Spring in the Hill Country

Well, the rain has finally let up and we have had a beautiful weekend. The bluebonnets are starting to bloom. . . not many but as soon as we have more than a couple of warm days, they will explode

Paul is busy getting ready for his Black belt test in May for Tukong Moosul martial arts. He already has a Deputy Black belt (a black with a silver stripe) but a full Black belt is the next step.

Katie has started Spring soccer and is playing on a coed team. The boys have finally figured out that there are a few good girl players and if they pass the ball to them the girls won't lose it. They tied their game on Saturday 5-5 ; Katie and Anna made two of the goals. They won their first game last week, 3-1.

Katie is becoming quite the young lady as you can see from this picture. She will be in 6th grade next year which is really hard to believe. She has been an outstanding student and generally an easy child to raise, with Aunt Donna's help at critical times. Katie is signed up to go to Camp Honey Creek again this summer and talks about it almost daily. She won a gold P last summer for being high point Pawnee girl for her riding, rifle and bow shooting ability.

I am busy with work. It's time to register children for next year. I have rejoined CURVES and am looking forward to having more energy. I really missed seeing my CURVES friends and having that 1/2 hour for myself several days a week. We stay pretty busy in the afternoon running Katie to soccer practice and other events so that 30 minutes is special

Our big news is that Paul has started a construction business with a friend. He is an accountant so that is a great partner to have. They had a lawyer draw up their partnership agreement, have a new trailer for tools etc., have their cards and reserved a domain for their website. They have 3 or 4 bids out which they hope will come through about the time that Paul finishes a job he is currently working on. The business name is Rejuvenation Construction and when the website is built, I will send you all the site address.

The older kids are all doing well. Camy graduated from Texas A & M Corpus Christi in December and is working for American Bank. Lisa and her husband Jason are working for Nike and traveling all over the place - Hong Kong, Switzerland, France, Brazil, Columbia, Mexico, Miami, New York and Beaverton, Oregon are their main trips. Paul Jr. is working for the Kerr Wildlife Area and his wife Martha is teaching Kindergarten and working on her Master's degree at Schreiner College.

That is about all of the news from the Simone's in the Hill Country. Hope you all are doing well and enjoying the cool Spring weather!