The Good, The Bad and The UGLY!

It's been a while since we have updated our blog, so I'm just going to summarize it in the good, bad and ugly. Let start with the ugly and get it over with.

UGLY

1) Our house was broken into when we were away on vacation in Utah. It was very disturbing and violating for us, but we were fortunate and only ended up with a Dewalt drill (graduation gift from my dad) and our garage door opener stolen. We found our computer with all the cords removed and turned sideways, about ready to be swiped but fortunately it was not taken.
Any one else have a vision of "swiper no swiping, swiper no swiping!"

2) Todd started his pediatric program on July 1st and we haven't seen him since. Okay, so I might be exaggerating a little bit, but not much. He leaves around 7 am and returns between 10pm and 12 am every night. The 12 am has only happened one time, but it does deserve some sympathy! The worst part is he puts the girls to bed Sunday night and then doesn't see them until Friday around 6 pm. Jayda keeps asking me "Did Dad take his sleeping bag with him to school?" and "Who is daddy going to eat dinner with tonight?".

And now for the Bad:

1) watering the new grass by hand with sprinklers. It is such a pain and takes so much time out of my day.
2) We miss all our good friends from Ann Arbor. Jayda misses all of the kids she used to play with, and we miss our good friends too. We know that most of them have moved away and aren't in Ann Arbor either, but we still miss them.


And how about some Good to finish off with:

1) We got new sod in our yard and don't have a dirt yard anymore. Even though the watering is a pain, at least we have some clean soft area for the kids to play in, and it is a lot prettier then dirt too.



2) 4th of July- A fun holiday as always. We went swimming at a nearby lake in the morning, had a BBQ for dinner, then lit some of our own fireworks before the girls went to bed. We only spent a small amount of money on fireworks for the girls, but luckily our neighbors spent hundreds of dollars and entertained us all!








3) Jayda has started a dance class and loves it. It is a Ballet/Tap/Tumbling class with other girls her age. They do all 3 events during the 45 minute class each week. She loves to dance, and to make new friends each week. We even had some of the kids come over and play in our yard after dance today.

4 ) New friends- Jayda had made some new friends in the neighborhood, and so have we. We were invited to a bonfire at our neighbors house the other night where Jayda just ran for hours with the other kids. We are grateful for nice neighbors and new friends that we are making.

5) Todd started his program. We are now 2 weeks done with the 24 month long program. He really likes the other 4 residents he is with and thinks that they will have a great 2 years together. Things are a little unorganized right now, but overall it will be a good experience and enable Todd to learn what he needs and wants to learn. We even went to a Welcome dinner last weekend and got to take the girls with us.
Here is a photo with 3 of the other 4 residents with Todd.


The girls got to wear their special dresses and looked so cute.


That is all for now, we will try to update more often, sorry we are slackers....