Kindergarten Field Day!

Last week we got to go to Jakob's school for the Kindergarten Field Day! It was lots of fun to watch all the kindergartener's, they all seemed to feel so big and proud to be on the "Big Kids Playgroud" and excited to play games instead of being in the classroom! It brought back memories from when I was in elementary school, field day was one of my favorite days! Jakob had a great time and even Mason got to participate in most of the events!

She's Already Rolling!

Ready,
Set,
Roll!!!

The other day I was changing Hannah's diaper and getting her ready for the day and decided to give her a little "tummy time" before I got her dressed and she rolled over! Just another one of those little milestones that make you realize how fast time flies! It seems like just yesterday we brought her home from the hospital and now she is 3 months old and smiling, laughing and rolling! Why do they have to grow so fast?

Where do I begin?

Wow-it has been a long and expensive week! Last week I went visiting teaching and came home to a grumpy hubby and a sad child. While Wade was trying to fix dinner and have it ready for when I got home, Mason got a hold of Jakob's Nintendo DS and decided to see how far the top screen could bend back and broke it. It hasn't been replaced yet, but that will be $130. Then, this past weekend my sister and I decided to do a babysitting trade, so Wade and I went out to dinner Friday night and when we got back the kids weren't ready to go, so we decided to hang out for a little while. My nephew Ben got a pretty cool basketball hoop game for his birthday in March. It was the kind that you shoot the balls and they roll back down and it keeps score. Anyway, Mason decided that he would climb into it so that he could make a basket and the whole thing toppled over, ripping the cords out of it and snapping the backboard in half-that is yet another $130. Then to put the icing on the cake, some friends of ours needed to borrow our truck over the weekend and left us with their car. I had to take it to church yesterday and when I got home I threw the keys in my diaper bag, "thought" I unlocked the doors, but actually locked them leaving my diaper bag, with the keys and our sweet little Hannah inside. Needless to say, we didn't want to risk waiting around for a pop-a-lock guy to come and having something happen to her, so Wade had to take a hammer to our friends' car window. So I spent the morning getting it repaired before they came back with our truck-that was $170. So in the past week Mason and I have managed to create $430.00 worth of damage. When it rains, it pours! I was talking to my sister about everything, she said, "Things always seem to come in three's." So hopefully this is the end of our bad luck streak!

Is Something Wrong?

Okay-This girl sleeps soooo much, I am starting to wonder if there is something wrong with her! By all means, I am not trying to complain or anything and I am very grateful for the full nights sleep i'm getting, but really it is crazy how much she sleeps! She is still sleeping between 7 and 8 hours during the night and for the past 2 days, she has taken a 4 hour nap in the afternoon. This doesn't include the 1 hour nap she has in the morning, plus a few cat-naps in between it all! I guess I am a little shell-shocked because the boys never even came close to sleeping this good. It's been kind of nice to have such a good baby. There is not much else to report other than she is growing and getting big way to fast. She smiles at everyone, even strangers at the store--she is such a happy baby and must know how cute she is! She has started giggling and loves to watch her big brothers and t.v. She has been so much fun to have in our family and we all love her to pieces!

Clark County Fair 2008!

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Well this is a couple weeks late, but as I always say, better late than never! I guess you can say that going to the fair has become a family tradition for us. Last year Wade's parents opened a catering business called Maggie Ann's and gave the fair a try and it was a success, so they went back again this year! While Wade was busy working, I was busy keeping the kids entertained! We had a good time, the kids got to go on lots of carnival rides, get their faces painted, see and pet lots of animals and play with their cousins, which was their favorite part of the whole weekend! On Friday night, Wade took the boys to the rodeo and on Saturday, we got to watch our nephew Connor in the mutton bustin' contest, which was really fun to watch! Connor was a brave little boy and did a great job! All in all, we had a great time, but I think we were all glad when it was over, espcially Hannah-she didn't really enjoy the heat and the wind! Now we get to look forward to next year-whoo hoo!

Good Job Jakob!

Last week Jakob came home with his report card from kindergarten. As most of you know they don't get actual grades, but rather just inform you if they are meeting the standard requirements or not. So I was looking through the report card and came to the end and there was a note from his teacher expressing how proud she was of how well he has been reading, then at the bottom of his teacher's note, there was a hand-written note from the principal asking Jakob to come to her office to read her a story! So this week he gets to go read to the principal! We are so proud of Jakob, even though it is just kindergarten, he really has been working hard to learn to read and write! We feel lucky to have such a wonderful teacher for Jakob and a principal who takes the time to recognize students on an individual basis! It really made Jakob feel special and it gave me an opportunity to talk with him about how working hard and doing good in school brings special rewards! So that night to celebrate we took him to his favorite place for dinner--Subway, yummm!

A Special Weekend!

This past weekend was really special for our family! On Saturday we were able to go out to Logandale for our niece Hailee's baptism. It was a beautiful baptism and Hailee looked gorgeous all dressed in white! Congratulations Hailee, you are a beautiful girl and a good example to your brothers, sister and cousins! Jakob can't wait until he turns 8 so he can get baptised--only 2 more years! Then on Sunday we were able to bless Hannah. It was a beautiful blessing and Wade did a wonderful job. I am so thankful for him and the priesthood he holds so that he can perform these special ordinances for our family!
The 2 beautiful girls--Hailee and Hannah! I wish I could of got a picture of both of them dressed in white--that would have been priceless!
This is a picture I will always treasure! The baby blessings of the boys were wonderful and days I will never forget, but Hannah's was a day I sort of always dreamed of and hoped for, simply because she was able to wear this beautiful dress that I was blessed in myself and was handmade by my mom and her Oma! I am so grateful for her and her sweet little spirit!
The proud parents with their sweet little angel! (All of the pictures we took with boys turned out blurry, but their were very excited for their sister!)
Afterwards, all of our family came over for some delicious food provided by Maggie Ann's Catering (i.e. Wade's parents). We also had some delicious desserts that were provided by Hannah's Oma, Aunt Steph and Uncle Marc! Thank you to everyone who helped make this a wonderful day for us to remember--we are truly blessed with wonderful family! We love you all!