One day at the pond we caught a baby Painter turtle.  TJ wanted to take it home so bad so I said we could have it for a day then we had to let it go back in the pond.  He had a pretty good time playing with it and studying it.  Don't worry he washed his hands after each time he picked it up.  He had a lot of fun learning about what the turtle eats and it's environment.

Ava loves her new jewelry from Lala and papa, and the little purse too!

Dancing Queen

What can I say the girl loves her chapsticks

Barak has officially finished 1/2 of his Master's Degree.  only 6 more classes to go.  Each class is 6 weeks long.  I'm so proud of him.  It will be interesting to see where this degree will lead him in a different job...a different state..who knows?!

We are debating what to do with Trenton for school next year.  We have always kind of wanted him to go to a christian school but they are so pricey that we couldn't really afford that.  So we decided to Homeschool.  I planned on homeschooling him next fall for Kindergarten, but now we are exploring the possibility of a Christian school. No decisions have been made one way or the other and there are definently pros and cons for both but we need to figure it out soon.  The kindergarten's around here have just made a decision for all the kindergarteners to go a full day of school every day, all day.  before this year they were 1/2 days 3 or 4 times a week.  so if Trenton goes to school next year he will be going all day every day.  he seems so little for that :(  What am I going to do without having him around all day!? 
Decisions, decisions....