January 20, 2009

• Good evening

  It was a pleasant and relaxing day.  I'm watching the Kids Inaugral Ball which has been very good...but took a break as I'm *cough* not a friend of the Jonas brothers.

  I however loved Corban Bleu and wanted another. 

  

  This is Rainee and Kaylin with Jason Lee.  A very very nice young man even if he took first in the world.  He had infinate patient with the kids, and taught them a lot.  Kaylin just beamed all the way through this class.  She thoroughly enjoyed it.

  The second class she took was very hard, and she got discouraged and eventually quit.  But we had warned her, and it was her choice.

  

  My batterys bit the dust, so I don't have a great picture of the big kids with Jason, so you'll have to deal with this. 

  The baton studio is rather ingenius.  It is in a small warehouse which she drywalled at the bottom, and put a lovely dance floor on.  The wall you can't see is full mirrors.  Its a perfect solution in order to keep her prices low, and her still making a living.

  In other news...this kid is a GOOBER!  And yes he dressed himself.  At which point I insisted on a picture. 

  

  We've had incredibly good weather the last couple days, and ended up at the river several times.  It was soooo pretty.  The river has finally gone down enough and the snow melted so we could enjoy it, even if it was FREEZING cold out there. 

  

  We have a new deeper swimming hole for this summer with a sandy shore that wasn't there before the storm.

  

  I loved the way the sun was shining on the trees here. 

   

  

  And this submerged log with the reflection of the river water around it.

  

  Anyhow very beautiful down at the river. 

  Which makes the next part of this blog seem a bit ridiculous.  We're contemplating a big move.   We're in the dreaming, and scoping out the possibility stage, but since this is my journal that's the best place for this huh?

  Since Awana fell out from under us due to the roads we are feeling very isolated, and worried about our children once again.  Baton in Clallam Bay is going okay, but not great.   We just feel like sore thumbs in this community being the only homeschooling family.

  We love the area, we've made some friends, but not busom buddy friends kwim?

  Rob could transfer tomorrow to any of the state prisons.  We are currently looking at Shelton and Hoquiam.   We like the Hoquiam area better, but the Shelton real estate is a better price, and the Health dept there has a much better reputation.  I have contacted a real estate agent, and we are going to explore our options with her on January 30th (the day after our next baton lesson).   We will stay in the Super 8 in Olympia and then go look around on Friday.  We already have some "favorites" but of course online you can see the neighborhood, etc.

  We are praying lots, and not going to do anything rushed.  And asking ourselves a lot of questions.

  The irony that God provided the most gorgeous sunshine and made my property look beautiful after a month and a half of terrible isn't lost on me.  *snicker*

  I made a list of houses I liked today, and am going to look at it again tomorrow to weed out a couple, so we can just look at 3 or four (inside) with an appointment.  More then that and my kids will revolt.  And it will give us an idea as to wether this is doable. 

  Prayers are appreciated. 

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