An update...yeah!!!

Grace started kindergarten this year. I don't know where the time went with her. It seriously has flown by. She is a great student and her teacher calls me often to tell me how obedient and considerate of others she is. I get to help in her class and she is always giving me hugs when I'm there. I love this girl!!



After having our basement flood both before it was done and after...we finally figured out how to fix it. A long day with all five of us digging (I seriously thing I dug a hole taller than me), we placed some pipe and haven't had flooding since (knock on wood).



Halloween was exhausting this year. I think I dressed the kids up like 4 times. They were pretty cute though. Jaden chose to be a skeleton again and I think the costume finally fit him. Grace was a "cute" witch...she really was. Lane wanted to be Elmo or "melmo" as he says. We did the school parade and parties, the trunk or treat which was rained out of the ghost town and into the church, and we were able to meet new cousin Sadie and say goodbye to a very special great-grandma all while celebrating Halloween.



The kids have been very busy in school. Grace dressed up like Little Bo Peep for Nursery Rhyme day at kindergarten and even got to do the announcements on the school tv. She was super shy about it...but did very well.


Jaden decided to enter the reflections contest this year. He took first place in our school and was sent to state. He didn't win there but I'm so proud of him for doing it.


After a funeral for Grandma Holley the first of November and a yummy Thanksgiving ...it was time to start celebrating Jaden's 8th b-day. Really? I still can't believe I have an 8 year old. He had a friend party with 3 friends for a late night wii night. They played the wii and the new Toy Story game that Jaden got, ate pizza, and had fun.

I've always wanted to take the kids on the Polar Express but just couldn't justifiy the money right around Jaden's birthday and Christmas. This year, a friend from our townhome days offered up 4 tickets for $40!! I jumped on it and since Lane was free...it worked perfectly. We told Jaden we had an extra surprise for him and I waited to tell the kids until after we watched the movie on a Saturday afternoon. They were so excited and raced to get dressed and we headed out the door. It was so much fun...thanks Tawnya!!


Jaden was baptised on the 4th of December at 8 in the morning. He has been asking for his whole famiy to be there. He wanted so badly to be surrounded by all his family. He was extremely disappointed with Grandma Holley's passing but we kept telling him that she was there. He missed a couple other members of our family but we were so lucky to have soooo many there. It made the whole day special and he was given written letters from each of those that were there. He has read these letters again and again. All his cousins were there and he kept telling us it was the best day ever. We had breakfast at our house after the baptism and then did cake and ice cream for his birthday. We were even more thrilled when my brother and his wife and kids stayed for the weekend with us. We don't get together often enough and my kids still ask if we can do that again. Such a special weekend with so many special familiy members who took time out of there busy holiday schedules to make it great!!!





So now I've at least updated until almost Christmas of 2010....so much left still to do...but maybe later.