2018- The Year Of Changes

Happy 2018 everyone!!

January always seems to be a month of reflection for the past year and expectation of the year to come. As any parent of 4 children would agree, this past year was a busy one! We now have three kids attending the local Christian school, Spring Vale Christian School.

Shayna is in 7th grade and attends part time (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) and home schools part time. This allows her a more flexible schedule that can accommodate her busy dance schedule. She is very dedicated to dance. This past year she took her grade II ballet exam and passed with the highest grade. She will soon begin her competition season with dances in tap, jazz, contemporary, and acro.  She also celebrated a birthday December 16th and at 13 she has now officially joined the teenage gain.

Levi is a sophomore this year. He has been very busy with soccer and basketball. He has also joined the drama club this year which I believe he will be a good fit for him! And if all that isn't enough, he is also on the honors club each quarter. He is 15 and is taller than everyone else in the house except his dad, but he will catch up or pass him soon! One of Levi's favorite activities is to figure out how things work (reminds me a lot of his Grandpa Boese!). He is very helpful with any projects around the house. I foresee an engineering career in his future!

Liberty is a junior this year. She enjoyed playing volleyball on the varsity team this year. She even had the most ace serves out of her whole team. She turned 17 this year on December 29th and to celebrate she decided to get 15 inches cut off of her hair! She LOVES it and is very happy with how much easier it is to take care of. Her hard work with school has payed off and she also has been on the honor's club each quarter. She has been anxious to learn to drive, but we haven't been quite as ready, so we are hoping to look into that this summer.

Isabella is the only child I have left in full-time home school. It has been an adjustment for both of us, some times she misses her brothers and sisters and some times she likes having mommy all to herself! She turned 8 in September. She enjoys taking a couple dance classes one night a week. The rest of the time you will either find her playing with Barbies, her sister Shayna, or a combination of the two :) She also decided she wanted a hair cut the other day. So we decided to finally let her have her first real hair cut (it's only been trimmed before) and I cut 6 inches off! It looks SO cute, but she also looks older!

With the busy hurricane season this fall, Lyle ended up being out of town for work for 6 weeks. He ended up out of town on our 20th anniversary, but he surprised me by buying a plane ticket for me to join him in Texas! So we were able to be together on our anniversary and we had a relaxed time. We even got to go to the beach. enjoy the very warm gulf water, and put some sand between my toes :)

It was SO hard to get back on a plane to come home and leave such a huge part of my heart behind. Lyle ended up being transferred to Florida for a time and then ended up in Virginia/Maryland to help out with all the insurance claims. He ended up coming home and surprising us a few times for a quick weekend trip, and then in the beginning of October he was able to come home to stay!!

Well- those are just a few highlights of our year. As we look forward to the upcoming year we are thankful for all the many blessings God has poured out on us and we are thankful for all of our friends and family. We pray that you also will have a wonderful 2018!!
~The Kendrick Family