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January
was a busy month and
really We
celebrated New Year's Eve with Ryan's parents. We
went to dinner and a movie. It was fun to have a
Ashby started basketball this month at the YMCA. It has been really fun for her. All her friends from church are on the same team which makes it extra fun. She is doing great and loves to have games 2 times a week. She scored her first basket in the game on Monday and she was so excited. Ryan had a big arbitration case he had this last week in Las Vegas as well as his Grandmother's 80th birthday party in Cedar City. So I was a single Mom for 1 week. It wasn't too bad, but we were so grateful to have him home with us again!!
My sister Kristi and I are very excited to announce that we have started a Custom Digital Photo Card Business. We have some great custom cards for all occasions, Holidays, or invitations. customphotocards.blogspot.com Here are the 2 cards I designed for the kids' birthday's this year.
Brooks
is 11 months old.
We are sure enjoying
this little guy. A few things I would like to remember about Brooks at this age: -He started walking everywhere this month. -Brooks loves to wave at people especially when he is walking. -He says mama, dada, & ball -He
loves crawling through and playing in tunnels. He loves the stairs. -Brooks loves to read books and will bring a book for you to read to him and sit in your lap.-He loves to yell loud when he wants something! -Brooks
can cry really loud too when he gets upset or hurt (which isn't
very often). -He
loves his Daddy and is very comfortable with him
even when I am in the same room. -He is on a great sleeping schedule. He still goes to bed early
but sleeps 12 hours. He usually takes 3 naps a day.
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Brooks started walking everywhere this month! |
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Brooks and Dalton's light saber battle! |
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flew
by for us. We
wanted to officially
announce that baby #4 is on its way!! Due to arrive
sometime around July 17th. We are all very
excited and can't wait
to find out if it is
a boy or girl on February 22nd. We told
the kids on Christmas morning. They were surprised and super
excited. Dalton thinks
it will be a girl and Ashby thinks it will be a boy. The
bets are on! I am 4 months along now and feeling good. My
energy is back and I am still exercising everyday which
makes me feel great! 
night
out with Ryan. New Year's Day we did our
usual tradition of
letting the kids smash the gingerbread house with
hammers into pieces. Afterwards
we tried out the chocolate fountain Ryan
got me for Christmas. It was sooo good and the kids just
loved it!
Ryan
is still loving his new job thus far at NV
Energy as its Assistant General
Counsel!!! It
is already less stress and less hours
so everyone is happy.Ryan
is still enjoying his new calling in
our ward as a High Counselor. He recently
was asked to conduct the dedication of the new
church that was built in Sun Valley. I
was able to attend as well as Ryan's parents
(My Mom was able to watch the kids for us . .
thanks Mom!!). It was a beautiful dedication.
The building is gorgeous. What a blessing for
the people in that area. Ryan's assignment is
still over the spanish branch in
Sun Valley. He is enjoying
using his spanish from his mission he served
in Chile Ryan
is still very much enjoying his Judgeship. It
continues to be a welcome change from the same
old and even very
rewarding. 
I
have been keeping busy with the kids and all
their activities. I have caught
up on all my picture albums which is a great feeling. Every picture
is in an album neatly organized and labeled finally! Now I have
to get working on my scrapbooks for each of the kids. I have been
still voluntering in Ashby's class every other week, which Ashby
loves. I am still serving as 1st counselor in the Primary Presidency.
I love teaching the children.
Ashby is 6
and will turn 7 years old next month! She
started 1st
grade in
July and she is loving it. She really enjoys reading,
writing, math, and music. She loves school
and learning. She is excited to go everyday. We have come to realize
she is a very talented writer. She loves to write detailed
stories on her own in her journal at school. Her teachers
were very impressed by her stories and copied pages
of her journal to share with other 1st grade teachers
and classes. Her
teachers have reccommended
her for the GATE program(for gifted and talented
learners). We are so grateful for a bright,
sweet child. Yay Ashby!!
She is loving playing basketball twice a week. Ashby
is still our little bookworm;
when it is quiet around the house Ashby is usually
curled up reading one of
her chapter books somewhere. We enjoy watching Ashby's
spirituality grow. She
is very
intuitive
and sensitive
to the Spirit. It is neat to watch this quality in
her continue to grow. She loves reading the
scriptures with us as a family
and loves going to church and learning the Gospel with
her friends.
Dalton
is 4 years old. He
is a
great little reader. The
stories he is reading during his reading lessons are at
a solid
2nd grade reading level.
Not too shabby for a 4 year old! He has
a good memory and we have
been working on the 30 sight words for Kindergarten.
He knows them all now. He loves
going to preschool 2 days a week. He
is so happy and excited when I pick him up. We
have been having several playdates with preschool
buddies. Dalton
LOVES friends and cousins. He is still obsessed
with anything Star Wars and loves playing the Wii.
Dalton contiues to love
his CTR 4 class at church and
is learning a lot. He loves
to
read
the scriptures
with us
as
a
family and is really interested in all the stories.
He is quick to remember things we have read together.
He
really loves having
and playing with friends. He misses Ashby at school
but is enjoying time with me and Brooks. Dalton
is a great big brother.
He will get me a diaper when I need one, hold Brooks,
and is very gentle and loving towards him. It is
really cute
to watch
him. He is
getting pretty good at writing his name.
He also likes drawing pictures of people. I
love when they start to do that it is so cute.
He is pretty proud of himself
for memorizing our
phone number and will call it with Daddy's
cell phone. He thinks that is really hilarious!!
Some of the things Dalton says are so funny.
He is really into how old he will be when Ashby
is 12, 14, 20, 40 etc. He asks me daily these types
of questions.
