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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Still alive-I think!

So I did it again-got way behind on posting. I guess I should just post even if I don't know where the photo's are that go with it and then add pictures when I find them.

So here is what has happened, not in order!

Hope turned 3 in September.  She loved opening every present and eating cupcakes. She had a small party with friends.










Hope started Preschool with me and really loves gymnastics even though she isn't as limber as the other girls.  She is pretty daring and tries everything. Except swinging on the rings that are up high.  Her favorite thing to do is jump into the foam pit. She has a hard time crawling out.

She has learned a lot in preschool. She can identify the whole alphabet and we are working on phonics.  She can count to 22. Knows all of the colors and can write most of her name.

Hope loves to play with her friend Ellie that lives next door and her little sister Lynlee. One day they decided to take a nap in their parents bed together. Their mom-Heather- got a picture.


I sprained my ankle the second week teaching gymnastics. I landed on the side of my foot when landing from off the bars. So I got to wear a brace for a few weeks.


All of the kids started back to school the end of August. Paige is a Junior this year and in choir. Zach is a Sophomore and on the High school swim team.
Ethan is in 6th grade and proud to be the oldest grade in the school. Parker is in 3rd grade and has made all kinds of new friends.

Braden started working at Winger's during the summer and started his first semester at U.V.U. He seems to enjoy it.  He is saving money for his mission and isn't jumping up and down about being able to leave earlier at age 18.  But he is working on the paper work at a slow pace.

Paige of course is getting great grades.  She pulled a 4.0 this term- great going!
She has started dating and hangs out with a group of friends a lot.  She is going to Washington D.C. the end of November for a school history tour.  AND she just started working at Winger's with Braden.
When they interviewed her, they told her that if she was anything like Braden, they wanted her. She was hired on the spot. Great job Braden for your example.
Paige went to Sadie's with a group of friends.



Zach did a swim a thon to earn money for his swim team gear and tours.  He swam 200 laps in 1 hours and 50 minutes at 10:00 at night.  He earned a lot of the money he needed.  Zach is also in choir. He tried out for honors choir besides and made it. The only problem is that the big concert and a swim meet are scheduled the same day. Hopefully he can make it to both- we will see.

Ethan got braces on his top teeth.  He has been very self conscious about his crazy teeth.  He has had to have 3 brackets glued back on already. Really, they must not have done a great job the first time because they come of when he is eating normal food- like hamburgers.  He wasn't so excited about halloween because he couldn't eat most of the candy he received.  For halloween, he couldn't decide what to be , so he was a little bit of everything for the school parade and was Harry potter for Loren's work party.


Parker loves playing with all of his friends and also plays with Hope.  He entered the reflections contest and got a certificate , a prize and hot chocolate.  He was a black assassin for halloween.  He went out with some friends and their parents and scored lots of candy. He also had a Birthday in September and turned 9.  He had a Mine craft themed birthday party. This was the cake I made.  All of the games he played had something to do with the game.



As you can see-Hope was a sweet little Lady Bug!  After an exciting day of Preschool and gymnastics and playing with friends she feel asleep right after dinner.  She woke up about 8 p.m. and wanted to go trick or treating. Paige took her to two houses and she wanted to come home. Silly girl.

Last month I became very ill. Went to the doctors and found out that I had mono. Not fun at all.  A few days ago I went to the doctors again to find out that I had strep and a sinus infection. They gave me a big ol' shot in the butt.  Wish I could just stay healthy. It is hard being a mom and working part time when you are sick.

Loren went to Florida for 5 days to do some training. Of course, it snowed here and our furnace went out.
The repair man had to condemn it because it had a huge crack in it from the humidifier leaking on to it-for who knows how long. It took almost a whole day to install the new one.  They used php piping instead of the metal vents and put in a new air vent so it would heat better.  It works!!!