Richardson Report

If you're following me on Facebook you'll know by now that on Tuesday Kenna and Natalie had their first day of school (2nd and 1st grades).  What a big change for our family!  They've been pretty happy. This was precipitated by lots of frustration on my part with getting Logan to STAY FOCUSED on his schoolwork.  He is a super smart kid but he has been struggling since September with getting his work done, asking for help, staying on task.  His schoolwork is harder this year than he's used to (the last two years at the charter school were way to easy) and he is having to spend more time on it.  I think that's part of it.  Plus he found everything I did with the little girls way more interesting than challenging coursework.  He's a great big brother, but he really does have to work on his education and not worry so much about helping me, or reading to the girls.  Finally this last Saturday I was complaining to Josh, again, that Logan was driving m...

Tonight I pulled out my old Michael McLean songbook that pretty much got me through high school.  Sappy, I know.   But there were some tough years in there where I pretty much came home from school, plopped down at the piano, and sang these songs to remind myself that the hard times weren't going to last forever.  I hope my kids have music that speaks to them and lifts them during their challenging times. Here are the two that were probably my absolute faves  if you're in the mood for a return to LDS music in the eighties!! You're Not Alone Will He Really Answer Me Good Times.  Good Times.