Report Cards, Court Dates, and other such stuff

What a week!

It has been a very busy and eventful week!

Custody hearing went good~ Katie is home, I have her enrolled in school, she has started a couple of different activities (Job's Daughters and Youth Group at church), and although she misses her Daddy a lot, she is settling in here well.Now if I can just get her to stop trying to be the boss of everything in her life. Her counseling doesn't start for a couple of weeks yet. But she is certainly going to need A LOT of it to get through this and become the most amazing young woman she can be. She is one messed up little girl with all that has happened in her life~ I am sure that with counseling she is going to understand things happening with her much better.

House search has been up and down and up and down and up and down... we are suppose to be out of this apartment in just a few days and I still haven't found us a house to live in. I feel extra stupid for putting in my notice before we had signed papers on the other house :( I was just sooo sure we were getting it. We are packing, things are coming together in that department. I know with a full blown effort we can have it all done in less than a day~ packing and moving.

But I have a couple of lines out on a couple of other houses and hopefully one of them comes through. One in particular is just so darling and cute. I really want it. It even has a picket fence. Not white but paint is cheap :) It is the second nicest house I have looked at in the last 2 months. The first nicest is the one we thought we were getting and didn't get :( There is another that is a little shabby on the exterior but the inside is to die for. Hardwood floors, built ins, tons of closets and storage space, a big basement, a breakfast nook and a diningroom... We will have to wait and see what happens. I am trusting God that He will provide us with just the right home.

Report Card, parent teacher conference day was yesterday for Elizabeth. They don't give traditional A, B, C grades in our elementary school instead it is (1) Below Grade Level (2) Approaching Grade Level and (3) At or Above Grade Level. Her reading standards are all 3's. Writting is 2's except for neatness. Listening Standards (thats actually following written instructions) is a 3 and then Math Standards... they test for 10 areas. She got two 3's, five 2's and then 3 1's. So Math is really a need to focus on along with her writting neater. Accademically she is really doing well. She is a smart girl and I am really proud of her.

But then there is behavior~ I have another little social butterfly. It is so funny~ I actually pulled some of the kids report cards last night to look. Every single one of my 5 in school kids had mark downs for talking and not working independently. Even Joshua had a couple of times where it was just Satisfactory instead of Excellent.

Allen went to the doctor for his check up after his bout of flu and secondary infections. He is all better. Ears looked good, lungs sounded great and of course all flu symptoms were long gone. He is 22 pounds of healthy boy.

Over all life is pretty darn good~