Been a Long, Hard Week!

It's been a bit since I updated so it's definitely time. We had 2 weeks of midterms, followed by 3 more test (which were our hardest classes) this week. It's been really rough. Lots of tears from the whole class as half the class if failing these classes. On the one test this week, our class average was 56%! On our gross anatomy lab midterm (where we went into the cadaver lab and they had things tagged, asking what the vein/nerve/artery/muscles/etc was, the class average was 55%! We are talking about some VERY smart people who have never so much as failed a test in their life, much less an entire class, and are now looking at having to retake not just one, but 2 or 3. As of now, I'm looking at the possibility of taking the one again (unless I pull a 91 on the final) and possibly 2 (if I can't get an 87 on that one). I'm pushing hard and running full speed, to try to make it through. On the other hand, if I do have to retake it, I've come to understand it's not a reflection on me. There have been a lot of complaints about the one professor over the last couple quarters and they are actually demoting him from the class for next quarter and bringing in another professor. Great for the class behind us, but it sucks for us as we are stuck in the middle.

Anyways, the kids got out of school on Friday and the girls cried the whole way home and then for quite awhile afterwards. Mikayla will be switching schools next year and going to the "Intermediate" and Katelyn will be staying in the "Primary". It's sort of funny to me the way they reacted about being done with school. Seth, though, was so excited. To him, summer now means more time to go fishing (which he is out doing right now with Tim), more time to explore the woods and play at his best friends house.

Micah is as funny as ever. This week he has some of the best one liners, but the two that stick out the most are "JoJo-why are you watching me? I'm not a TV show, I'm just a kid". LOL The other one was that he and Seth were talking and Seth said something like "Didn't you hear me???" Micah said "Seth, I couldn't hear you! I have a banana in my ear". Where does he come up with these things????

Jacob is getting into trouble like normal. This boy is so active and into everything. His new thing is to close his eyes and walk around the house, bumping into walls, couches, and whatever else is in the way. He has learned to give kisses this week (finally) and is now saying "Thank You" and "SIT DOWN" (which seems to be a nightly dinner thing that we have to say with micah lately.) He's getting so big and it's hard to believe that he's 16 months old already!!!

I should probably talk about Tim too, huh? He's been spending a lot of time in the gym working out and building muscles. His shoulders, chest and arms are HUGE!!!!! His shirts are starting to not fit across the top and he's beginning to pull the seams out. I'll try to get some pics soon.

Today we are off to the beach for the day. It's supposed to be 85 and a local beach opened this weekend so it should be fun. The kids don't know yet but they've asked for the year that we've been down here, when we could go to a beach, we just didnt' know where one was. Tomorrow, for Memorial day, we are going to the zoo. Hopefully the animals will be active and we'll have a good day.

As most of you have seen, we've had pretty severe storms here over the past several weeks. Fortunately, we have been safe during them and they have bypassed us for the most part. The last one (this past Monday) went up by our school and a girl in our class actually lost her house to a tornado. It's all too close for comfort though. It's been the biggest tornado year down here in a VERY long time and it will only get worse over the next month. :( I will make sure to keep everyone updated on here as storms come.