Been a while since posting...UPDATES!

Tessa is 1 years old...actually 15 months. She is a billy goat. lol. She loves to climb. She is learning to talk, she can say: up, down, poop (say & sign), eat (sign), drink (sign), more (say & sign)please (sign), mama, dada. Oh, I almost forgot she can say "cheese" & "nigh, nigh"& "out" (outside)...I'm sure there are other words that I'm missing. She loves her brothers But is very good at pushing them away, since they tend to smoother her. & I mean SMOOTHER! Anytime she hears music she starts to dance (a daughter after my own heart).
Spence is 3 years old. He loves bugs & isn't afraid of anything. While in the Smokies he picked up a crawdad & when we went swimming at a private lake. It was no big deal. He got stung in the finger earlier this year from trying to pick up a "dead" bee. He is really growing up, he can get himself dressed, buckle his own seat belt...He has continually been a 1/4inch up to a full inch taller than what Max was at his age.
Max is 5 years old. He's in Kindergarten, 1/2 day. Rides the bus home. He has a learned a lot before starting school...reading skills, spelling skills, addition & subtraction. Hopefully, the social aspect of school will keep him interested in school & hopefully they hurry & catch up with him. He seems to enjoy it, but has complained about not wanting to go or about being bored. Thankfully they only spent a week on colors. He has had a job in class this week, so he's been very happy about going: handing out papers. Whatever works, I really want him to enjoy school (especially since both Joe & I did). Max's favorite soup is tomato.
Joe is still working at SM&P & for the most part really enjoys his job. He is very good at his job. Of course, he'd really be good at anything. He got his first eagle a couple of weeks ago at Twin Bridges Golf Course...Yay!
If you didn't know all three of the boys LOVE peanut butter & honey!
We went on our first family vacation this year, since Max was one. To the Smokies National Park! We went camping for a whole week. Thanks to the help of several people who took care of our kitties & house. A big"Thank you"! We had so much fun...The boys explored, we went on a couple of family hikes, Joe fly fished (not as much as he wanted) & Tessa & I took naps in a hammock. We also got to spend a lot of good quality time with Joe's' parents (Nana & Papa). Joe's' sister was able to visit for a long weekend. & Two of Joe's' Aunts got to visit. It was a lot of fun! We hope to go again next year! Camping with Joe's' family is awesome...in some many ways...But they definitely don't eat just hamburgers: spaghetti, pork chops, chicken, coffee cake (breakfast)...just to name a few. yum!
We are trying to get all of our ducks in a row, so hopefully we will be able to buy a house, soon. We have been living in this huge 100year old house for over a year now, it is wonderful. There are many things that need updated or improved, But since it is a rental, it is not our place to do what we believe should be done.
I am going to be starting graduate school tomorrow via online ~ working on my Masters of Fine Arts in Photography, for the next three years (5 semesters). I look forward to learning all I can about photography, of course, this will most likely be just a beginning point.
"sx" typed by Tess