2 updates

I have two updates, I'll save the best one for last so please read all of this post. Only if you want to of course. :)
First, I wanted to update from a post I wrote a while back, you can read it here. We finally came up with a system the kids use to manage the time used on electronics (this includes computer time and x-box time). It looks like this:
Each Sunday night the envelopes are filled with six 30 minute cards for each child. That equals out to 3 hours of playing time per kid. No more than 1 hour can be spent per day and once the cards are gone, that's it for the week. And in order to play, homeschool work has to be completed (by all three kids) and chores have to be done. I still reserve the right to say "no" or "not now" depending on how the day has gone. This system has worked GREAT for us and the kids are doing well spreading out their time during the week. We have been using this system for a month now and we really like it.

 After they turn in a card, it gets placed in this container and stays in here until we reload their cards after they go to bed Sunday night.

After I wrote the last post that was linked above, we did a "cleaning house" so to speak with the games we were letting the boys play. We will be the first to admit we are not perfect parents and we make mistakes and you can read about one of those mistakes on the previous post. But I'm happy to say that the only x-box games we have left in our house are those that are properly rated for our children's ages. No longer do we have any rated M games and it feels so good! It's been a great learning experience for our whole family.

Second, this update is pretty exciting. We are on the third month of Michael being out of work but the Lord continues to provide in amazing ways. Michael still continues to teach CPR classes and do some work for his brother. It's keeping him quite busy which has been good for him, he's not one to sit around during the day and do nothing. But the exciting news is that Michael interviewed with a company called Go Daddy and he is now in the next phase while they do a background investigation on him. We are praying that this is the job for Michael. He and I both feel this would be a great job and Michael will definitely say yes if offered the job. So we wait. That's the hard part. And we hope and pray it's a yes from them!