LIfe is busy

Life is so busy right now. Since there was another layoff at Jacobs work, the main equipment if down, so he has only been having to work 2 days a week (Fridays and Saturdays) so it has been really nice having him home so much during the weeks. So I don't get on the computer that much and we have been really busy. One of the big things that has kept us really busy is that we have been switching the kids' school. They go to Hook Junior High right now and it is just a bad school. Ryan has been trying really hard not to get into trouble and they are just picking on him (the school). They took away his pants! During school hours and made him wear his PE shorts. They said his pants were too baggy. UM HELLO he is going through the fazed of he likes them a little tighter and I have seen kids wearing them almost to their knees and able to fit 3 other kids in them and I still see them walking around with his pants on. Then he has to run to 6th period so he isn't late and he gets a referral for running, which again causes him to be late to 6th period and then he gets another referral for being late to 6th period. Which this causes him to get detention. In 7th period he is not getting a great grade (it is computer class), because the last 10 minutes of the class is only when you are allowed to print you work. For detention they pull him out of class 10 to 15 minutes early so they can walk all the detention people to the cafeteria at the same time. So this causes him to not be able to print his work, thus giving him a bad grade for his computer class and is getting in trouble for. So you tell me how does this seem like the school is out for his education? They have had the drug sniffing dogs there several times, and a fight at least once a day, but usually more. So we just didn't know what to do exactly. Well we have been looking into options and we finally found a good one. We are now sending the kids to Excelsior . This is a great school. I love the way the program is run as well. The kids can choose to do full time at the school, part time at the school and part time at home, or full time at home. WOW. So it is like a home school or actual school base thing. Marcus is fully enrolled now and until he gets a facilitator he is having to do his work at home. Becuase Ryan has gotten into a little bit of trouble at Hook, we have to go infront of the school board and stuff to get Ryan in. So we are working on that process right now with the Dean of the school. So Ryan has to continue to go to Hook until then.
Excelsior is a nice campus. They have junior high on the lower part and High School on the upper campus. The parents have to meet with the facilitator assigned to your student once a month. The facilitators are teachers and you turn in your work to them each week. They offer great field trips. They went whale watching, the museum of tolerance, magic mountain and knotts berry farm. Most of them are free to the students or cost very little. The school has the same things a traditional school does, like dances, prom, sports teams, yearbook, leadership. So I am so excited that we found this school and our kids can go in this wonderful enviornment. I hope the process for Ryan goes quickly, but it takes about a month or so.

So that has been a process in itself. We looked at the school one day, had to meet with admissions the next, and then the dean the next day. I had to get a bunch of stuff from Hook to get them transferred.

So then we have been getting wedding stuff together as well. It is coming up so soon. We are going wedding dress shopping tomorrow. Me and my mom are going, and then Jacob's sister Jamie and Jacob's mom are all going. I am excited and hope that we find just what I am looking for. Since we are not going total dress up (Jacob isn't going to wear a tux, but black slaks and a white dress shirt and a tie), so I want a dress that isn't too fancy, but not as casual as like say a sun dress either. So hopefully.

Well I have gotten some layouts done and will photograph them today and post them either later, or tomorrow.