Time For School

Time for school to start but it has been very confusing with COVID. First the kids are remote and then they go back to school and then they are remote again! Ingrid is in her junior year at Desert Edge and Juan is in his sophomore year at Canyon View.

Ingrid was accepted into the hairstyling program at West MEC and is so excited. I think she is more excited about the program than Angie was. They will start out remote but hopefully will go back at some point in person. Although I worry about her safety, it is a difficult program to do remote. I am just sad that Angie is not here to share this with Ingrid. She would be busy at West MEC in her second year had she stayed!

Juan's 16th Birthday

Juan didn't want to have a party this year so we just had Grandma and Grandpa over to open presents. Juan and Ingrid both took a friend on the Pinetop trip. 

Juan did not do well at all with the remote environment and didn't turn in a final project to get credit for one of his classes. He finally realized like Ingrid that he needed help, and we were able to get him tested with a psychiatrist and uncovered some challenges we didn't know were there. Daily life can be a challenge, but we have learned a lot and medicine is helping!

Ingrid's 18th Birthday

Ingrid had a great 18th birthday! She had a few friends over for a pool party, and we took a family trip to Pinetop. It was great to get away, and we enjoyed some cooler weather and hiking. Ingrid also got her driver's license, which was a huge accomplishment! We ask the kids to have a job in order to pay half of their car insurance before they get their license. She got a job doing the wash at a massage place. She earned enough money to pay for her first used car and start paying her insurance. She is the proud owner of an orange Volkswagen 2003 Bug.

Parenting Is Not Easy!

Angie has graduated high school, finished her first year of technical school for hairstyling, has a car to drive, a home, a job at Starbucks, and a loving family. However, she wants to be an independent adult and not live by our rules. She does not have the funds to live on her own yet though so rather than working hard towards that goal, she chose to run away. The plan when she came back was to welcome her back if she wanted to live by our family rules. We had cleaned her room while she was gone. Instead of talking, she left again and ended up flying to WI. She lasted 2 weeks there when she met a guy on social media in OH. She left WI in the middle of the night and is now living as an adult in OH.