Summer days have been filled with lots of swimming and playing outside. Our family has been very busy with vacation and family reunions....birthdays and other celebrations. We are gearing up for Raegan's birthday party next weekend. Its hard to believe that she is going to be 4 years old. It amazes me to watch her and see how much she has grown over the past year...figuratively, spiritually, and literally. Everyone keeps commenting...."look how tall she's gotten." Lately we have had people guessing that she is 5 or 6 when really she is still 3. She's a talker....never meets a stranger and usually carries a contagious smile that can light up a room in seconds. She's my spunky little girl and if you couldn't tell I'm very proud of her. I can't believe how much she has accomplished this year. She is writing her name and a few other words...like cat, dog, cow, and pig. She colors in the lines and can add and subtract numbers under 10. Although, I would like to attribute her accomplishments to her intelligence I have to give most of the credit to her wonderful teachers at Riverside Christian Academy. They have the best staff at RCA. Its so funny .....its such a small school that she literally knows kids of all ages. I called this week to find out about some things for the upcoming year...they were like "oh yeah... you're Raegan's mom."
Things are going to busy for us next year. Raegan will be playing soccer in the fall and cheerleading in the spring....all at her request. Scott has taken on a part-time job since firefighting only schedules him 10 days a month. He is really enjoying the new job. I will be back in grad school in the fall and teaching some new classes as well. I told him that this is probably my last degree for a while...college is so expensive. He has been so encouraging...saying never to let money stand in the way of my dreams....he said if I want to coninue after my Ed.S. then do it and not to ever worry about the money. I am a lucky girl to be married to this man. Sometimes I take him for granted like all of us do when we have a good one. It has been almost 11 years for us (7+ married). I am proud to be his wife and to share the joys of parenting our precious daughter.