Our year so far..............................

This has been an interesting year for us so far. Jarod was sick with the flu fom the middle of February to the end of March. And then, poor kid, he went to the dentist and they told us his mouth is severely over crowded and he needs 5 teeth pulled. So we are in the middle of that process now. 3 out and 2 to go. He has done so great with it though. We are so proud of him.
At school, Jarod is doing incredibly well. He is in the top reading and math groups in his class. Unfortunately he gets bored, so we have been looking at some alterenate schools for him. We found the Dry Creek School here in our district and think it will be the best match for him. It is an open classroom environment. There are only 3 classes per grade, with a maximum of 17 kids per class and the kids move around to work with whatever teacher is working at the level they need. They have an incredible science program as well as arts and languages. All students, from kidergarten to fifth grade have classes in Spanish. We got to go tour the school and talk to some of the students and teachers and we were very impressed. This school is very hard to get in to and we applied immediately. Jarod got accepted. So next fall he is moving to this new school. We are so excited. They call it a collegate preparatory school, that is exactly what Jarod needs.
Juan has been travelling for work quite a bit. He has been to Texas and California to present his research and will be going later in the month to Chicago. He is publishing a lot of his papers and working really hard.

Jenn is working really hard to keep it all moving smoothly. She volunteers several days a week at Jarods school. Jarod's teacher just had a baby so the substitute is really happy to have a mom in there that knows what is going on. Jenn lso has a new calling. She is still a ward missionary but has been called to teach a Sunbeams class in primary as well. She loves it and the kids love her.

As for the rest of the year...... we are going to Puerto Rico at the end of June and will be there until the middle of July. Juan's neice is getting married so it should be a fun trip. Juan is looking for other job opportunities and will be interviewing all over the place. ( we are really hoping for the interviews in Idaho to go well). We shall see what the future brings!!