Let's see where do I begin?
A few updates about the kiddos....
L I T T L E W I L L I A M
My handsome little fella just recently got a hair cut. To me, it's a little short, but it is growing on me. William is doing so GREAT in school. He is reading chapter books now and is really in to them. He's already graduated out of the 3-minute read program in school, and is just excelling in so many ways. We are so proud of him and his desire to learn! Flag football is over, but BYU and Steelers football is NOT....so William still gets to enjoy his sport. Can't say enough about my little smarty pants son....he's a great kid!
B R O O K L Y N
Brookie is still seeing her speech therapist, but is really improving. Her most noticeable struggles are getting out those "S" blends, "sp" "sc" etc... Brookie's "school" usually is "tool" and "spider" is "pider." You get the idea! Anyway, with reminders she can usually get it right, but I see her improvement all the time. Kindergarten is great. Brooklyn loves doing homework and is beginning to read! I struggle with my patience in helping teach her, but I am doing my best at keeping my cool. Ballet and Tap are Brooklyn's favorite things. She loves practicing her shuffles around the house. Sometimes mommy even busts out her tap shoes and makes some noise right along with Brooklyn!
B A I L E Y
....is POTTY TRAINED!!!! Yay!!!! It only took a couple of weeks and a few accidents, and she hasn't even ONCE had an accident at night in bed. In fact, we were putting diapers on her for bed, and every morning she was dry, so we opted out of the diapers and we haven't had a single clean up....knock on wood! Bailey is a bundle of joy and quite a little performer...singing and dancing. We still go to Music Makers every Thursday morning, it's one of the highlights of the week for Bailey!
M A D I S O N
Maddy is on the verge of walking. She can take steps and walk a short distance, but not quite 100% independently. She loves walking back and forth from person to person....walk to daddy, turn around and walk back to mommy, constantly. It is fun. I know most people say that they are not too anxious for little ones to walk because they get into things way more often, but Madison already does that, and I can't wait for her to walk because then she won't be a mop for the church, my house, or anywhere else she decides to army crawl around. Madison has quite a little personality, already a little sassy and it's most evident when she gets mad...watch out!!!
My handsome little fella just recently got a hair cut. To me, it's a little short, but it is growing on me. William is doing so GREAT in school. He is reading chapter books now and is really in to them. He's already graduated out of the 3-minute read program in school, and is just excelling in so many ways. We are so proud of him and his desire to learn! Flag football is over, but BYU and Steelers football is NOT....so William still gets to enjoy his sport. Can't say enough about my little smarty pants son....he's a great kid!
B R O O K L Y N
Brookie is still seeing her speech therapist, but is really improving. Her most noticeable struggles are getting out those "S" blends, "sp" "sc" etc... Brookie's "school" usually is "tool" and "spider" is "pider." You get the idea! Anyway, with reminders she can usually get it right, but I see her improvement all the time. Kindergarten is great. Brooklyn loves doing homework and is beginning to read! I struggle with my patience in helping teach her, but I am doing my best at keeping my cool. Ballet and Tap are Brooklyn's favorite things. She loves practicing her shuffles around the house. Sometimes mommy even busts out her tap shoes and makes some noise right along with Brooklyn!
B A I L E Y
....is POTTY TRAINED!!!! Yay!!!! It only took a couple of weeks and a few accidents, and she hasn't even ONCE had an accident at night in bed. In fact, we were putting diapers on her for bed, and every morning she was dry, so we opted out of the diapers and we haven't had a single clean up....knock on wood! Bailey is a bundle of joy and quite a little performer...singing and dancing. We still go to Music Makers every Thursday morning, it's one of the highlights of the week for Bailey!
M A D I S O N
Maddy is on the verge of walking. She can take steps and walk a short distance, but not quite 100% independently. She loves walking back and forth from person to person....walk to daddy, turn around and walk back to mommy, constantly. It is fun. I know most people say that they are not too anxious for little ones to walk because they get into things way more often, but Madison already does that, and I can't wait for her to walk because then she won't be a mop for the church, my house, or anywhere else she decides to army crawl around. Madison has quite a little personality, already a little sassy and it's most evident when she gets mad...watch out!!!
And now, what's new with us?
J.O.B.
William is currently working as an independent contractor for Ray Core, selling insulated wall panels and roof systems. This is the same job he has been doing, but now he works from home and gets paid strictly 100% commission. At first, I was so scared about these recent changes, but it sure has been nice to have him home, and sales have picked up in a HUGE way. Still, it would be nice to have some job security and a company that William interviewed with at the beginning of the year, recently called him to an interview for a better paying position. Not sure if anything will become of this, but it has been nice to have that door open up for us as an option.
Q.I.V.A.N.A.
In the meantime, we have been working our Qivana business more aggressively lately and it is proving to pay off. We have several friends who see the vision of this company and are seriously looking to join our team. We also have friends who have been impressed with the product and wish to become customers. We are on the ups here and are so excited about this wonderful company whose products and opportunities are changing lives!!!
R.E.N.T.A.L.S.
Some bad news has also come our way, two of our four properties have been vacated within 2 weeks of each other. Our tenants have bailed out of their obligations to us and we are forced to either pay or find new renters ASAP! It has been stressful for me, but I am trying to keep it together :) I am hoping that we can get those homes rented before the snow flies, so keep your fingers crossed for us!
H.O.M.E. S.A.L.E.
Recently things have picked up with our house showing. In fact, one day this week we showed the house twice in one day!!! It is looking like we may have an offer too. I am not going to get my hopes up TOO much, but I can't help but feel like things might be moving in the right direction.
R.E.N.T.A.L.S.
Some bad news has also come our way, two of our four properties have been vacated within 2 weeks of each other. Our tenants have bailed out of their obligations to us and we are forced to either pay or find new renters ASAP! It has been stressful for me, but I am trying to keep it together :) I am hoping that we can get those homes rented before the snow flies, so keep your fingers crossed for us!
H.O.M.E. S.A.L.E.
Recently things have picked up with our house showing. In fact, one day this week we showed the house twice in one day!!! It is looking like we may have an offer too. I am not going to get my hopes up TOO much, but I can't help but feel like things might be moving in the right direction.
4 comments:
Hi hi! I didn't realize you have a blog! Your cute fam is all grown up! I'm glad you found me! FUN!
Hi Jodi!! Thank you so much for the sweet comment on my blog. I love doing it. It functions as my baby book/ Mommy journal. Did you know you can get them printed? I was so excited that I don't have to worry about getting EVERY memory into their own individual baby calendars anymore--I can always look back on the blog!
Your children are so precious. I couldn't have narrowed down any of those videos either--SO ADORABLE!! It seems like you are so busy. Picturing your little girls dancing with you made me smile. Liv is a HUGE dancer too. I wish I had some skills to teach her in that department--We basically just "flow" free style for the time being. (Tell me you watch "So you think you can dance"?!! --MY FAVORITE!!)
Anyway--I try and get over to your blog and catch up when I can. It is so nice to be able to know what is going on with those that I don't get to see anymore. It looks like you are doing an amazing job as wife and Mom. It's awesome to see!
xoxo
Aim
Hey I was just thinking of you today and wanted to let you know I miss you tons!
I will keep my fingers crossed for you! Good luck with every thing! I can't believe how big the kids are getting!
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