We're Back.....

I am sorry I have been gone so long but it has been busy. I will try to do better blogging in the future.

For me, I have started the sixth grade it has been going good. I started band this year and am playing the flute but I have not been feeling good about it! My parent tell me it will be okay. I hope they are right. I just got my first progress report and my parents were very happy with my grades (well, I need to work on my math but I will get it done!).

My brother is also doing well in the eighth grade. He just started back to tae kwon do for the school year and is working on advancing to the blue belt by Christmas. This weekend, two youth groups had a joint retreat in another state so he left town on Friday and will be back today. It is nice to know he can hang out with both youth groups at the same time. Also, as you may know, my brother just turned thirteen. He really is turning into a fine person but I would never tell him that!!

Now my mom has just started working for the school year. Now I do not know much about how it is going because she does not talk about it as much as my dad does his job. I think she is doing fine. She has a lot of good students. We got to have a groups of college freshman to the house one evening as part of their orientation process. It was a lot of fun. She is selling a lot of clothes us kids have outgrown and seems to be really content with life. She is a really great mom and I love her very much.

My dad is still working the same job he has been since we moved to our current town. It seems to be going good for him because he talks about it all the time. He has a really good boss and enjoys working. He has been working on a big paper and it has been moving along, he says. He has been filling on a lot of places preaching and teaching. He is a really great dad, I guess.

Last weekend, the family went to Branson, Missouri with the grandparents. When we got there, it was 11:30 pm on Friday. We stayed up for a little bit, put stuff away, and went to bed because we were tired. Well, some of us were, anyway. Saturday, we went to Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede Show. It was awesome! Sunday, we worshiped and relaxed. Monday, we came home. All in all, it was a great trip.

One more thing: here is my dad and me.

-K