Big News!!

My Baby learned how to ride his bike today!! STOP growing up!!  We also measured how tall he is yesterday--4 foot 6 inches--I know he is still only 7 but he seems to be growing up way WAY too fast!

Wow

My goodness am I a slacker or what--I need to apologize to some very important people in my life whom I had promised to keep this old thing updated--I truly am sorry and will try to be better!--

Life has been so very busy lately--the boys started back in public school in January and I feel like we have been running in over drive ever since!  They are both doing great!! It was a very hard decision for me to put them back in school but ultimately it was the very best thing for them both--they have magnificent teachers who love them to pieces and are doing such a wonderful job. 

Chase is in 3rd grade and LOVES school!! He is still not very social with the kids--but loves learning and chatting with the adults--He is doing so well--in fact they pulled him out of Special Ed because he is above grade level academically!!  I am so very proud of him--look how far he has come in 5 years! Never could have imagined how far!!

Jimmy is the life of the party--shocking I know--he is doing well in school--still struggling a bit with his behavior--but ultimately is a really good kid! He loves his teacher and is quite the charmer amongst all the 1st grade girls--he doesn't like me to tease him but he has quite the following! He is funny--brilliant and just has ever so much energy!!

Joe is enjoying his new job--and is hoping to be accepted into a masters program in the fall--we are all enjoying having him around more and though it is not the easiest thing in life to literally start over we are glad for the oppurtunity! 

We are very excited for spring and summer and plan to spend as much time as possible hiking and camping this summer--oh how we have missed the mountains! 

As for pictures--my poor camera is broken--I hope to have it fixed soon!!

Candy Cane Tree 2012

 

They are getting so big--I can't believe how much they have grown this year.  Time is speeding by way way too fast!!  I just love this tradition! I love looking at all the pictures from previous years! Find them here.

ketchup =]

I am going to attempt to catch up on all the blogging I haven't done in the last few months! Oh boy has it been crazy!!  So for our first feature we are going back to Sept??  I think-- before we had even decided to move to Utah we decided to check out the Indianapolis Zoo!! It was AMAZING--probably the best Zoo I have ever been to.  We loved it, well really we loved pretty much everything about Indiana. Here's the pics since we all know that is what we want to see any way ;]

the plan.....

We had a plan--a plan to move with Joe's job to Indiana--we were very excited by this plan.   We love love love our church family there! We found lots of little farms that we could see ourselves living on and working for the rest our lives! We  purchased things and worked and tried to make this plan work. Our plan was set----then----our house wouldn't sell in GA--Joe's job kept getting more and more demanding--it started to turn cold and our little home (a camping trailer, one of the purchased items) just isn't built for a full winter in snow!?!?!?! 
That is how life always seems to go--just when you have a plan, it CHANGES.  SO we did the unexpected--we moved to Utah--and it feels right--not perfect--but right! With all this going on I haven't had much time for this blog--but maybe we need a change here too? We are excited to be by our families once again and excited the boys will be surrounded by sooo much family!
We are taking it ONE day at a time--hoping and praying for the best!

Brazil

Last week we learned about Brazil--I forgot my camera for most of the week--I took a few pics with my phone!

 Friday I remembered my camera--just in time for our Carnival--we made some fun masks and watched.......

 Rio of course :]

We are having a lot of fun this year--I am loving it--and they seem to enjoy learning--makes me happy!!

Week one is done!

For our first week on our grand tour around the world we studied Japan!









We learned to say a few words in Japanese--did some Radio Taiso--did some origami--colored the flag--the country--japanese carp--learned a song in Japanese Ame Ame. 

All in all it went great--we also did--reading--writing--math--spelling!!!
Only 175 days left!!