Busy busy bees

Ashley is now signed up for Girl Scouts and somehow I got wrangled in to being a co-leader. Should be fun & interesting...

Brett is still doing Cub Scouts.

The kids are going to "morning music" at school (it's 30 minutes before school starts on Thursdays & Fridays). Belle, who runs the 4H Bluegrass Music Camp, does the class. Brett was learning to play the dobro (in regular music class -as well as at home - he's learning the guitar), and then Belle asked if he would be willing to play the bass in the band (acoustic, stand-up bass) so he's learning that now also. Ashley has been learning the guitar (in regular music class she learns the keyboard) and now just started the fiddle. Monday the Commissioner of Education (for the state of Alaska) will be here and there's going to be an Open House Reception, and they just told me that the morning music class will be performing. Wow! I have to remember to charge the camcorder battery & take it with me, so Jeff can see.

Yeah, the boat is gone - on their way to Hawaii. :( 6 weeks is a long time, but at the same time I'm pretty sure it'll go by fast. (jeez, I hope so)

In about a week dance classes start back up also. Since it's a small town & there's only the 1 instructor she has limited classes available, but there will be ballet for Ashley's age, and then also tumbling. So even though she was hoping for tap, she loves ballet & hopefully the tumbling will be better than creative jazz was last year (we weren't big fans of that class).

So the kids are pretty busy, and hopefully that will help us keep our minds off of daddy being gone & moping around. (ha!) I stay busy knitting & reading - who needs to clean? (oh, can't forget dog-sitting)

Oh! And the kids had their birthdays - 10 & 8! Where has the time gone?