Hello to all who read our family blog. I know it has been quite some time since we have posted anything new, but life is busy. This is Calder's last month of preschool and he just got his "progress report" from his teacher. There were a few areas in which needed improvement, but considering he only joined this class in January did pretty well. I know that we need to have a little "summer school" so that he will be ready to go to kindergarten in the fall - if he goes. I am a little unsure about that. His birthday is during the summer and so he will be either young in his class, or old. I was one of those young ones for my class, but I didn't mind all that much. Do you have a preference?
On another note, life has been busy. Busy is good but doesn't necessarily mean progressing. Does that make sense? Jeff has been testing and applying for fire fighter jobs a lot lately and has made progress in only one of those. He is on a list, which is our first, but it has been a year since he graduated and we are feeling a bit down. The economy sucks. So that makes things even harder because cities and departments are trying to cut costs and either not hiring (but still required to go through the process of testing, interviewing, and making lists) or letting people go. There are jobs out there, but applying and getting there are hard when you don't have much moola for application fees, transportation, time off work, plus lodging. We have been blessed and lucky at times with some or all of those things and are grateful for all of the people who have helped us out! Don't get me wrong, we won't give up and we know God has helped us out, but it's depressing. We are comforted in knowing that we aren't the only ones struggling and have a good support system. I just hope this enduring to the end won't make us bitter and cynical and we will be happy and grateful when the magic moment comes when Jeff has a badge. *sigh and looking off into the distance*
On a lighter note. We do have some adventures planned for the summer and we will be sure to post as many pictures as possible!
