4 years??!! I'm a horrible blogger lol.
Ashlyn is 15 now and in 10th grade. She still plays viola and is still in Girl Scouts. She was in accelerated classes all 3 years in Middle School and has been in all Honors classes in High School. Last school year she played field hockey but didn't return to play this year. She is also in an acting class and participates in the Drama club.
Ethan is 12 and in 7th grade. He was in Cub Scouts for a year (where he earned is Arrow of Light) and in Boy Scouts for a short time. He found that Scouts just wasn't for him. He is now in the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) and he loves it. He is preparing for his third promotion and waiting to finally have an opportunity to participate in an O-Flight (orientation flight). He participated in ALS as well as Encampment this past year.
Rob finished his BS from UMUC and his MA from Liberty University. He also got that promotion to MSgt and after various other management positions at work he is now the First Sergeant of his unit. He is D.O.N.E. with school and does not plan to go back save for maybe a certificate in Financial Management.
I am still working part time as a substitute teacher at the elementary school. I am no longer working as a photographer. I closed my business when I decided to go back to school. Since then I have completed my BA in Psychology through Ashford University and I am now working on my MA in Professional Counseling through Liberty University. I should be done in 2015, but will still need internship hours before I can test for my license. One day I will be able to say I am an LPC :) I would like to eventually get a few certificates in other areas to further the fields I can work in (substance abuse, military issues, crisis/trauma).
We have had a wonderful 4 years since my last update. Worked a lot on the house renovations, took a trip to Disney for a week, sent the kids to camp, hung out at home enjoying the pool, and have spent many holidays with friends. This year we went to TX for a week to see my family. I've never had a harder time leaving a vacation to come home. I've missed them terribly. Unfortunately, right after returning home from that vacation we learned mom has pancreatic cancer. I am just about to go back home for 2 weeks to spend some time with her.
Friday, October 11, 2013
Sunday, August 30, 2009
New School Year
Ok, so I know I haven't posted in a while. So here's a quick update...
Summer vacation was great. We spent a lot of time hanging out at home and in the pool with a few parties thrown in. Fun times! :) The kids both went to sleep-away camp this year - over the same week! So Rob and I had a week of no kids, which was strange but fun. The kids both had a blast at camp too. We had a wonderful visit with Rob's family (his mom and sister along with her 3 kids). Lots of photos to post from our summer!
The kids started the new school year a week ago (24 Aug). Ashlyn is in 6th grade now! Crazy!! She is in all accelerated classes to include Pre-Algebra for Math. She is also still playing the viola. Ethan is in 3rd grade and already likes his teacher. We're hoping for a great year for both of them!
I am no longer working with the soccer league as they have decided to try another company this season. I'm hoping to find another sports league to work with eventually, but right now I am planning to focus more on subbing at the school along with the few photo shoots I have come in.
Rob is Rob :) Busy with work as usual. Working on getting some CLEP tests done over the next few months to knock out some more of his classes.
That's it for now! Watch for photos to come, and I will do my best to update more often! :)
Summer vacation was great. We spent a lot of time hanging out at home and in the pool with a few parties thrown in. Fun times! :) The kids both went to sleep-away camp this year - over the same week! So Rob and I had a week of no kids, which was strange but fun. The kids both had a blast at camp too. We had a wonderful visit with Rob's family (his mom and sister along with her 3 kids). Lots of photos to post from our summer!
The kids started the new school year a week ago (24 Aug). Ashlyn is in 6th grade now! Crazy!! She is in all accelerated classes to include Pre-Algebra for Math. She is also still playing the viola. Ethan is in 3rd grade and already likes his teacher. We're hoping for a great year for both of them!
I am no longer working with the soccer league as they have decided to try another company this season. I'm hoping to find another sports league to work with eventually, but right now I am planning to focus more on subbing at the school along with the few photo shoots I have come in.
Rob is Rob :) Busy with work as usual. Working on getting some CLEP tests done over the next few months to knock out some more of his classes.
That's it for now! Watch for photos to come, and I will do my best to update more often! :)
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Substitute
I subbed in Ethan's class today. We went on a field trip to the Baltimore Aquarium. It was a lot of fun. Ethan's favorite part was watching the dolphin show. My favorite part was seeing the sharks, as it always is. Pictures to come.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy 2009!
Another year down! They just fly by so quickly!
I have started a photography project, 365: Photo-a-Day, http://lbdigitals365.blogspot.com. I will take a photo a day throughout the year and post it on my new blog. Follow along, or check in when you can, to see what the year brings.
We hope you all have a wonderful year full of blessings.
I have started a photography project, 365: Photo-a-Day, http://lbdigitals365.blogspot.com. I will take a photo a day throughout the year and post it on my new blog. Follow along, or check in when you can, to see what the year brings.
We hope you all have a wonderful year full of blessings.
Christmas
Christmas was great this year. It was a nice, quiet day spent at home. The kids loved all of their gifts, as did Rob and I. Pictures of Christmas day will be posted soon.
We have all enjoyed our Christmas break and I don't think any of us are ready for the daily grind to start back up again yet!
As a special Christmas gift to the family, I booked a weekend at a new hotel close by, Gaylord National at the National Harbor, for us. It was beautiful and such a nice couple days "away". Pictures to come.
We have all enjoyed our Christmas break and I don't think any of us are ready for the daily grind to start back up again yet!
As a special Christmas gift to the family, I booked a weekend at a new hotel close by, Gaylord National at the National Harbor, for us. It was beautiful and such a nice couple days "away". Pictures to come.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Family Update
Sorry it's been so long since there has been an update on the family.
Rob has been busy with work and school, as usual. He is also currently studying for his upcoming promotion test to MSgt.
Ethan is doing great. He is in 2nd grade this year, has joined DI (Destination Imagination), and likes his teacher (which is always a good thing). He has lost a couple more teeth in the last few months (photo to come). His first report card of the year was a good one, and he won an award for perfect attendance for the first quarter.
Ashlyn is wonderful. She is in 5th grade this year and doing great! She has only flipped her card twice so far this year (to yellow), was on Honor Roll with an all A's report card, won the Principal's Award and a perfect attendance award for the first quarter. She is participating in DI again this year and is also still in Girl Scouts. She is also very much enjoying learning to play the Viola in school. We can't wait to see her in the school concert!
I have been busy the past few months myself. I continued with the soccer league pictures for the second season, and despite some problems with the lab think it was a pretty good success for the business. I will be looking for a new lab before taking on the league for a third season. I am still working as a substitute at the kids school although I haven't been there much in that role yet this year. Ethan is looking forward to Jan 13, when I will be the sub for his teacher and attending the 2nd grade field trip to the Baltimore Aquarium with him.
I have been asked to be the official photographer for the school's PTA this year. That has been fun. I have taken photos of the back to school picnic, the star party, and the Santa shop so far. All photos can be viewed on our website: http://www.lbdigitals.com in the Events gallery.
I was the head of the Santa shop this year as well. It was great fun getting it all set up for the kids to do their Christmas shopping. I will also be heading up the next session of the mad science club. The first session was in the early fall right after school started. This next session will be early spring sometime. Since this is a PTA sponsored event (lasting 7 weeks), I will be photographing some meetings.
I was also fortunate to photograph a friend's daughter earn her 2nd degree black belt in karate. She is in 5th grade with Ashlyn - very impressive!
Rob has been busy with work and school, as usual. He is also currently studying for his upcoming promotion test to MSgt.
Ethan is doing great. He is in 2nd grade this year, has joined DI (Destination Imagination), and likes his teacher (which is always a good thing). He has lost a couple more teeth in the last few months (photo to come). His first report card of the year was a good one, and he won an award for perfect attendance for the first quarter.
Ashlyn is wonderful. She is in 5th grade this year and doing great! She has only flipped her card twice so far this year (to yellow), was on Honor Roll with an all A's report card, won the Principal's Award and a perfect attendance award for the first quarter. She is participating in DI again this year and is also still in Girl Scouts. She is also very much enjoying learning to play the Viola in school. We can't wait to see her in the school concert!
I have been busy the past few months myself. I continued with the soccer league pictures for the second season, and despite some problems with the lab think it was a pretty good success for the business. I will be looking for a new lab before taking on the league for a third season. I am still working as a substitute at the kids school although I haven't been there much in that role yet this year. Ethan is looking forward to Jan 13, when I will be the sub for his teacher and attending the 2nd grade field trip to the Baltimore Aquarium with him.
I have been asked to be the official photographer for the school's PTA this year. That has been fun. I have taken photos of the back to school picnic, the star party, and the Santa shop so far. All photos can be viewed on our website: http://www.lbdigitals.com in the Events gallery.
I was the head of the Santa shop this year as well. It was great fun getting it all set up for the kids to do their Christmas shopping. I will also be heading up the next session of the mad science club. The first session was in the early fall right after school started. This next session will be early spring sometime. Since this is a PTA sponsored event (lasting 7 weeks), I will be photographing some meetings.
I was also fortunate to photograph a friend's daughter earn her 2nd degree black belt in karate. She is in 5th grade with Ashlyn - very impressive!
Friday, July 4, 2008
End of School Fun & Final Report Cards
The last few days of school were fun days for the kids. Ethan was in a play put on by all the first graders called Lemonade. The play included all the fairy tale characters and Ethan was the Spider from Little Miss Muffett. So cute!
Ethan was also able to participate in the first grade Mexican Fiesta. They got to go around to each classroom where there was something set up to help them learn more about Mexico - food, games, etc... I helped out with one of the classroom stations and got to tell the kids all about the Mexican flag. It was a fun day.
Then a few days after that, the first graders had their end of year picnic. I went and had a little lunch with Ethan (sitting outside on blankets) and got to watch him have fun playing with his friends.
Ashlyn also had her end of year picnic. I went to hers as well, but missed the lunch part. The 4th graders had stations set up - basketball, water balloon toss, kickball, etc... That was a lot of fun.
REPORT CARDS
Miss Ashlyn yet again scored above grade level in Reading, and yet again brought home A/B Honor Roll. She earned 7 A's and 2 B's! The note from her teacher says: "Ashlyn worked hard this year and has made good progress..." We are very proud of her. So she is off to 5th grade next year!
Mr Ethan also scored above grade level in Reading again. He does not get letter grades, but instead checks for Consistently Demonstrating (CD), Developing (D), and Needs Improvement (NI). He earned 28 checks under CD, 11 under D, and only 1 under NI. His teacher's note reads: "I've really enjoyed working with Ethan this year! He is a special kid, and an excellent reader! Over the summer practice writing with neater handwriting!" He was passed to the 2nd grade, and we are very proud of him as well.
Ethan was also able to participate in the first grade Mexican Fiesta. They got to go around to each classroom where there was something set up to help them learn more about Mexico - food, games, etc... I helped out with one of the classroom stations and got to tell the kids all about the Mexican flag. It was a fun day.
Then a few days after that, the first graders had their end of year picnic. I went and had a little lunch with Ethan (sitting outside on blankets) and got to watch him have fun playing with his friends.
Ashlyn also had her end of year picnic. I went to hers as well, but missed the lunch part. The 4th graders had stations set up - basketball, water balloon toss, kickball, etc... That was a lot of fun.
REPORT CARDS
Miss Ashlyn yet again scored above grade level in Reading, and yet again brought home A/B Honor Roll. She earned 7 A's and 2 B's! The note from her teacher says: "Ashlyn worked hard this year and has made good progress..." We are very proud of her. So she is off to 5th grade next year!
Mr Ethan also scored above grade level in Reading again. He does not get letter grades, but instead checks for Consistently Demonstrating (CD), Developing (D), and Needs Improvement (NI). He earned 28 checks under CD, 11 under D, and only 1 under NI. His teacher's note reads: "I've really enjoyed working with Ethan this year! He is a special kid, and an excellent reader! Over the summer practice writing with neater handwriting!" He was passed to the 2nd grade, and we are very proud of him as well.
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