New stuff

Hello friends and family

We have made it through 3 weeks of my school and 2 weeks of Katie's school. We got a letter saying that they will be adding another 1st grade class (right now they have 3) by the end of the month. They will divide up the 3 classes to make the class sizes smaller. They should end up with about 19ish per class instead of of 24ish. We don't know if Katie will be moved yet, but Dean and I are guessing she will be. She has been getting in trouble for talking, imagine that, but the letter nicely said the 3 current teachers would meet to divide up the students so that the class will be evenly balanced. We figure Katie's current teacher will be quick to move her along, but we will find out soon. Other than the talking and consequences of that, she is enjoying school. She is also doing well at her new daycare and likes the girls there. Katie left her backpack at school today and her babysitter was super nice and drove her back to school to get it. Here is some pictures Dean took on the first day.

Dean has been really busy with work because it is harvest. To compound the normal harvest rush, it is the first harvest at the new plant, so they are really busy since they are working out all the new kinks. He has been doing an amazing job with Katie and she is really enjoying the quality time she is getting with dad. They have their routine down and I am so happy they are doing so well. Dean came to Boise for some work he needed to do and we traded in our enduro motorcycles for a new street bike for him. I think he really likes it and we felt it made more sense to pay for something that would actually get used instead of take up space in the garage. Here is some pictures of the new bike. They gave us a helmet for Katie when we got the bike and she loves to ride with dad. We haven't taken her out of the neighborhood yet, and she seems upset about that, but I am not sure what she would think about going on the 'big roads' as we call them.

Katie's first soccer game is tomorrow so I will post some pictures of that later this weekend. I think that is all the new information we have for now. Oh ya, when Dean came to Boise a lady from his work stayed at the house with Katie and it went really great. We are also making friends with a family up the street. They have a daughter in 1st grade and on Katie's soccer team. The mom picks up Katie and takes her to soccer for us and their son took care of the cats when we went to Hawaii. It is nice to be making some friends! Bye for now!