I'm Trying

I am truly trying to keep up with this blog & to do a good job.  Please have patience with me.

Kiersten has had so many milestones recently.  She turned 15 in May, she took drivers ed this summer & passed with flying colors & is driving me around now.  Does she love to drive?  NO!  I just can't believe it, I swear she's nothing like her mother!  She NEVER asks to drive.  I have to TELL her that she's driving.  No worries though she has until she's 16 1/2 before she gets her drivers license, so I think she'll get enough practice in.

Kiersten also got her Class Ring today.  I'm so excited for her, I remember getting mine & how that made me feel.  I love her ring too!

Zach will be 14 in just a few days!  I know that he'll be on me hot & heavy for the Facebook, but I hope to hold him off for just a little while longer.  No huge milestones for Zach just yet, but they'll be coming.  He's in 8th grade & he is in the Honor Society & the 8th grade gets to do quite a bit with the Honor Society.  I can't wait for him to experience the different community service things they do.  Like the Middle School Can Drive.  The Honor Society kids march around the school acting silly & chanting for kids to bring cans in.  They Count all of the cans, sort them, box them, load them on to the bus & take them to a local food bank in Corydon & then they unload them & stock the shelves!  I think this is such a great experience & I'm happy that he gets to do it.

Zach will also be going to DC this year with the 8th grade.  I'm so lucky that I get to go again!  I got to go with Kiersten & it was such a great trip.  Not sure if I'll get to chaperon Zach & his group, but as long as I'm on his bus I'm good.  I didn't chaperon Kiersten's group, but she was on my bus & still got to be in the same area as her.  I'm so lucky to be able to stand back & watch not only my kids, but the other kids see things for the 1st time.

As you can tell I love my kids dearly & I'm so very proud of them too.  They are such great teenagers.  I'm really not the type of person to brag, but I'm so happy that I can brag about them.  I hope that they remain great teenagers, but I know that I could wake up one day & that teenage monster has taken them over & if that does happen I hope that the MOM MONSTER can overpower it :).  I know I will try.