- Jonathan has a new job working at BCA (Bicycle Corporation of America)! He started working on 10 May. It pays better than his last job, has more time off (he went from 4 holidays to 9!), and he gets to be home more with the boys (new hours 7:30-4:00). The company is 49% Chinese owned and 51% US owned. So, Jonathan gets to go to China 3-4 times a year. He was hired as translator/whatever else they decide for him to do.
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| Ezra the firefighter (We went to a park when Jonathan had his first interview with BCA) |
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| Peter climbing cypress tree roots at the same park |
- Nelson Family Beach trip! After three days of Jonathan working at BCA, we left for a week for the NC Outer Banks. It was a little crazy getting ready for the trip since Jonathan was gone and I got really sick- high fever, achy and super sore throat. I was supposed to be packing for the beach and for moving. Instead, I laid on the couch and made Peter get me more blankets. I'm pretty sure Peter and Ezra survived on graham crackers and apples for a couple of days. Ha! But, we made it through that week and got rewarded by a beach week! We got to see lots of fun things, hang out with family, and spend lots of afternoons on the beach.
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| Ezra, Jonathan, Peter and Robin and the Bodie Lighthouse |
- We're moving again! The new job is in South Carolina, about 2 hours from where we are now. Presently, Jonathan drives down at the beginning of the week and stays with some friends and comes back on Friday. Hopefully soon we'll get down there too....which leads to....
- We are buying a house! Short version- a lady from church's daughter is moving to Kentucky and they are trying to sell their house fast. They hadn't even listed it, and they are selling it for less than it's worth. It needs some work, but it has good bones (and a nice backyard, which we've been needing) and I think we can make it really cute. It took more to convince me to buy it than it did Jonathan, but it's really happening. We hope to close in the end of June. But, we hopefully get to move in within a week or so and just rent from them until it closes.
- Peter is getting eye surgery mid-July. Our current eye doctor is still in our insurance network and we'd rather stay with him than have to start over getting to know a new doctor. So, we'll drive up and stay with my parents a couple of days for the surgery. He'll have the surgery and then 4 days later he'll have a post-op appointment. It's an out patient surgery, and I'll try to write a post about that in the future.
- Ezra has started talking more! It's still at the parent understood level, but he's getting more and more words! He says, Mama, Dad, dog, apple, up, help, bubble, shoes, a word for plant/tree- but it doesn't sound like plant/tree, and a few more. He signs- more and please.
- Robin- I started working for a cool company called Tinkergarten. It's a nature based learning class that meets once a week for 8 week seasons. I was hired to be a Tinkergarten teacher! They have great curriculum and send me all the materials I need for the classes. I get to bring my boys with me to classes. We go and explore and create things outside. It's super fun and we love it. I have to recruit kids to come, but the company does lots of the other work. I started teaching, but then Jonathan got the job and with being sick and packing and crazy life, we canceled the classes here and I'll get going again once we get moved down to SC.
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| Ezra making stone soup |
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| Peter and his potion |
It's crazy, but we feel like we are progressing and that all these big changes will give us a better life. We are excited to move and to be able to see Jonathan more everyday. I'm excited to be able to paint the house any color I want. The boys are excited for a backyard- we've been telling Peter for about a year that we can get a dog once we have a yard with a fence...and he has not forgotten that. It's crazy, but it's good. Onward and upward.
