Ok now for the moment you have all been waiting for!!!

This is our exchange student from France!!! His name is Pierre. He is sixteen years old and a BLAST!! Not to mention how handsome he is .... all the girls LOVE him. We love him too, but not quite in the same way as the girls...

He likes to Ski (something I am not good at, but will have to try again) and play tennis (He can play with Shawn) and watch movies and play on the computer. He is a pretty easy person to get along with and he loves to work out- which is good for me because I just bring him to the Gym when I work out or teach and he'll work out for hours. We are so glad to have him here and I think he likes us too!!

Pierre

Pierre is sixteen and very kind for a teenage boy. He is a handsome boy and very helpful and sweet. All the girls at church are going to start stalking him I am sure. I have no idea how to raise a teenager,but I guess I will find out. So far he is really easy to sit and watch movies with, or eat with. He doesn't eat a lot and is very skinny, but likes sports so I am sure he will eat more when he starts playing sports. He has a great sense of humor and likes to laugh at everything funny. I think this will work out quite nicely. He took the kids outside yesterday and jumped on the trampoline with all of them. It was cute to watch and the kids LOVE him.

Surprise!! You have a son...

Well, today I got a phone call from a VERY desperate lady who needed to place an exchange student from France. So, we prayed, said we would give it a go and he comes tomorrow at 1pm. His Name is Pierre and he is 16 years old and a senior in High school.

I am a little ambivalent about this... First off he is a boy, so that is weird all by itself. Next, Shawn is acting nervous about it all, so that makes me more nervous and... I only had 10 minutes to decide if I wanted to do it or not.... I think I made the right choice, but we will find out in a few days I guess..

I miss Stela......

Canning Peaches....

Today is canning peaches day....Julie, Mom and I are having a wonderful time! The peaches are beautiful, but don't blanch very well. We'll be doing this tomorrow too.

Julie just got a phone call and needs to go see her mother-in-law now. So, I guess I am done. We love you Shirley...

Three Year old - gone WILD!!!

Ok, so my little one has been causing all sorts of havoc around the house lately.One morning I made some gluten free biscuits from a mix (expensive) and he smashed them all into the carpet.... Then I had a bowl of ripe peaches on the counter....He bit each one and put them back in the bowl. I just get so mad when he does things like this that I have to take a picture so to distract myself and not hurt the little Ice cream muncher. Isn't he cute?? Naughty, but Cute!

My daughter is going to Vision!!!

What is Vision you may ask?? A charter School that I am actually hoping my son will get to go to...With #1 girl going his chances increase so much!!! She is so excited to go and learn more than just reading at school. She will have more art, science and math than she currently does (which is none) and she will get to have her reading time too. (She is an excellent reader already.) They also bring in volunteers and teachers to teach, woodworking, pottery, and different things the kids vote on to learn. It is a very small school and right across the HWY. It starts later and ends at the same time as east.

So here's to miracles happening in our lives. This one is mine .... Now she's all grown up.