Abby (7 ½) has become a reader!
It took a while but she has taken off and I’m impressed often at the
words she is able to read. At parent
teacher conferences her teacher said she lacked some confidence and I pondered
what I could do to help her be more confident.
I felt impressed to just spend more one on one time talking with
her. I started doing that and she LOVES
it! She’s also involved in choir and
dance this year. She has a sweet singing
voice and has really improved in dance.
She does a bit of gymnastics in her dance class and it’s been quite hard
for her. And that’s my favorite part
because she really has to work at it.
Her cartwheels have gone from flopping on the floor to pretty decent
ones.
Luke (5 ½) is such a peacemaker most of the time. If there is one candy left, he is quick to
let another kid have it without being asked.
When we are playing a game where we keep score, he’ll purposefully do
bad to let me catch up. He played soccer
for the first time in the fall. I loved
watching him pick up on the rules and skills of the game. He would get so excited for his teammates
when they scored and was ok that he never got the ball in the net.
Rachel (3 ½) makes me laugh.
Today Jared and I were the monsters and she was “the princess with
powers that superman gave me”. Needless
to say I died a lot and she ruled the world.
We are starting to realize she thinks her bed is our bed. We have her visit and take up lodging with us
most nights. She knows how to get her
way and can be pretty good at bossing Luke around. She watches out for Jared for me all the
time. Oh, and it’s just so adorable to
watch her sing and dance to the songs from the movie Frozen.
It’s hard for me to believe but Jared is 1 year old. His smiles, laughs, and snuggles bring so
much joy to the entire family. He loves
to play ball, play rough, and crawl upstairs to mess up the big kids toys. They don’t love that but I think it’s kind of
funny.
Jonny is up to the same things
this year as he did last year: work and church.
Abby and I have talked a few times about how great dad is that he works
all day and then shares the money he makes with us. We are so blessed that wants to provide for
us. He loves to spend time with the
family and we love to be with him. The
kids always get excited when he comes home and that includes Jared. He hears his voice and starts crawling to him
while he makes this little pick-me-up whine.
This year I’ve made a lot of effort to get my body back to normal. Pregnancy left me physically week and
emotionally unmotivated. It took me a
while but I got to work and lost the baby weight. I’m proud to say I’m back to the weight I was
when I got married and the best part is that I feel strong again. I’ve also thought a lot about the Savior this
year. I felt a need to redefine my
testimony of Him. I pondered a lot about
the experiences I’ve had over the years that led me to believe in Him. It helped confirm again that He is my Savior
. I’m forever grateful for his love and
sacrifice for me.
