The First One Ever!

I've been checking out this blogging thing for awhile now and decided it might be a fun way to share the comings and goings of our family with our family members who live far away (that includes almost everyone). So here goes.

School has been in for several weeks now and things are going great. This has been a really good year so far. Our kids have been doing very well. NO after school detentions yet!! This time last year it had been almost every day for one or the other.

Brennan is 11 and in the 6th grade this year. He has improved immensely in maturity and responsibility this year. It's been nice to only hear good things about him from his teacher. Brennan earned his Arrow of Light this summer (the highest award in Cub Scouts). He has moved on to 11 year old Scouts and has a fantastic Scout Leader that has regular camp-outs and is working them hard. His proudest accomplishment this month has been memorizing "We'll Bring the World His Truth" on the piano.

Tori had her 9th birthday last week and we had a slumber party with her best friend Britney whose birthday is the week before hers. We had a spa night and did manicures, pedicures and facials and some fun crafts like making body glitter. I discovered that girls are much louder than boys and they don't sleep!

Tori also was Student of the Month (first time since kindergarten!) for September. The virtue this month was Responsibility which made it even better. She had been President of her class for the first few weeks and had done an excellent job handling all her responsibilities plus keeping up with her schoolwork.

YEA TORI!!

Shelby also had a birthday in the last few weeks. She has wanted to be 5 since she was about 2 1/2 - so it's a dream come true. She started kindergarten this year thanks to the late cut-off date in California. Thank heavens! She is the only student to start the beginning reader program and she also has almost completed her practice math book that was supposed to last the whole school year. Thankfully, her kindergarten teacher knows how to challenge my kids!

Kendall is 3 and loves her position as being the baby - however DO NOT call her a baby - she is a big kid! Kendall loves Buzz Lightyear, Cars, playing ball and riding her trike. She also loves to do whatever her big sisters are doing. She's done a lot of growing up this last 2 months. No more bathroom accidents and she can dress herself from head to toe.

Shelby brought home a page with all the alphabet to post on the refrigerator. After about a week, Kendall had all the letters and most of the sounds down.

As for the last few days, Brennan was up until after 11 PM last night because he had procrastinated on his National Park report (he picked Zion). We are hoping he learned a lesson. ;-)

Tori came home sick from school - we are starting to think she has migraines. She didn't even make it into the classroom - threw up in line. She is doing much better tonight after resting today.

This was a long one. My hope is to post every few days or when something exciting happens. So keep checking back!!