What a semester!

Whew! It has been a whirlwind of a spring semester here in the Roll household. But before I tell you a brief synopsis of the happenings we have a few announcements. No, we're not pregnant, but I did take a new teaching position at Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School teaching Chemistry, AP/Advanced Chemistry & a little bit of Physics! Finally within my certification areas! That means that the email address hroll@aquinas.la-crosse.wi.us as of right now is a very bad way to get ahold of me. If have your email address in my address book, expect notification of my new email address.

On to the happenings:
Jarrod continued lead a small group of youth and sporadically teach on Wednesday nights throughout the semester. He finished up by teaching a few times at our Adult Bible Fellowship Hour (Potter's Wheel). I am continually amazed at his passion and talent for teaching. Way to go Jarrod! (love you! :) ) Jarrod still loves the outdoors and is continually encouraging family bike rides or walks. Jarrod is an excellent father that is quite excited that Jed is reaching an age in which they can "roughhouse" a bit.
We hope to do a little bit of camping this summer - it'll help when Jed is finally sleeping through the night. He's getting better. Our hope is to hike Devil's Lake sometime this summer as well.
Jed is a handful - always wanting to be where the action is. He likes to "help" in the kitchen. When I say help, all he does is unpack the tupperware cupboard or pull all his magnets off the refrigerator. But, he is beginning to do a little picking up after himself. He loves to watch a few Baby Einstein videos (Thank you Lehman's for giving us our first two!). His favorites are Numbers Nursery and Baby MacDonald. He now can tell you what a cow, dog, elephant, kitty, fish and lion say. He is imitating our speech and the TV now. He is good at saying "Mommy" and is getting much better with "Daddy." His other two favorites are "uh oh" and "oh no!" He adores ladybugs (Thanks Grandma Tuttle :) ). He finds them in books - even before I'm aware that one is there. I'm trying to find a plush ladybug for him with no luck.
Jed is able to climb on a few furniture items and is very good about crawling up the stairs. He is beginning to want to walk up them like a big boy. I can't complain about his eating habits at all. He is an excellent eater. He likes almost anything -though he does still have some problems because he only has 4 teeth. The fifth actually just popped through last week and part of a molar also just started to break the surface.
There is so much more that he is doing, but you'll have to wait till the next post I guess. We miss you all so much and hope to see lots of you this summer! :) God Bless!

I apologize for not uploading pictures. There is technical problem either with blogger or with this computer. Thank you for your patience - we will get pictures up sometime this week! So keep checking!