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Hello, all! We are still settling in and I'm trying to finish out a VERY LONG year at school. School is out at the end of May and I am sooooo looking forward to having time at home with the kids and getting our house finished. We are still unpacking (well, actually we are at standstill- I am officially not unpacking anything else until school is out) because what we NEED is already unpacked and everything else is obviously not missed as of yet. :)
The trial for the drunk driver that killed my sister has been postponed until July 14th. Part of me is relieved that the defense attorneys asked for a continuance. Last week I was struggling and I don't think I was ready for that type of emotional distress on top of what I'm already dealing with surrounding her death. I miss her everyday and think of her often. Its the little things in my day that remind me that she is gone... something I see that I think she would like, printing the kids pictures and thinking that I should send her one, seeing her name pop up automatically when I type in "A" in my email address box, not having my class call her this past Friday to sing her "Happy Birthday"... I guess those little things will become infrequent as time passes.
Emmaly's preschool program is next Friday, May 9th. She went to see the play Peter Pan this past weekend and had a ball. She loves watching plays and gets so wrapped up in them... I guess when Tinkerbell asked if anyone still believed in fairies Emmaly yelled, "I DO!!" and the audience chuckled... We need to work on those theatre manners. :) She starts tee-ball soon which should be interesting. Cooper is not quite old enough to play yet, but he gets plenty of practice around here. He loves playing with footballs, baseballs, soccer balls, etc. He is 100% boy! (except for those times when he gets emmy's dress up dresses out...)
Well... dinner is calling... blog you later! :) Love you all!

We are settling in!

We are finally settling into our new home! We are OVER the boxes and the unpacking of them, but I am soooo grateful to be in a newer, larger home. The kids have adjusted well and Emmaly has now declared herself a BIG GIRL and can put herself to bed. Of course she gets up a few times to hand out extra kisses and hugs. :o) Cooper (a control freak) adjusted really well and I was surprised. I figured he'd be all out of sorts. We really played up the new room thing and let him pick the one he wanted. That helped. Shawn is in Spring Football Practice during the month of April and May, so that adds some extra "busy-ness" for us. Cooper is healing up from having bronchitis/pneumonia last week. The poor thing seems to be sick every other week. Hopefully the summer will bring us healthier days.
For those of you keeping up with details surrounding the tragic loss of my older sister, April McBride, this past October- the man who killed her (Reynaldo Perez) is set to go to trial April 28th. April's birthday is the Friday before, the 25th. She would have been 34. It will be a really hard week next week and the weeks during the trial. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. They offered the man 25 years if he pleaded out, but his attorneys advised him to go through with the jury trial. So, that said- he is facing life in prison as it sits right now. He has 14 felony counts against him (one of them murder) and is technically facing the death penalty, but we know that won't happen. I think they'll look at it as he was intoxicated and made some irrational decisions that resulted in her death and injury to several others. Either way, I just want justice for my sister and for her kids (Jacob -11 and Zoe -6). He intentionally ran April down and I want him to stand up in court and show remorse. That is the number one thing I am looking for- I want him to understand what he stole from this family and what we can NEVER get back. Hopefully we find some peace over the next few weeks as everything unfolds. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers and keep Jacob and Zoe in your thoughts and prayers as they continue their journey through this. Remember- tell those that you love that you do and give hugs as often as possible. Those moments are the ones you, and they, will hold onto. Love you all!