Every 3 months or so...

Not bad...so I made it through first quarter and am counting down the days until Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks...everyone is adjusting nicely to the work schedule...I am enjoying teaching, and God is good!

Catch-Up!!

Is this summer really almost over?? Am I really starting work for the ENTIRE school year on Monday? YES!! I'm not sure why everything in the South has to be so STINKING early!! What's wrong with starting school the day after Labor Day like they do in Alaska?? Nothing.

I am excited to be working with Kevin though...and where the children will be...I am not excited about having everyone ready to go and in the car by 6:15 am!

Zeke has just lost his second tooth...well on his way to manhood! He will be starting 1st Grade next Monday, and this Monday Aug 4 will be his 7th birthday!

Zeb will be starting kindergarten on Aug 11, he is very excited about it...

Zanna will be in the K-4 program at our pre-school which she loves so far except for naptime...

Zach, as soon as he is potty trained (seems like it will be about age 15 at the rate we're going) will be attending K-2 at the pre-school...

And Lionel and Katie brought my new little nephew John Austin down for the 4th of July weekend...I heard some murmuring among my children about us having another baby...I put a quick end to that little fantasy!!

Rose Thomas, Realtor;)

http://www.inmanrealtygroup.com/bin/web/real_estate/AR183191/ACTIVATE_FRAMES/AGENTS/Franklin/1214773778.html

Where has a month gone?

I am now officially a licensed Realtor in the state of Tennessee...I have my first showing tomorrow night...I'm a little nervous...

Kevin has been out of town all week for basketball camp, so it will be great to have him back...

I have so many things to do besides this...Zeke's baseball season is over (Thank Goodness!!)

I am searching for a hot new hairdo...send me pics!! It has to be short...It's late, I'm tired, I'll post some catch up pics later...

This one's for you Lee-lee;)

Zach footage...

Tried twice to upload it on here...maybe it's too big or something??

http://www.youtube.com/user/belarosenbug

Paging Dr. Thomas...

OK, I accidentally got these pictures in reverse order...so start at the bottom picture and work your way up!

We have a fabulous deck on the back of our house. It's kind of old, and everytime the kids go out there I warn them about getting a splinter...poor Zeke was the first to get one, it was a monster!

After a few careful tries to dislodge the half of toothpick in his foot, we decided to soak it in hot water...

And after MANY tearful protests I was finally able to give it a little wiggle and get it out! I was so proud of myself...

Zeke was back on the porch barefoot in 3 minutes...

Zeke...

Zeke won "Top 3" in his class, it is the award given to the top 3 academic students in no particular order...photo credit goes to Kevin who didn't want to walk down the aisle for a decent shot...bitter?? Yes, I am.

Zeke's Kindergarten Chapel

Zeke was chosen as 1 of 5 "readers" in the kindergarten chapel, there are about 60 kindergarteners so we were really, really proud!!

Cinco de Mayo Baby

All of my babies are late, and they all had big heads. My first baby was a C-section, after which I had 2 VBACs. When I was 37 weeks along with Zach, his head measured that of a 41 week gestation. Knowing that he would probably be late...and that with a head that big I would probably end up with another C-section...I elected to have a C-section without going through 27 hours of labor first this time. May 5th just happened to be the perfect day for everybody...and who doesn't want a free margarita on their birthday? So, Zach became my Cinco de Mayo Baby.
We took him to Red Robin, just like we took the other 3 in Anchorage, it's so convenient that Murfreesboro just happens to have a Red Robin!
Once again, I got to the end of an event and realized I had only gotten 3 out of 4 children in any pictures, not sure how that happens, but at least I got the birthday boy this time (Zeb's Chuck-E-Cheese celebration, I didn't get any of him:( Oh, well, the whole last post and the whole next post are all about Zeke...