Well, we’ve been here officially 6 months now. We are finally settling down. Last month, we moved to Henderson, Nevada which is about 22 minutes from the strip. So, we are in Las Vegas but you have no idea you are except the faint light from Luxor shining at night.
Richard is working at Carmax several minutes from our home. He loves working sales and is doing amazing at it. He has held the position of number 2 our of 40 associates in the store for about 4 months now. He works normal people hours and averages about 50 or so hours a week versus him working 80 in South Carolina. We just bought a Harley for him to get to work so now I have a 2nd car and can actually go places and make friends.
I have taken up sewing since we’ve gotten here. Slow and steady but I have made a few things so far. I have just connected this week with several homeschool groups in the area and look forward to going to meetings and play groups. We are attending a Presbyterian church about 30 minutes from us. It stinks it’s so far but the preaching is so worth it. We were so amazed to find such good teaching in “Sin City”.
Josiah will be 5 in October, and we’ll be starting him in kindergarten homeschool. He is so excited and has already started to sound out words and counts everything he sees. Yesterday, we took off his training wheels and he is doing so good. It was a lot easier for him to ride with 2 wheels than to teach him to ride a bike with training wheels. He also goes several times a month to Tapout a training facility for martial arts. He takes a jiujitsu class there. He says he’s the best in the class and no one can hurt him because he’s “crazy” LOL!
Katarina, will be 3 next month. I will also start her doing the preschool workbooks in the same publishers that Josiah is doing. She is also, learning her sounds and letters, and doing very good in counting. She loves to dress like a princess and take care of her baby sister. She loves to help me do chores and has recently learned to hang all the kids clothes on hangers.
Mercy, sweet Mercy just turned 1. She’s walking….er… running everywhere! Her presence in our family is such a joy and she is really taking her place in our family. She just started last week nodding and shaking her head for yes and no. It’s really funny when she does it because she’s so dramatic. She likes to copy her brother and sister when they practice their sounds. Mercy loves to dance to Mexican music and has got rhythm.
We are really enjoying our time here and getting to see my family every few months in California. I am so happy God allowed us to come back to the west coast. I can’t wait to see what else he has in store for us here.
