Summer is officially here and other stuff

Well, it's over....another school year. Patrick made it through one of the worst years he has ever had. This past 6 weeks he has had to struggle to get his grades up to passing, but he did it. Was it the coffee? Who knows, but we sure as heck are going to keep it up next year. For those of you who don't konw, Patrick was diagnosed ADD a few months ago, but instead of doing medication stimulants, we tried caffeine (or however you spell it). Anyway, it seemed to have done the trick. Yippee!!
Elizabeth had a good year, although it seems she discovered her mouth these past few weeks. But that okay, that's normal. We'll have to address that next year, I'm sure. She started out having a good first last day of school until they were out on the playground. She was running and fell and busted her nose pretty good. It bled and was swollen. I just happened to be at the bandhall helping Tim & Bobby paint their office when the nurse called. She was pretty miserable most of the day. She's not up yet, so I don't know what it's like today. Trying to decide if I need to take her to the doctor. She can breath through it okay, it's just swollen. Any suggestions? :)
Patrick's baptism went off okay. Papaw got to come over and perform the baptism. His voice cracked a time or two, but he muscled through it.
Elizabeth's recital is next Friday night. I'm more nervous this year than any other. Laurie, her teacher, has told us that they don't know the dances that they are supposed to do and that she doesn't stand off to the side and dance with them like she has done the past two years. She said with this age they should know it by now. The few times that she has demonstrated what they know has been awful. They all know about the first 30 seconds or so of the dance and then just stand around looking at each other. If she lets them do that on stage in front of hundreds of people, I'm going to be pretty upset. Some of the girls were so devastated that they broke down in tears. I haven't heard a report lately on how they are doing. I'm going to try to talk to Laurie on Tuesday and see how they are doing. Pray for us.
Jacob had his shots Wednesday. You'd think we chopped a leg off the way he was acting. He wanted to be carried everywhere or he would crawl or limp around. He was so funny. Needless to say, he didn't like having shots either. Other than that he's doing great. He's looking forward to having Bubby, Sissy and Daddy home for the summer.
We are getting ready to have the countertops in the kitchen replaced. We had a guy come over Tuesday to give us an estimate. Hadn't heard back from Lowe's yet, but hopefully today we will. We are going to paint the cabinets and the dining room. Any volunteers?
Geez, this is getting long. I went to the doctor the other day as well. My bloodpressure is fine, my cholesterol is up. He said that it's slightly elevated and that he didn't need to put me on medicine, just watch my diet. I also have bersitis in my right shoulder. I can't put my right arm behind my back at all. He gave me some muscle relaxers for that and is going to send me to a physical therapist a couple of times for some exercises. Hopefully, within a week or two it should be back to normal.
Can anyone tell me how to get Tim added to this blog so that he can post an occational post? I tried adding him, but the server out school keeps rejecting the email and I can't add him with our home address because I'm already there. I told him he may just have to post under my name and say that it's from him.
Well, I guess I have come to the end of my news. Whew!!
Take care and we love you and will see most of you next weekend. Yippee!! ;)

Melissa

PS I forgot to tell ya'll that Patrick made "commended" on 2 out of 3 sections on the TAKS test this year. He missed it by 1 point on the 3rd section. That is a very big accomplishment and we are proud of him.