My Twins Are Ten :-D

Hello to those of you who still remember me... :-D

I've been away for a long time & rarely check this board anymore, but I felt
nostalgic and wanted to see who was still around! My twins, Bryan and
Emily, turned 10 last week *THUD*. Can you believe it?? They're going into
middle school (5th grade at their school) and are all-around great kids,
excepting the occasional bickering ;-). Bryan takes private voice lessons
and is active in Boy Scouts, and he'll be taking clarinet for the next four
years at his school. Emily is active in Girl Scouts and has also been
assigned the clarinet (I sort of wish they'd been given different
instruments, but they both tested on mouthpieces and ended up with the
clarinet...so we'll get to see what that sort of competition is like!).

Our oldest, Janna, just graduated from high school *double THUD*. She was
an SGA Senator during her senior year, was on the honor roll and received
special academic mention, took 3 AP classes (we just received a call that
she was the only one in her high school to receive the highest grade, a 5,
on the AP English exam!), swam year-round and was tops in the county for her
swim strokes. She was accepted at a bunch of colleges and selected
Washington & Jefferson, in Washington, PA, a small liberal arts college.
Because of her swimming, she was awarded over $17,000/year just for her
athletic prowess, which means we need to come up with that much less
tuition. ;-) She'll be studying, swimming, and trying out for water polo,
too, when her freshman year begins in September. DH moves her into her dorm
room next month.

Then our youngest, Katie, turned 6 this month! She goes into first grade
and is becoming quite the reader. She's always been a joy to raise and only
lately has been the least bit difficult--mostly whining and clinginess, but
I think that's a reaction to a lot of the changes in the household (e.g.,
her big sister leaving home for college). What else...we're still in
Maryland, same home, same tourism business, same marriage. :-)

So a big HELLO to those of you old and new!! Is the board still active? I
see a bunch of spam, but I think it could be my filters are not set
properly. :-)

Jennifer