Family update

We are doing well....trying to get life back to normal. However, I'm also trying to figure out what 'normal' is anymore! We try everyday to do school, but some days we just play games and read books and call that school. For now I know that is okay, but we will have to get more organized and scheduled before too long.

We are looking for a new congregation to worship with. That is going very slowly as we've not been home much to visit other churches. But we have some time and are doing what we can. It just feels a bit weird to not have a 'home' church right now. As a friends recently put it, we are nomads.

Terry just started back to work after a week off...it looks to be a long few weeks as everyone else is trying to get vacations as well.

I have been working out at an exercise place in here in Perryville and loving it. I'm out of the habit right now, since we've been gone, but am trying to get back into it this week. I'm not sure how much I"ve lost recently, but I'm continuing to exercise and just remain positive about it all.

Brent is now 4 1/2, going on 15. Somedays he is so much of a little boy, and other days he has so much teenager in him, it's hard to deal with. He asks questions of us that I wouldn't think a 4 year-old would think to ask, let alone understand the answer. Every night when they go to bed he wants to have a talk with one of us. The questions/conversations range from "What makes engines work?" to "How do we get electricity?" to "What are germs and how do they make us sick?" That is just the tip of the iceberg. We try to answer everything honestly and do the best we can to help him understand.

Clayton is growing like crazy...mostly in height! Now that we have his anemia fixed he seems to be more like the boy we had when he was a baby....up early, full of energy, and a cutup! He tries to do 'school' with me and Brent...and we are taking it slowly. He struggles with sitting still for more than 2 minutes and would rather play with me than sit and do workbooks....even one page. But we continue to play games and use every non-school method I can think of to help him learn. He is picking up on many of the math concepts we've been working on with Brent, he just doesn't show it as openly as Brent does.

Well, better sign off for now. Will try to keep this up more consistently to keep everyone informed on how we are doing.

Love, the Schafer's