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Winter into Spring…
By Jenny | March 18, 2008
It has been a much colder winter here that last year-wind chills were down into the negatives a good amount of days. Last year, it seemed warmer, even after moving here from New Jersey. It is colder here overall, during the winter, but that is mostly the wind. We do not get nearly the amount of snow here, as we did in New Jersey.
Jode is still working at UNL, in the Housing Department, and has finally started school! We are excited to get him going on the path to getting his Master’s Degree-this has been a long time in coming. He is very busy with his class, and is amazing in his efforts to continue to spend time with us as a family.
I am at Starbucks still, for now, and is busy with home and children. There are only five at home now (Cori is in the dorms), but it seems like they are going to all be leaving so quickly. Nathan and Anna will be working a whole lot more this summer, with Cassie hoping to find a job. This leaves me at home with the two little guys, and I feel sometimes like I hardly know what to do with them! I am so used to having older siblings around to help, and got very spoiled by all their assistance.
Cori is going to school, and living in the dorms. She is doing very well in her classes, and is missed here at home.
Nathan is going to be working this summer, painting, and will be a senior next year. Just the fact that we are beginning to discuss majors is unbelievable to me!
Anna is working at a hotel, as a maid, and busy with her school work. She is also beginning the process of getting braces. Our first (but not our last, I suspect) orthodontic patient is very gracious about the whole, painful process.
Cassie is working at a ranch, helping with teaching horseback riding lessons (and takes her own lessons also), and cleaning the stalls, grooming the horses, etc. She is very, very adept at this, and loves it.
Ben is busy with school, and trying to fend off a certain little brother who is always saying, “Isn’t Ben done with school yet?” With the winter having been so cold, we are looking forward to better weather, and getting those two outside!
William is in kindergarten this year, and is doing beautifully. He loves school, and wishes he could do it longer each day (this will wear off soon enough!).
We now have three cats, one dog, and that’s it in the pet department.
We have been working on the house, new tile in the downstairs bathroom, and are looking towards re-tiling the upstairs one, the kitchen, and hopefully a completely new bathroom by this summer for the downstairs.
That’s it for now!
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