We're Baaack

It has been far too long since the last post. I blame this on ease of keeping tabs on Facebook, busy schedules, brutally busy work days (seriously, they expect me to do work instead of blog!), and general exhaustion after the kids are in bed. But, I've decided those are all bad excuses to not keep everyone up to the minute on happenings in the Clark household. I searched high and low for my camera and USB cord this morning, but realized my procrastination on organizing the home office has just come back to bite me. So, I'll hunt tonight while sorting papers. I do have a picture though of Emma at school...she is working on tying, and is proud to tell all that she can tie her shoes! She can also ride her bike with NO training wheels. Her knees are proof :-) We do have video on Bill's phone, and once we figure out how to get that out of the phone, we'll get it up here.

I'm sure you are all wondering what we've been up to since the last post. I will make the attempt to list the activities here, in no order of occurrence because they've all blended in my mind:

1. Lauren lost her third tooth and Mommy was in town to witness the event. She actually took a paper towel and pulled it out herself!
2. Emma transitioned from being a Longhorn to being a Giraffe at school. She is doing so well! She has commenced her reading program and read her book to the entire class.
3. Lauren started first grade!! We are THRILLED with her teacher, the classroom, and the overwhelmingly positive feelings we all have this year. What a difference! Lauren's spunky personality is back, her imagination and creativity are full speed ahead, and she is just an all around happy little girl. We couldn't be happier.
4. Bill's new business venture, Microventures, received full SEC/FINRA approval and is up and running!!! He's been busy with the start-up and media, and loves what he's doing.
5. I raised $$$ for Alzheimer's Research by participating in Austin's Memory Walk. It was emotional and rewarding. Although they did not post final rankings, I had to be in the Top 1o individual fundraisers for the Austin event, and I was the first one back from the walk (it was not a race, but I wanted to be first!). I was so proud to be able to do this for my family and friends. I can't wait to participate next year!
6. Lauren's school had their Fall Fest event last Friday! Lauren spent a good deal of time in the petting zoo holding bunnies, baby chicks, and chasing a baby pig around the pen. Emma spent most of her tickets trying to win at the cakewalk. She enjoyed the game, but didn't end of winning. They had a hayride and bounce houses. It was a nice evening.
7. We determined in October our neighborhood was targeted for garage break-ins. We are OK, but did realize that someone unscrewed our garage exterior lightbulb, hoping that we'd forget to close the garage door and then take a few items from us. Luckily, we double and triple check every night so they never had a chance, but still unsettling.

That's all I can think of at this point, and work is bugging me to get back to it :-) I will try to be better on getting updates loaded here!

~Jessica