mid quarter report card

Trevor got his mid quarter report card today. He did WONDERFUL. He got 6 A's, 2 B's, couple S+. Best report card ever. We are so proud of him. Keep up the good work TJ!

End of September blog

Trevor's IEP (special ed) meeting went fine. Steve & I (Christina) are so far very pleased with Trevor's school & the teachers. Steve & Trevor been doing cub scouts every week. He is in his last year of cub scouts before coming a boy scout. Steve has been working many long hours & even goes to work on weekends also. Trevor's school tested Trevor on his reading level & it was low. 2nd grade 8th month (so basically start of 3rd grade level.) He is in 5th grade. How could have Virginia miss that, there is no way. Maybe Trevor was scared, nervous, etc. So they put TJ in a after school program "fast forword". He goes every day after school for an hour, for the whole school year. He has been going one week now. He said it is like playing a video game on the computer, but a learning game. Yesterday was the fall festival on base. Christina help for Steve's group 91 OGV. Christina help Helen (her husband Todd runs the 91 OSS group). Helen & Christina combine their spouses group. Next year if all goes as planned, Steve will move up to another group. He will be 2nd in charge of that squadron. Guess who will be in charge to plan & organize the fall festival....... Christina. (Well if the person who will be above Steve in that squadron is married, then her & I will be in charge. OMG that is ALOT of work. Plus our normal spouses stuff we are suppose to be doing. I want Steve to move up the ladder for his job. But that means MORE work for me to do. We really been enjoying the nice hot temps. (70-80) But we are scared we think we are done with the nice temps. Here comes the cooler weather. And maybe even snow soon. OH MY GOSH! LOL.

What been going on with us, last few week.

School is going fine for TJ. Christina asked him who does he like better 4th grade teacher from Virginia Mrs. McDannell or this year 5th grade teacher from North Dakota Mrs. Melton. (We thought for sure he would say Mrs. McDannell just cause he knows her better.) He said ohhhhh that is hard choose I like them both tie. We are glad he is adjusting to the new school okay. He has made a new friend Erik. He knows Erik from before school care & after school at the youth center. Erik is in 6th grade. TJ is in 5th grade. But they are about a month apart in age. Erik spend the night at our house last Friday. They had a great time. Steve signed TJ up for cub scouts last night. They start next week. TJ is getting used to the rountine. Steve & TJ get up about 5:00 a.m. They are out the door at 6:00 a.m. We live about 30 min from base. He goes to before school care 6:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. He goes to school 8:30 a.m. - 2:45 p.m. Then he goes to the youth center after school to hang out till Steve gets him around 5:30 p.m. Then they come home. Unless Steve has more work to get done, then he picks up TJ & goes back to his office to get more stuff done. Sometimes they don't get home till 7:00 p.m. or later. Makes for a very long day for TJ. Today we got a auto starter put in Christina's car. Let's hope that will help when the COLD winter hits here in North Dakota. We are # 4 on the base housing list. Next week we have an IEP (special ed) meeting for TJ.

first day of school

Here is Trevor "TJ" before he left for his first day at North Plains Elementary School on Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. He is in 5th grade now. He is 11 years old. His teacher is Mrs. Melton. He is so nervous, being new to a new school. Not knowing anyone really. He will go to before school care 6:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. School is from 8:30 a.m. - 2:45 p.m. Then after school he will go to youth center till Steve can pick him up & come home. That will be around 5:30 p.m.
So very long day for Trevor. Our off base house rental is about 30 min from base.

Our summer (Very LONG)

It has been a long time since I blog. WOW does selling house & vacations & moving take a lot out of you. We will give an update. Christina's little sister Kara got married June 13 in North Carolina. So around June 11 we started basically living out of a suitcase. We left our dog Jazmine & Steve's car in North Carolina. Came back to Virginia for a couple days. June 17 Trevor's last day of 4th grade, we flew to Florida for 10 days. We visit with Steve's Aunt/Uncle for a few days and then went to time share for rest of time and went to Disney Parks. Went back to Virginia for 1 1/2 days. Christina said her sad & crying goodbyes, it was hard. Then we (Christina, Steve & Trevor) drove to Ohio June 28 for Christina's family reunion for a week. Steve flew to North Carolina July 4 to get Jazmine. He spend night at Christina's parents house. Christina & Trevor stayed with her mom Nancy & step dad Paul at a cousins house on July 4. Then they drove to Illinois. Steve drove back to Virginia on July 5. Steve got house packed up & did checking out for military stuff. Christina, Trevor, Nancy & Paul stayed with Paul's sister Mary for a few days, then to see his brother Don, then few more days to see his other sister Joanne. Nancy & Paul flew back to North Carolina. Christina & Trevor went to Steve's sister Tammy house on July 12. Steve got there July 14. Trevor & his cousin Gillian went to day camp all week. We stayed at Tammy & Todd's house till July 17. That day started our drive to North Dakota. We got to North Dakota July 19. It took a few weeks to find a OK place to rent. The house we are renting has no bathtubs (Christina is a big bathtub person) or garage for us to use. And winters are BAD here. But owner is letting us have our dog here & is doing month to month rent for us. Owner Frank lives in apartment attach to house. We have the house. It is 3 bedrooms & 2 1/2 bathroom & fence in backyard. We were in the base hotel till August 13. (So almost a month of living in a hotel.) We are # 4 on base housing list. We are hoping to get onto base housing as soon as possibly. Trevor meet some kids at the playground at the base hotel, the kids houses back up to the playground. Christina has meet the mom Joanne. We decided to register Trevor at the base school. Steve will take Trevor to before school care on base. Trevor will go to youth center after school till Steve can get him after work. So cheap for Trevor to join youth center ( $24 a whole year). Trevor starts school August 27. Above picture is of the house we are renting off base.

Goody Bye dinner

Some friends had a good bye dinner for me at Olive Garden in Mannass on Monday, June 15 at 7:00 p.m. We had fun chatting & laughing. Who all showed up: Amy O'Brien, Jill Abbott, Debbie Morgal, Jenifer Williams, Vicky Hirst, Ilse Buchheit, Kerry Ferman (?) not sure of her last name. Thank you ladies for showing up. It really meant alot to me. I will miss you so much.

MOVING to North Dakota

The military approve Trevor's special ed stuff (medical stuff). Steve got "Orders" tonight. Finally some good news. We all have been super stressed. Steve will go tommorow to set up packers / movers & get a move date. Then we can get some details in place.