"Keep Swimming"

"Just keep swimming" - that is a motto adopted by me and another coworker for this year. You may recognize it from the movie Finding Nemo. Although I've never had any intention of updating this blog daily or anything, I still can't believe how infrequently I even think about attempting an update. I am just so busy right now. I'm taking a class at Chapman University so that (after also passing a few exams) I can add an additional teaching credential to the one I already possess. This would give me the authorization to teach multiple subjects at the elementary school level. I can only currently teach English at the middle and high school levels with my current credential. The motivation behind what I am doing is job security - in light of California's outstanding budgeting expertise, but this also gives me options for change in the future should I want it. The class I'm taking will be done in five weeks, then things will slow down a bit for me. In the meantime, I'll just keep swimming.

Dan is back in the swing of things at work. Last week he was told that he may have to switch to another school (even though the year has already begun), but today he found out that someone else from his school volunteered to go elsewhere, so he will be staying right where he is.

Abbey is back in school and loving it. She is excited because tomorrow she gets to stay an extra hour and have lunch with her friends. She has been talking all day about packing her lunch. I guess I better go take care of that soon. Here are some pictures of the dancing princess.


Isaac is doing well. He runs all around now and is trying to talk more and more. He points at everything and asks, "What's that?" It's so cute the first 100 times.

I am so blessed!