We're Back!

I'm getting back into this now since my cousin, Madeleine, is headed over to France for a bit teaching English. She commented I need to post a few times a month, so she can keep track of her second cousins! Thanks Maddy for the motivation!

I have not stopped blogging. But, I've blogged on two other websites. This summer we had the opportunity to travel around the state of North Carolina with Ian's 7U All-Star Team, so I blogged that 6-week season. Now that it's fall ball...I'm doing season #2 with the Riverdogs. Feel free to follow at http://westraleighriverdogs.blogspot.com

My dad drove down in mid-May and has been living with us as he is being treated at Duke University Hospital for a medical situation. He has neuro-endocrine cancer and the tumor is on the pancreas. He had to wait until the pancreatitis came down before the surgeon could go in and do surgery. On August 22 he had that surgery. He was able to get the majority of his work done except yank the tumor out due to the location (near the blood vessel). So, he'll have external beam radiation and will I think start that at the end of the month. He is recovering from the surgery nicely and it's great to have Grandpop around! He is part of our daily routine now and helps us out.

Ian started third grade this year and has Mrs. Zeugner. So far he is enjoying his class and the work. He has really taken a liking to Social Studies. I'll be volunteering on Friday afternoons and will start that next week. Cailean is going to volunteer during the morning on a Thursday or Friday.

Ian has grown significantly...can't get over his height for his age. He has shown huge strides in baseball and continues to go to church and Sunday School. This year he'll start the 3-4-5 Alive, which is a youth group for 3rd-5th graders. They'll do service projects, go bowling, rollerskating, etc on Sundays between 3 and 5pm. I'm sure he'll have a good time.

Gavin started Kindergarten and has Mrs. Geiger. There were NO tears for him at the start of the school year. He has been looking forward to going to the same school as Ian! I volunteered for the first time last Friday and will continue that each week. I've taken on the responsibility of the class parent for the K class.

He just started baseball this season and is doing great! This fall and spring the boys are on the same team! Hard to believe! Not sure what next fall will bring. I don't want to stick to one sport, but still haven't found the right soccer fit. The boys have shown some interest in football, so we'll see. Right now we're enjoying both boys on the field at the same time!

That's all for now...