A first for Cam....

We took Cam and Bracken to the Draper Temple this morning. It was fun to see how excited Cam was to go for the first time. It is fun being there with the kids and helping them to see how much we enjoy being in the temple. The Draper Temple is beautiful and those sweet people that serve there always make me smile. I love hearing Will pronounce the Spanish names and see him baptize the boys, I can't wait til all six of us can be there together.

Seeing the big picture

Friday night Will, McKinley and I went out to do a little shopping. The topic of the kids Christmas Caroling performance came up and and I asked McKinley about Amber (a girl in her class who happens to have down syndrome). I asked how Amber was doing, she had a fall a month ago at school that really scared McKinley. She said she was fine and asked if I had noticed what a pretty dress she had worn to school. She talked about how funny and nice Amber is and how she is glad to have Amber as a friend. Then McKinley got really quiet and started to cry. We asked what was wrong and she said it makes her so sad when kids at school tease Amber and make fun of the way she smells, she said she tells the boys to stop but they don't always listen to her. We told McKinley how proud we were of her for sticking up for Amber and being her friend. We are so lucky to have our sweet McKinley!!

Christmas Cards

I am thankful for Christmas cards. I look forward to the mail in December. I love the pictures, the notes and most of all I love the people who send us cards. I feel blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives.

It's been a long time....

Keegan 15, Bonnie, Will, Bracken 13
McKinley 10 and Cam 12

I guess I should start with....we are all doing really well.

And I think for the most part we are settling in to our new home and getting to know the people around us. The kids are making plenty of new friends and liking school (as much as a teenager likes school).

Will just switched jobs at Overstock and is looking forward to the new challenge. He is teaching the 4 and 5 year olds in primary and loves it.

I am still working from home and getting use to not being at the school constantly with PTA. I love looking at the mountains and enjoy the trails around our house.



Keegan



Keegan is a sophmore at Lone Peak. He is on the wrestling team; hates it and loves it all at the same time. He is generally gone all weekend with freinds. It is fun to see him loving the high school expereince and strange to have him gone all the time.



Bracken



Bracken loves his new school and is making plenty of friends. He and Cam are working on a comic strip; it is all about making babies cry, strange but funny.



Cam



Cam is adjusting slowly, but doing well in school and loving his karate class. He is still building with anything he can find and enjoys exploring the hills.



McKinley



McKinley is ten and getting older every day. She is taking a tumbling class once a week and is doing fabulous. It is fun to watch her do something I use to love. She has some amazing friends that live close by...having lots of girls in the house is fun.

As the snow comes down outside I can't help but be grateful for all of our many blessings we have; a warm home, jobs that provide for us and little family. I am so glad I get to go through life with these five amazing people.

Wheee....

Will has been on this kick for the last month or so that he needs to get a dual purpose bike, basically a dirt bike that is street legal. He ran into a cousin at his family reunion a few weeks back that owns bikes and said he would invite us out one weekend to ride with his family. This past weekend was the weekend....dirt, dirt bikes, heat and sagebrush what more could you ask for. As far as my boys were concerned (Will included) this was going to be a blast. McKinley and I weren't to sure about riding dirt bikes.



Will took the first turn out and was more convinced than ever that he really needs a bike. Keegan was first up for the kids and he did great his first time out. The second time around he got a little over confident and went down in a nice soft patch of dirt. Bracken was up next, he was the first to crash but it was only a little tip over and he was off again. Cam stayed up both times and even went on a small hill. I should mention we had told the kids to stay off the hills this first time out. I was next and not thrilled about it. I did fine, but don't ever have to ride one again.  McKinley was the last to give it a try, she road around with Will on the back for the first little bit. Then she was off, up and down the rode she went. She had a few scares a long the way, but did awesome. The only problem was stopping for her, the bike was a little heavy for her to hold up and she tipped it twice on herself when she came to a stop. The kids all decided that riding dirt bikes a lot of fun and something we should look into doing more often. But, much to their dismay we won't be out buying bikes any time soon.

4th of July Fun

 

 

The 4th was insane this year....I can't believe how many fireworks were lighting up the sky. Thanks to the amazing deck that came with our house we had prime seating for the amazing display. We watched fireworks, did a few sparkler's and sat down for some yummy smores.

Goodbye

On May 2 we moved out of our West Jordan home. After 11 years I thought it would be a lot harder to leave than it was, of course we will miss our friends, our neighbors, the ward and the schools. But I was really excited about our move.

After everything was pack up and moved out and it was all clean the Greenwoods' came up to say a final goodbye. That part was a little strange, but okay all at the same time. We know we will see them again and they will come hang out with us real soon.

                                           Goodbye Kenyons Claim Circle we will miss you!!