Nice to Hear from Ya'll

Julie,

Don't worry about the Christmas cards. I was just kidding. I do think it's becoming a lost tradition though. I generally use a photo we have happened to have taken during the year, but if it gets to November and we don't have one, I do get kind of panicky. The one we took had to wait for Thanksgiving since the playground was by my Mom's house. We had taken a photo there years ago before Emerson was born. It was me, Jim and Carter and the fourth seat was empty. I have always wanted to go back and take one with Emerson filling in the last spot. Finally got the chance. It is the last photo in his "Emerson's Story" book that I made for him showing how he completed our family. He LOVED it.

Glad to hear Parrish is reading. I didn't realize he didn't dive into it beforehand like you do. Carter has actually stopped since he seems to be so busy with everything else. I think I'll make him go to the library again though. He would prefer computer games, I'm sure but once he gets back into it, he'll like it. Thanks for the inspiration!

Carole, Congrats on the new job. Guess our lunches will be a thing of the past. Hope things are going smoothly for you. Do you already know people there?

Work is going well and I'm getting in the swing of running the kids around after school. Carter got a part in the spring musical, Aladdin. He is Jafar, the villian. He was surprised he got it since he's not much of a singer. I've set up 4 voice lessons for him starting next Monday to help boost his confidence. He used to sing well so I'm sure he'll pick it up again. The teacher sounds like a piece of work so I'm interested in meeting her. Definitely a confident woman who doesn't mind telling you how great she is! She has made it quite clear she doesn't put up with tardiness so let's hope for no big traffic jams after school on Mondays! The play is the last weekend of March if anyone wants to come.

So, Carole, are you leaning towards White Station? Those AP stats sound great! Didn't realize you went to the St. Mary's open house. I know you had talked about it though. I think Maria's daughter, Lizzy will be going to St. Agnes. She said SBA was her second choice. Guess we find out all of that stuff come March. Got the letter about registration today for next year for Emerson. He's had a great few last days. Returning after Christmas was not good. I think his teacher was very frustrated with him. She is all smiles lately, thank goodness. I think we'll be doing the parent/teacher conference next month for him :)

Brenda

addendum...really need to watch the spelling and grammar

schnadelbachs

Bourbon street

Hello and Happy New Year !!

i welcomed the 53 rd birthday here in Memphis.

No fireworks this year. Corinne made me a special cake.

Penguins on a white cake with blue tic tacs for water!!

We spent some time in N.O. la. the younger schnadelbach's

finally go to see Bourban street... Juat as we decide er enough for now

some guy walks by in combat boots a tutu and a sequine bra!!

I am now employed full time at East Memphis Surgery Center

at walnut Grove and humphreys....in the same parking lot with

Baptist East, Wendy's and Hampton Inn.

40 hrs 8 -4:30. I will miss having a day off during the week and

more free time in the summer.

this is a good place to be right now...low stress.

working at 2 places was getting harder to do.

Corinne is seeing more playing time on the basketball court.

She is in the women's choir...we just found out that she can

go with the chamber choir to Florida this spring.

To Disney!! after the performance

Thursday night was open house at White Station High School.

Not the over the top that st Mary's put out but impressive just the same.

2200 students!! 5 languages 48 AP courses ?? or hrs available.

Kevin is tall...almost as tall as me!!

he has that boy smell requiring deodorant. somewhat of a hairy upper lip too.

He intends to tryout for the baseball team in 2 weeks.

I tried to tell him to find out what they do for conditioning and get started!!

we mourned to loss of LSU to Alabama... actually we mourned the no show of the coach and quarterback.. b/c that is what it seemed happened. and really want to know what happened to the person that consistently called bad plays.

well so long to the football season for the saints... they had a good run.

nuff for now

c

I couldn't do Christmas Cards...

Brenda, I am so sorry.  No Christmas cards came out of the Isaacs house this year.  The thought of trying to get a picture was overwhelming.  Next year I'm gonna get one in the summer....I hope.

We had a nice Christmas. Gennie was (and still is) here.  I didn't have to work nights which made me super-duper happy and we just hung out and had fun. 

I just got back from Atlanta to celebrate the first of my high school girls turning 40.  Also to spend time with Erin.  It looks as if Todd's cancer is speeding up alarmingly fast and they heartbreakingly had to answer the question from their six year old "Is daddy gonna die?".  Ugh.  Cancer just sucks.  I think we can all concur on that.

Belle started horseback riding on Friday, she goes during school for an hour lesson.  So that along with piano lessons and skiing has keep her pretty busy.  Parrish is still spending lots of time with his girlfriend Shannon, doing some snowboarding and finding ways to prove how disgruntled he is.  He is becoming a voracious reader (finally!!!YEAH!!!) and favors the authors of the beat generation - Ginsberg, Keroac, etc.  Not my cup of tea, but he is also reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood which is one of my favorite books.  It gives us something other than his messy room to talk about.