Catching up...

I was looking through old posts and realized that I missed a few things this year.  Christopher turned 12 this year.  He is officially a Boy Scout.  He went to scout encampment this year and had a great time.  He did archery, rifle shooting, rode a zip line and hiked. 

Valerie turned 20 in June.  She was living away from our home for a while, but is back now for a few months. Our garage is full of her furniture right now, but I like having everyone home again.  The biggest problem is that we have 4 dogs...they take up A LOT of space in what I thought was a home sufficient for our needs!

This one is Precious...she's 10 months old...she eats everything!  My shoes, the walls, the furniture and she digs really deep holes.

This is Zeus...he is 3 weeks younger than Precious and very smart.  He thinks he's the alpha male, but actually he is third in line behind Toby and Jax.  He doesn't eat as much as Precious...I think he just gets into trouble for lack of other things to do.

This summer we also had a visit from my mom.  We went for sushi...Chris is really the only one who eats actual sushi.  This is my mom's version of using chop sticks.

Gabe got stitches this summer...the day my brother and his wife came to visit.  Four stitches on the back of his leg from a knife carelessly thrown away by his mother :(   He had a great doctor and actually liked the whole experience.

All caught up.  Now we're into school full swing.  Christopher is playing soccer.  Valerie is working a new job learning to be a bartender.  Yvette is making her way through the first weeks of her freshman year and Gabe is happy to have the same teachers and classmates as last year.  And Chris and I are just trying to keep up with it all!