Meet the Fountains

Here goes our first attempt at blogging. Our family consists of Bruce, Lara, Avery, Garret and Sara, the cat. Oh! and six ridiculous unnamed red hens. We live in the wilds of northeastern Connecticut. Lest you think us hoity-toity Connecticut types, you should know that northeast CT is considered the "quiet corner". When planes fly over at night, it is the only black patch left in the Megalopolis. It's farm country, for real. We don't even have street lights. I believe we technically qualify as 'rednecks' since we have 2 immovable vehicles, an overgrown garden, and an active chicken coup. However, the 'hound' (yellow lab) passed away last summer and we remain unwilling to succumb to the lawn ornament requirements. So I will leave it to your better judgment to determine if we actually meet Mr. Foxworthy's standards.

Bruce is on the verge of becoming a licensed plumber so we hope the future will hold a family owned business by the same name as this blog. This remains to be seen, as Roto-Rooter politics seem to have placed an insurmountable blockage in our path. Still, hope remains alive. Bruce teaches youth sunday school, weekly, and Priesthood, once a month.

I, Lara, am currently a substitute teacher with the heart of a homeschooler. Subbing works great, really great with the family schedule but the pay leaves mountains to be desired. I teach seminary and primary and with the chauffering I do, that leaves zero time for anything else.

Avery's life is ruled by school (3rd Grade), cheerleading, and activity day activities. I didn't know anything (read: cheerleading) could be so demanding of an 8 year old's time. YIKES! Beware the cheerleading nazis!

Garret is still refreshingly unencumbered at 6 1/2. Just don't forget the 1/2 or he will let you know it in no uncertain terms. He just adores his new teacher and is doing fantastic in 2nd grade. Try as I might, sports and other outside activities are less interesting to him than video games and webkins. I can't wait 'til he's old enough for cubscouts so he can broaden his experiences and perhaps spark some interests that don't involve electronic equipment.

Well, that's a little intro to the Fountain family. Hopefully the future will hold fun posts, comments and even photos... We shall see!