Hellloooo!

Holy cow! Can it really be 2 months since I last updated?! Where to begin….Matt moved out!!! Whoo hoo!!! Not that I don’t love my brother but wow it was time for him to move out. We don’t have a lot of room as it is so when you throw a grown man into the mix it was getting a little crowded! He is doing good in his new apartment and we are happy that he is going to continue with school. I think Cameron was glad to have his room back although now he has his old roommate back…this guy...



Which really means that Andrew and I have our room back since Z had been sharing a room with us. However Zeland isn’t quite adjusted to sleeping in Cameron’s room and insits on screaming bloody murder when we put him to bed which let me tell you has been a real treat. We are just hoping that with time and consistency by us he will settle in to his new room soon.

Cameron came home at the end of July much to the delight of Zeland who LOVES his big brother "Amrin". Cameron started the 5th grade at a new school in August. The district boundaries changed forcing us to change schools. Cameron was really nervous but so far so good. He has made some new friends and things seem to be going good. Academically he is doing well A’s and B’s however he is struggling a bit in math. Thank goodness Andrew is good at math cause I am apparently NOT smarter than a 5th grader! We are going to see how he does in the next few weeks and may end up getting him a tutor once a week for a while until he feels confident. His teacher e-mails weekly progress reports so we stay pretty up to date on how he is doing. Baseball season starts soon so I am sure our weekends will consist of baseball games for the next few months.

Zeland aside from a horrible haircut (thanks to papa who decided that Zeland needed to have a little trim leaving me no choice but to take him to walmart to fix it)
google a picture of Mary Lou Retton and you will see exactly what Zeland looks like right!Besides having a silly haricut Zeland is as cute and silly as ever and a non-stop talker.

In other news:
My parents had to put their dog Toby down last week. She was really old and probably in a little bit of pain so while it was the best thing for her we are all sad. Toby has been around since I was 13 years old and will be missed. I wish I had a picture of her to post here which leads me to my other issue...

My camera broke and I cried in fact I could cry just thinking about it. I have an old 35mm cannon that takes great pictures but really who uses film anymore?? I am going to see if getting it fixed is worth it or I might have to break down and buy a new one.

I am deep into the world of Harry Potter and loving it. I have 2 more books to go and should be ready to see the last movie coming out in November. Can't wait!


Andrew is playing lots of shows with his new band and actually making money which is a bonus! While he is not thrilled about being in a cover band and would much rather play original music he is just thankful to be playing. There may be a Burning The Bridge reunion this November which should be fun since he really misses playing with those guys.


Well I guess that about covers it. Looking forward to seeing family this weekend and watching some Roller Derby on Saturday.

See ya in 2 months or hopefully sooner :)