right now...

Curt: 

-finance manager in the on board services department at Delta

-works with the teenage boys and plays the organ at church

Carmen:

-primary president at church

-doing the mom thing

Des:

-is finishing up first grade

-has a bunch of new teeth coming in every which way...braces for sure

-is getting taller and taller.

he's up to my armpit, his clothes are almost as big as mine.

-learns academic things lightning fast, struggles a bit on the social skills.

-loves legos and puzzles and is rigid about his schedule

Evie:

-will start kindergarten in the fall

-is truly an amazing reader, can and does read anything

-is a creative and lively performer

-is fairly clumsy

McKay:

-will start pre-school in the fall

-knows all the letters and their sounds, counts to 100 and beyond

-has such a strong independent streak

-has to be put in bed approximately 1000 times before he'll go to sleep

Edison:

-is choosing to walk more and more

-has 5 teeth, but 3 more are on the cusp of coming in

-is my first kid who is kind of a miserable teether

-thinks he's a big kid