Update

The girls in TX

Andy Andrews

Dress Up

Zeks Design

Moving Fun

Well we have been busy since Christmas. Scott and I went to Texas for Advocare Success School and learned so much. Mya has been on 3 field trips, one to Mcdonalds, one to Dominos and One to a local Dentist office. Mya hasn't grown much but she likes to be told she has. Chaysee will be two in just a few weeks, I can't believe it. She is getting taller and learning so many new words. Her newest, "Wow! Look at that." She loves Toy Story 3 and Dispicable Me. Zek is doing so well in school, he gets 100% on all his spelling tests and has started the series, A-Z Mysteries. Trevor is on a mission in Ohio and we miss him lots. We moved just a couple of weeks ago and are so thankful to those who helped us. We love our new house and the space it has :) It is currently my spring break, Zeks is in two weeks. Too bad they couldn't be on the same week. It is finally starting to warm up and the kids are excited for summer to come. Time seems to go by so quickly. I just started reading, "The Travelers Gift" by Andy Andrews it is a exceptional book, anyone and everyone should read it. We also have "The Boy Who Changed the World" and the kids absolutely love it. We are all doing well and loving life!

Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas! Thank you! Happy New Year to everyone. School starts tomorow with a great year ahead :) Chaysee will turn 2 in April, Zek will be baptized in July and Mya will be 5 in September. 2010 was good to us. In Feb. we moved to Moses Lake. Zek likes school and having neighbors. We love our ward and make some really great friends. Chaysee had her 1st birthday and we learned how great an investment in a wagon was (should've bought one a long time ago). Had a blast of a summer. Swimming, camping, playing at all the parks in town and building Advocare with my family! We had a great 1st half of the school year and I learned what its like to file a greivence for the first time (note to self, don't do it again). Chaysee learned to walk and talks giberish all the time. This past year I also taught myself to can apricots, peaches and salsa. Thanks to an amazing grandma we also got grape juice (only had to pick grapes). Also thanks to wonderful parents I was able to make a ton of freezer jam (strawberry and apricot) We were also blessed with an abundence of apples (thank you!) Mya was able to start pre-school, Chaysee now attends nursery by herself and I teach primary. For the year end favorites: Hiking with grandma and grandpa Naylor was very fun, something I never thought we could accomplish LOL. Sleepovers at grandma and grandpa Iversons were a blast! Even on New years! Scott and I have had to learn to be recievers this year, which is hard, but we are ever grateful to those who got to be the givers. Thanks to all of you helped us through this year of crazy fun! On a side note I lost almost 30lbs from last december to this december....Thanks to Advocare and Sidewalks in Moses Lake :) www.advocare.com/08103645

Wow! A Long Time!

Mya turned 4 in September and had a barbie birthday cake, she also had cupcakes at grandmas and mini cupcakes at preschool. Her first day of preschool was her birthday. She loves school and learning, her favorite thing about school is her teacher. She is learning to talk to people without being shy and really likes to ride in dads pickup to school. Chaysee recently turned 18 months and is continuing to grow. She is starting to talk a lot and we love hearing what she has to say. She can make the sounds of most animals, which is really funny and her favorite book is the three little pigs. Mya also has a neighbor boy who adores her. He valiantly runs to her side and always helps her. Last weekend at a soccor game he brought her a picture (he drew) of a boy and girl holding hands, he told her it was him and her, she blushed. What am I going to do. Then he came over to play the other day and Mya and Abe had their wedding, oh yes immediately I think of Full House, when Stephanie or Michelle gets married for pretend and laugh. They decided to hug instead of kiss, which I am greatful for. LOL! My neighbor and I also took the kids on a walk to look for leaves last weekend and they had a blast, it was such a relaxing way to spend such a beautiful afternoon, there are not going to be very many warm days anymore. Don't know what I have missed but I am hoping to stay caught up with this :)

Getting back into a routine

This summer we had a chore/reward chart and because the kids did what we agreed on they got to go mini golfing and then to ice cream-they loved it! Our neighbors left a batman mask at our house and Chaysee loves to chase the kids around the house, I don't think she realizes what she looks like. We also took the kids to the park the day before Zek started school and they had a ton of fun. We are sad to see the summer go, but I am glad to get the kids back on a schedule.

Zek started school this week and likes it a lot. It is hard to believe he is in second grade. He is making friends and loves PE (like every year its his favorite part of the day). Mya starts preschool this Tuesday, which is her birthday, but she is excited to start learning. She asked me the other day why she can't read to letters like zek, I told her she would learn and she got upset and said not at preschool. When I asked her how she knew this she said Zek told her you don't learn to read in preschool, I guess I will have to work with her. I didn't know she would be so ambitious about reading. The kids are all growing, they make me laugh almost everyday. Chaysee has started throwing fits, I hope it doesn't last long. I start school on the 20th, 18 credits, its going to be tough but good to get closer to being done. I am glad to be getting back to having a schedule. So just a short story about the Chaysee pictures, she thinks she should be able to fit into the doll basket. I wish I had a video to show but she is so funny. She stands in there and yells so I sit her down and she is mad because she is stuck, what is a mom to do?

Family Vacation

Last week we were able to meet Scotts parents in Montana at Glacier National Park. We had a lot of fun adventures that we decided to repeat in 5 years...Got to have more time to prepare for hiking LOL!! We arrived Sunday afternoon to hot salsbury steaks (which Scott loves, and I have failed at making) set up camp, visited and went to bed. The next morning we headed to the park and drove the "road to the sun" I got extremely car sick, didn't see much. Thankfully Scotts dad took a lot of pictures, which I am hoping he wants to share. After stopping for lunch we headed out on St. Marys trailhead to see the waterfall (1.5 mile hike) it was a pretty low key hike, the kids were able to do and it really was beautiful. We got back to camp and had a late dinner. The next day after lunch we headed out again, not knowing the exact plan (had I known I would have never gone, but am now thankful I did). We started out on this hike it was pretty steep, I thought "what was grandpa thinking?" we kept going. Zek had a blister, took off his shoe and walked 50% of the hike with only one shoe on. Mind you the whole time we were hiking there was MAJOR complaining, crying, arguing...finally after Mya and I were alone and way behind, Grandpa came to rescue and carried Mya on his shoulders the rest of the way. To be honest I didn't think I was going to make it. I just kept thinking one foot in front of the other. When we got to the top is was amazing. Such gratification and the beautiful sight from above. Thats when Grandpa told us it was 3.6 miles up 1800 feet!!! I am glad he didn't tell me that when we started, because I would have said no. On a happier note the way down was very plesant, no complaining. That night the kids got to swim and have wonderful tin foil dinners. The next day Grandma and I were feeling that out of shape feeling so we opted to keep the kids at camp and play games while grandpa and and Scott went on a 10 miler up 4500 feet. We were glad to stay at camp. We had a really great time and the kids already want to go back, I would recommend Glacier to everyone. And yes we were there the same time as the escaped convicts, eventhough we didn't know it and only a week after an entire family was killed by bears (Scott informed me the bears were killed, which didn't make me feel much better LOL)

Daughter like Father

This morning when my alarm went off, so I could go walking this is what I saw in my bed that made me smile. Chaysee was up a lot last night and I wasn't very happy about it but when I saw this it made me happy!

PS ADVOCARE MIXER at my house on Wednesday 6:30, its going to be a blast! What are you waiting for?