April recap

Wow. April has flown by. So much has happened this month! Justin is only 3 weeks away from finishing school! He competed in the IEEE Region 5 conference with his team in robotics and individually for his paper/presentation on supercapacitors. His team tied for 11th place (with 11-25th places) but his team still did fairly well based on what they had to work with. He won 2nd place individually! This is such a huge success for him. All seniors had to write a paper/presentation as part of a class grade last semester. All the engineering faculty read the papers and chose the best 2 to compete at the Area level. Justin's was one of the two chosen. At the Area level, Justin also placed well enough to go to Region 5. And there he won 2nd place! This was up against schools such as University of Colorado, University of Texas, Texas A & M, Louisiana State University, and many more. Very well known and large schools. What an honor for Justin to do so well! We also celebrated Easter this month, and Claire went to church with Memaw and Papa. She sat in big church and did very well from what I understand! We have been diligently pressing on in home improvements and have finished the master bathroom as well as much of the landscaping/yard work to be done. Even today we were able to take Claire to Rogers Park here in Beaumont and the sprinklers were on. When we got there, Matty and Uncle Matt were already there, so Claire joined Matty in getting wet! They have such a ball together. I love how they play together so well...honestly better than brother and sister. They hardly ever argue. Matty has been in baseball games and we have made every effort to make as many as we can. Claire likes to go and has learned how to maneuver on the bleachers very well. She also likes to pick us flowers (weeds) and cheer on the Indians! School stinks for me, but I am almost done. The Lord has truly blessed us this month and we praise Him for all the seen and unseen blessings!

Da Bears!

Since we are moving to Houston this summer, I have to switch jobs. I sent out my resume and a cover letter to 5 school districts in the area and 13 schools. After several responses, interviews, and communication, I selected a school to work for. I won't give the name of the school for personal and professional reasons, but I will say my new mascot is the Bears. I am so excited! I really felt the Lord's peace about the school I am going to and am already praying for my future students. One more piece to the puzzle that will be our new life and the Lord truly is showing Himself mightily. There are only a few "big" pieces left to fit and I know that He already is carving them out for us.

Claire went all week at school with no accidents, praise God! We are so proud of her accomplishments! She also is learning the states of America and knows where our family lives. Good thing we mostly live in states that are pretty easy to pick out...Texas, Michigan, and Florida.

Justin is feverishly working on the robot as competition is next week and lots of work is still needed to complete it. He will be going to competition without a cheering section, but we will be cheering him on here at home.