Family Updates: Part 3

... moving on.

Kaitlyn did her best in 2nd Grade this year; it wasn't always easy but Kaitlyn came far this year!  Kaitlyn distracted herself after school by dancing.  I've always thought that Kaitlyn was born to dance, and it made us so happy seeing her dance like no one was watching.  She took a ballet/jazz class, and tumbling. We are changing dance studio's this fall so Kaitlyn can take a more classical ballet.  It's Kaitlyn's dream to "dance on her toes."

Danelle has to be the most ambitious 14 year old around.  She rocked the past year in Martial Arts (she's a red brown belt now!), horse riding, advanced choir, piano lessons, and orchestra II as a Violist all while staying on her school Honor Roll. Honestly, there's really  nothing she can't or won't do if she puts her mind to it.  Danelle makes us so proud.

Liam loved Kindergarten this year and we recently discovered that he's quite the talented puzzle guy. This kid is great at complex puzzles, complicated mazes, word search puzzles (even the hard ones), and all kinds of games.  It's really quite fun to sit down next to him and watch him at work.  Liam knows how to have fun, too. Right now he's really into monster trucks, Hotwheels, and tornado's.  We sure love him!

Shayne just "celebrated" his third year with diabetes.  Diabetes sure changed our life in big ways, but he's managing himself.  He's still working with Admiral Beverage (Pepsi), and while it's not the dream job, Shayne is doing it well.

When money got tight during Pepsi's slow season, Shayne took a weekend job at Maverick to pick up the slack.  With my schooling, observation hours, and work, I couldn't take any extra hours and times were rough. It wasn't what anyone of us wanted, but it felt good to take care of ourselves.  Shayne grew to really like working at Maverick - so much so that when the time came to quit, he chooses to keep going, just once or twice a month to keep his status.  Who knows, maybe he'll be an area manager or running his own store one day. If there's one thing I know about Shayne, it's that he will never give up chasing that dream.  I strongly believe one day, we'll have everything he hopes for.

I think that's *most* of our updates.  I hope to keep this blog going and will post many more updates moving forward!  Thank you for reading.