Ah, progress...

Wow! Where does the time go? My last posting was May 14th and now we are in September! A lot has happened over the summer and I have got to get myself back into the discipline of regular postings.

I am now a full-time Business Education teacher at McNeil High School here in Round Rock ISD. I teach "Business Image Management and Multimedia" (a course on graphics and video) and "Intro to Information Technology" (a survey course of the high tech industry). Although I have a LOT to learn, I am now 3 weeks in and still thoroughly enjoying it. I have also volunteered as an assistant coach with the Freshman football teams. So, I'm not just learning how to be a teacher, I am also learning how to be a coach. As much as I thought I knew about football is only a fraction compared to what I don't know. But, I love working with the kids and learning more and more each day. The days are LONG, but the rewards are great.

Caleb and Jonah started school this year at Star Charter School. Dina was feeling overwhelmed with homeschooling AND having 2 little children under 3 running around. She felt like she just couldn't divide her time well enough to give both the 2 older homeschoolers and the 2 younger rugrats at the same time. So, when the kids got accepted to Star Charter, we took advantage of the opportunity and enrolled them. Now, Dina gets 4 hours each morning to spend with Rachel and Andrew while the boys are in school. They are loving the school, but we are still having a rough time getting Caleb adjusted to the routine of how traditional school works.

On the church front, we have hired the previously mentioned youth pastor candidate and he started on August 1st. His name is Todd Reid and I have been working with him with the youth group. We started our first Youth worship service this past Sunday and we had a good time. There were at least 40 kids there. That is more than I have ever see at our youth group meetings.

Well, tomorrow is my birthday and Wednesday is Caleb's birthday. We celebrated both birthdays today, since it was a holiday. Next year, I don't want to celebrate my birthday on the same day as Caleb. I feel like it detracts from the attention he should be getting on his special day. Well, I've got to run and download the pictures from the camera from today. I'll try to post again sooner than 4 months from now...