy, enjoyable, and exhausting (sometimes all at once!). I am enjoying my calling as Primary President and have our first quarterly Activity coming up. The Cub Scout Fundraiser Spaghetti Dinner and Primary Talent Show is on April 10th. It’s a fun night to look forward to! Something not so exciting is that I found out on Thursday that I need surgery. And, to top it off I don’t have health insurance! I have a growth on the back of my tongue. The ENT said he’s never seen anything like it in his 15 years, doesn’t know what it is….but knows it needs to come off. Now I just need to figure out how to pay for it.



Austin missed 2 ½ days of school this week due to a nagging fever. He got feeling better though just in time to go to Cub Scouts on Thursday night to get his Pinewood Derby car cut. Now we spend the month sanding, painting, weighing and making it the best we can for the Derby on the 29th. Austin decided his car this year is going to be a Chevy Camaro painted just like “Bumblebee” from Transformers. It should be fun! Last year Austin came in 2nd place in the Derby, so we’re hoping he does good again this year.



Logan is FINALLY doing better in school. At our Parent/Teacher conference his teacher and I decided that Logan needs a sketch pad handy at all times that he can get out and draw whenever he’s done with his work…or even as a reward for being good. In his teacher’s words “he is a gifted artist”. One day he was being a little bothersome, so she told him to draw a picture of anything he wanted. She said he stopped & thought for just a second, then started drawing a bunch of circles, then circles within the circles. He ended up drawing a whole page full of donuts, complete with pink, brown or white icing and sprinkles. Wow! Mrs. Lucas is going to be entering another of Logan’s drawings in the “Young Masters” art show in our school district. Exciting! (Austin had the same experience in Kinder).



Carson keeps me on my toes. He has so much energy…luckily we’ve been going to a park once a week so he can run off some steam. I measured the boys today and Carson grew 1 ½ inches in the last 6 months. He is now officially the same height Logan was last year at this same time…and they’re 2 years apart. For the most part all of the other kids wear clothes from how old they were last year. Carson however, isn’t even 4 yet and already all the 4T clothes are getting too small. This is something new for me! It’s nice to know at least one of our kids got Rhett’s height genes.



Jackson is soooooo CUTE!!! I can’t get over how cute he is. He just keeps me smiling all the time (well mostly). It’s so nice that he has free reign of the house now…although we have to keep certain doors shut or he loves to make messes. He tends to stick close to Carson and they play together great while the other boys are at school. He’s even been venturing in the backyard with the boys lately. He mostly sticks to the patio, but goes exploring a little too. He is teething again, so he’s been a little under the weather. He already has both top and one of his bottom molars, and he’s getting the other bottom one now. Poor baby! Jackson LOVES his Daddy!!! He gives a big smile when Daddy comes home, and cries every time Rhett leaves. Don’t get me wrong, he loves his Mom too, but has a special place for Dad. We just can’t get enough of him!!!

We FINALLY got our backyard fence fixed to the point that our dog Addie can’t jump over it anymore…..or so we thought. About 2 days after getting the last boards & lattice up, she was wandering around out in the street. It happened 3 or 4 times again, so once again she’s tied up on the patio. Dumb dog! Why don’t you just stay in!?!?!

Once again we’re grateful for wonderful family and friends….and love hearing from all of you! Until next time…

Love – Rhett, Maren, Austin, Logan, Carson & Jackson