HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Well the girls are another year older. Ashley has reached the double digits and Sam is nine. I swear they each grew like six inches since their birthdays. I believe that they were spoiled this year. Harmony and Go mo (aunt) were here for the Fourth of July weekend. Of course Harmony spoiled the girls and Alex. We went to mt. Rainer and Seattle. Suk's niece from Korea with her so we had to show her around. We all had a really great time. We took them to the space needle, pike's place market and the water front. They had a great time. It was sad to see them leave go. We had a birthday party for the girls on the 4Th while Harmony was here. We spent Sam's birthday in Seattle and took Harmony and Go mo to the airport on Ashley's birthday. Later we took them to Chuck E Cheese. This last Saturday we had their party with friends. It was a hot day so we played in the water having water balloon fights and water fights. We had a pinata for the party and we also set up the moon bounce. Over all I think that they had a great birthday.

I have been having fun with my new calling. I am in charge of my first enrichment activity this Thursday. I am really excited and nervous. I hate being in charge of things. Other than that not much is going on. Sarah is coming in a few weeks and we are really excited to have her come. I hope all is well with everyone. We will talk to you later.

Hello

I know that it has been a long time since I last wrote. We have had a lot going on and I just kept forgetting to write. The girls a through with sports until fall. On their last soccer game we had all four seasons that day. Rain, sun, wind and even snow. Yes snow in April. It was crazy. They wanted to play baseball but I said no. I really wanted my Saturdays back.

School's out for the girls and for me to. I love having a job where I get summer vacation too. We did get a new addition to our family. A little kitten. His name is Max and he is Sam's cat. I think that Alex is glad to have another male in the house. He is a really good cat. Princess likes him to. They play together really well. I was surprised how gentle the dog can be with the cat.

As you can all see in the pictures I cut my hair. I cut at least 10in off. It felt so weird having short hair again. I didn't tell anyone that I was cutting it so I shocked a lot of people at work and at church. The bad thing about it is now i have to do my hair I just can't pull it up anymore.

I have some other good news. I received a new calling a couple of weeks ago. I am the 2nd counseler in the Relief Society at church. That means that I am in charge of Enrichment nights. I am really excited about it. It was funny because i had a dream that I was getting a new calling but didn't know what it was. Then I was talking to the old relief society president about it and i joking said that if I could choose a calling I would want to do enrichment. The bishop asked to talk to me a week later and said that i was called to be in the relief society presidency over the enrichment program. Who says dreams don't come true.

Well everyone here is doing well. We have some visitors coming this summer so we are excited about that. I hope that everyone is doing well and we will talk to you all later.

Hey there everyone. Sorry that I haven't updated lately. The girls and I went to Mom and Dad's for spring break a couple of weeks ago and I got really sick again. Luckily I didn't have to go to the er again. Well everything here is going good. Like I said the girls and I were in Idaho for a week. It was a lot of fun. The girls got to see grandma, grandpa and aunt Sarah and I got to see Abbie and William. Oh ya, Melanie was there also. ;) We had a very event full week. The girls got to have a Easter egg hunt at Aunt Melanie's house with some of their cousins. Uncle Josh had a great time shooting me with his new Nerf gun. We also got to go horseback riding with aunt Sarah, went swimming at the YMCA with grandma, and saw all the animals at the zoo. We spent pretty much everyday with Melanie and her kids. I think that Abbie overdosed on cousins. That girl is worse than the energizer bunny. She never wants to stop. The girls also had a great time digging in the dirt with their other cousin Eva Jean. I was glad to see the trip over. I really needed a rest before I had to go back to work. I forgot how busy little ones are and how much you have to watch them so they don't get into everything.

Alex and I are doing well. We are just working away. I think that he enjoyed his week away from the girls. He even had a week off from taking care of the dog since I took her with me. Princess really need to be able to play out side with the other dogs.

The girls are just about done with soccer. They have their last game on Saturday. YEAH! I really like to watch them play sports but I will be so glad to have my Saturdays back. Well that is about it for now from us. I know we live a very dull life. What can I say. Take care and I will talk with you all later.

HAPPY EASTER/ANNIVERSARY

Greetings everyone. Yes Happy Anniversary to Alex and I. Today makes it twelve years that we have been together. It is hard to believe that we have been together that long. It has been so nice to have him home for an anniversary. We really didn't do much since today is Sunday and also Easter. We went out to dinner last night with the kids. We just had a quiet night tonight with the kids watching movies.

Yesterday the girls had another soccer game. They have been improving so well. The field was really messy and muddy. They were all over the field trying to keep the ball away from the other team. Ashley was able to be the goalie again. She is really good. She was all over that ball. Her favorite thing to do was jump in the mud after the ball. She was a total mess after the game.

Our team lost but we did score a couple of goals.

After the game we had a neighborhood Easter egg hunt. All of the neighborhood kids were there. We had a lot of eggs to find. It was a lot of fun for the kids and some of us decided to make it a BBQ next year.

Alex has been doing well after his surgery. He wasn't able to watch TV or play on the computer. He slept most of the time and the rest of the time he was bugging me. It was really nice having him there to talk to and not have to compete with a game or movie. He still has a hard time seeing clearly but it will get better for him.

Well we hope that all is well with you and your families. We will talk to you all later. Take care.

Greetings

Well hello everyone. Can you believe it. I didn't wait months to update this. We seem to have a pretty good week. Ashley lost three teeth this last week. Two on the bottom and one on top. The tooth fairy around here kept for getting to take her teeth and leave money. Ashley was talking about charging the tooth fairy $20 for being late all the time. Alex finally cleaned out the garage these last two weekends. He even said that he enjoyed being out in the garage working. I was a little shocked about that. Sam is being her normal self. She wanted to put Ashley's last tooth under her pillow since the tooth fairy forgot to take it and also because her sister already got $2 for the last two teeth. I told her that the tooth fairy doesn't like to be tricked.

Ashley had her basketball party tonight. They had it with the older girls too. It was really nice. Ashley got another trophy. Her team tied for 3rd place. I don't know with how many other schools. She also received her team pictures so I guess I have to add that to her scrapbook.

Well it looks like the rest of the month is going to be filled with new adventures. The girls are going to be starting soccer this week. They should be having their first game this Saturday. Next Monday Alex will be having out patient surgery on his eyes so he won't need his glasses anymore. That means I get to have him home for a week while he recovers. At least he won't be on the computer the whole time. The girls and I are planning a trip to mom and dad's for spring break at the end of the month. I can't wait. I just want to see Melanie's kids.

Well we hope that all is well with you. I will try to keep this updated as best as i can. Take care and we love you all.

Greetings

Well I hope that everyone has had a good week. We had a fun week here. The girls and I got to enjoy a four day weekend while Alex only had a three day weekend. On Monday we went to the movies with a family from church. We all went and saw Spiderwick. It was really good. The girls really loved it even though they said it was a little scary. The girls got to hang out at our neighbors house Tuesday morning while I had to go to a meeting for work. Luckily it didn't last all day. The rest of the week went by really quick. We had the new neighbors three boys over for pizza, movie and games. They are some active boys. I almost had to hog tie one up because he was getting into everything and would not sit still. I told Alex that having them over almost makes me not want anymore kids. Alex suggested that we have them over more often.

Ashley had her last basketball game on Saturday. It was a great game. First we would be ahead then the other team would take the lead. By the end of the game we were tied 13 to 13. They played one minuet of overtime with our team making the only point. The team, coach and parents went wild. The coach's wife said that if they lost she wasn't going to go home with her husband since he will be extremely grouchy and she couldn't go home with him if the won either since he will be bouncing off the walls. Poor lady. Afterwards we went to the px to do a little tax return shopping. The girls and I made out. The girls each got a MP3 player and I got a new camera. I am having so much fun with my new toy. As you can see in the video the girls really love their new toys too.

Well we hope that you all have a great week. I will try to write again later. Take care and we love you all.

FINALLY.......

I know that it has been months since I last wrote. Almost three months to be exact. Well so much has been happening since the last time I wrote. First we had christmas. The girls had a great Holiday. They got pretty much what they wanted. We got the girls a basketball hoop. They really love it. We all had a great holiday. We did have one great suprise last month. It snowed and it didn't melt away. The girls had their very first snow day this year. They had so much fun sledding down the driveway and on the hill in our front yard. All of the neighborhood kids were over playing. It didn't last to long but to me it was perfect. We haven't had a lot of snow here. It seems when it did snow it melted as it hit the ground.


Well we are still doing sports. Sam had completed basketball in December. She had fun but she says that she doesn't want to play agian. Ashley is playing basketball now. I am really impressed on how well she is doing. She is really an agressive player. She hasn't made a basket in a game yet but she really knows how to be a team player. Next month we are going to be starting soccer and then we are done with sports for the rest of the school year. I can't wait to have my saturday's back. The girls are doing well in school. Sam is helping kids in her class with their math. Its good for her since it keeps her busy.

Alex is still not liking his job. I feel really bad for him. He is always coming home so stressed out. I think that he is really looking forward to a deployment. I know that sounds bad but he says that he needs a vacation. I am still working at the high school. I really am liking being a lunch lady. Other than that not much is going on with us. I was really sick last week. We got to spend six hours in the ER last sunday. I was very dehydrated and had to be buffed up. It completely wiped me out. I am very grateful to Alex for taking care of me and the kids even if his bed side manner is less than perfect. Well we hope all of you are doing well. I promise that I won't wait another three months to write.