Grace- 1st day of 2nd grade....Ethan & Eli (my nephews)...Jackson playing tennis!
Can you believe Gracie is in the 2nd grade? YIKES! It's crazy! She is now almost as tall as me! She LOVES school! She is very artsy. She loves to write, make art, and has now started acting classes. Grace is in the Young Actors Theatre downtown. She absolutely LOVES it! Who would've known, our precious, shy, lil' Grace would love to be on stage! WOW! She has really grown up! She loves her school, teachers, and friends! She is quite the social butterfly now!
My sister's kiddos, Ethan and Eli, are the newest loves of my life! They are just simply precious and have the cutest faces! They are sitting up, crawling, pulling up on things, and getting teeth! 9 Months old already! Where does time go!?????
My Jack bear! My free entertainment, Jackson David Spear! He is absolutely the funniest person I know! Seriously, he is a hoot! He makes everyone laugh! He just says the funniest things! Jackson has a super imagination. He loves life! Jack is in preschool and loves it! He still is much more interested in playing rather than learning- but that's cool! He's still has time. Jackson just started taking tennis lessons at the Indianapolis Tennis Center at IUPUI. It's the cutest thing seeing all these lil' ones hold rackets bigger than them and play tennis. Jackson really loves it. I hope he sticks w/ it! I played tennis for years and simply love that sport. I just think it is a great sport! And could be played forever! So far, he really likes it and is pretty good! So proud of my baby.
Michael is doing great at Schwab. He loves what he does! He also is involved in our Church's men's Bible Study. He has great friends within that group. Our good friends, the Hufford's, let us borrow their jeep. It's really cool- yellow with the doors and roof that come off! This has become Mike's therapy! He just loves driving around downtown in that thing! It's cute!
Then there's me... oh my! My world has been turned upside down. I teach at a charter school in downtown Indy. I teach 6th grade and have 30 students. The Lord is really STRETCHING me with this new job. I've never been tested so much! The kids are really hard to control and manage. I try to get help from the parents, but they are even worse. Lately I have been crying all the way home after work. Actually, last week I was crying before school, in the middle of school, and after school. This has been the biggest challenge so far in my life. I'm determined more than ever to learn how to teach these kiddos. Last Friday, 6 of my students were suspended, needless to say, I had a wonderful day teaching! Tomorrow, they all come back! UGH! Many are in gangs, live in homeless shelters, have been raped or molested, and are very low academically. Pray for me. I've become physically ill from this class and have zero energy for my hubby and kids when I get home. I know I can do this- I just might need a lil' help and encouragement! YIKES!
