Update

So I am really bad at the blog thing and decieded that I should update it since the kids are in bed and Dale is at work. This year all of my children started school and I was really worried about Dallin and his apt to run off and if he would adjust to Kindergarten. Well when we went to back to scholl night to meet the teachers I warned his teacher not to put him by the door for his urge to run out. So on the first day of school I asked him where his desk was and he said, "All the way across the room." Boy was I relieved. All of the kids like thier teachers this year. Xander has a Male teacher which seems to be really good for him and he loves going to school. Not as if he never did but now he is really excited. Keziah has the same teacher that Xander had last year which will be good for her because of her need to chat with her friends and Mrs. Hoover doesn't put up with it. Colby has a new teacher to Harvard this year but he really enjoys it. Dallin and him have the same recess and when Dallin fell and got hurt he ran to Colby. That day Colby says to me, "Mom, I had to miss line up after recess because I had to walk Dallin to his class because he fell off the monkeybars." He was upset but what a good big brother he is to take care of his little brother.

Dale and I have been really busy with work and such. I am learning to make quilts from my mom and that is what I have been doing on my days off for the kids for christmas. Once they are all done I will try to post the photos of them with the kids. I now work in just one Pharmacy and I do enjoy it. It is nice to be home in within 15 minutes of getting off, and not a couple of hours later. The money we save on gas alone is great. The real big bonus is being able to spend more time with the family. Dale has been working alot lately and it is great. He has been really tired from all of the long hours but he really enjoys his job.

Well bye for now and I will try to update the photos soon.

Colby

So every family has that one child that is always hurt or sick. So for me that is Colby. 2 weeks ago on Monday he was on Keziah's bed and rolled off and broke his right arm agian. 2 years ago he did the same thing. He was so excited to get the cast this time so he could show it off at school. I am just glad that he has the cast becasue he is so active. Then last thursday he is playing with Keziah and gets the thing wet. He of course does both of these things when Dale and I are at work and the Mother-in-law is watching him. She doesn't really watch them she just either plays on the computer or is watching food network and makes them play in there room be themself. That is another story all together. So need less to say we have a child that has a cast on his arm for 4 weeks. Got to love the accident prone child.

Kindergarten

So this week I registered Dallin for Kindergarten. Boy what a chore that was. When I went to get everything ready for it I realized that I did not have his birth certificate. Not good! First I called Dale and asked him if he knew where it may be and of course he did not. But he did ask if I was sure that we had him and I explained that he was hatched. LOL!! I then called the school and asked what to do and was told that his blessing certificate would not work and that I would have to go to the Vital Record office and buy one. Great so now my hour from work would not be long enough. I headed down to the office and paid 20.00 to get his birth certificate. I thought that I was good to go and he could attend school next year. NOT!!! He did not have all of his shots. So right there in the office I mad an appointment for him that day to get his shots. I thought that he only needed to get 2 shots and it turned out that he needed 5 of them. He was not happy. But since he was such a trooper I treated him to ice cream. Now my youngest child will be in school and he has all day kindergarten. Boy am I getting old. All of my kids will be in school next year. How Sad and exciting at the same time!!!!

Vacation

So this week we are going to talk a long awaited vacation. All day long I have heard from my kids that they would like to leave today. But of course Dale and I have to be responsible adults and work for a few days. I can not wait for some R&R and have fun with some great friends.

My Job

So yesterday I applied for a new postion with my company. I went to the interview and was told that we would find out by today who got the job. As of now I have not heard a thing and I am getting really nervous. I hate waiting to find out the results of things. I have been praying and crying all at the same time to get an answer to this job. This would make our family life a little more easier. So I am sorry if I sound down.

Happy Birthday Xander

So today is Xanders' birthday and boy has time flown by. I can not believe tha he is 10 years old today. So to reflect on the past 10 years it has been full of laughter and headache. Xanders favorite color is blue of course. His favorite food is our homemade pasta salad, so of course we are making it for dinner today. He is really into LEGOS. In fact he loves to build them over and over agian. He is in the 4th grade and this year he is working on a science project and is really in to it. I remember when he was just starting preschool and how excited he was to get on the school bus, now soometimes it is a headache to get him to turn off his light at night to get him to go to bed and stop reading. Of couse i love to see him excited about reading. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY XANDER.

Washington Weather

So as normal here in Western Washington we get a lot of rain. Well this past week we got a ton of rain within 24 hours, which for here is not normal. My sister Anna Lee got married yesterday in Utah, but because of the rain Keziah and I were not able to make it. It rained so much here that on I-90 they had a mudslide that damaged the road and that is one of the major ways out of Western Washington. The other way is I-5 and that flooded that we were unable to make it out that way also. They had those routes shut down for two days and it was estimated that it cost consumers 12 million dollars. OUCH!!! We were going with my parents and Ambria my niece. We even tried to leave a day earlier then we planned due to the weather. But at last the elements won and my parent took a early flight out of Seatac to Salt Lake to make it to the wedding. From what I understand it went great and all is well. Congrats Anna Lee and Jay. I will still be able to see them in February for the reception here. But all worked out in the long run for everybody involved.

2009

So as many of you do I have decided to have a new years resolution. Mine for this year is to be more Christ like and giving more attention to my spirituality. To some of you this may be easy but for me this is as hard as a diet. This can be easy or hard and right now it is a hard thing to do for me. I am trying to have more patience with my children and enjoy my time with them. I think the hardest thing is to find things to do with them so if any of you have any ideas to do with them please feel free to share. may the new year bring love and joy to all of you.