Time flies when you're having fun... and raising a family!!

I cannot believe that it has been so long since I've updated my blog!! I keep telling myself I'm gonna spend more time here and then.... shit happens. Life gets in the way, as it is wont to do. So, since I AM gonna spend more time here I'll give everyone the quick update on life as we know it.

Summer was busy and fun! We spent a lot of time at the pool... here at the neighborhood and at the YMCA. Ben did several rounds of swimming lessons, he's a little fish! Max refused lessons because the other kids were "babies who couldn't even hold guns." Hey, shit could go down at the Y at ANY time. You have to be prepared and know who's got your back!!

School is back in full swing. Cole is loving life as top of the elementary food chain (6th grade) he gets text messages from girls all the time (OMG so cute!!!) but is too into video games and hanging on to the last bastians of kid-dom to pay attention to any of that.
Benji is happy go lucky, as usual. He is doing well in school this year with reading and his handwriting being his tough spots. We're trying to work at home more but getting that kid to sit still can be tough! We're trying to work on some ideas to help him be more focused and successful.
Taylor loves school this year. Also top of the school (9th grade) she's on the Varsity Volleyball team, head editor of the Yearbook, getting ready to start driver's training, and still pulling all A's and B's. And at home she literally walks in traffic. (yes, that happened a few weeks ago in the grocery store parking lot) I have never met a person who so fully embodies their astrological sign. That little Gemini is 2 people for sure!!
Riley has 2 more credits to finish before graduation... should take her another 7 or 8 weeks. Wowzers. Then she is planning on moving out ASAP and wants to attend BSU next year.
Max on the other hand dropped out of preschool. Ok, his teacher did tell us he is "gifted" and already knows everything he needs for Kindergarten. He just seriously hated it so much and was working himself up to near panic attack level at night when he had to go to school the next day. Poor thing. So he's now "homeschooling"... a topic that could play a big part in our future! ;)

Hope everyone else's lives are as full and blessed as ours are these days!!