We have joined the blog bandwagon!

Hello family and friends! I decided just oh let's see about an hour ago that I needed to do this. We have so much going on in our family now that it is hard for me to keep up, let alone you. I am quickly learning that the older the kids get the more hectic life gets.

Amber is very involved in her FFA and soon rodeo club. She has been working on training her horse. She will be ready to ride in the spring when she is 2. Did I mention she is a wild mustang? Amber did such a great job with Star that grandma and grandpa want her to train the 2 colts they got this spring and another mustang they have. She is looking forward to doing barrells and she might try pole bending too.

Nicole is finally in middle school where she has wanted to be for at least 3 years. She is definately 13 going on 30. She is a cheerleader for Kuna Middle School. (how long has she wanted to do that, since she was invitro!!!) When I was pregnant with her and I would go to Sam's football games she would kick when we cheered. Needless to say she loves it!! Their uniforms should be here in a couple of weeks. I will post a picture of her in it then. In her social studies class Mr. Usog has them do debates every Friday. She writes an opinion for both side so she can always argue the less popular side. Recently they have changed from debates to mock court. She is playing the lead prosecutor and she is LOVING it!!

Courtney loves to play soccer. She had to sit out this fall season though because they won't be done before her surgery. Unfortunately, the surgery that we did last year to try and avoid this one wasn't enough. On November 18 she is going to be having surgery to put the external fixator on her leg. We have to lengthen and straighten her right leg. She will be wearing it for 6-9 months and will be on crutches the whole time. We are going to Shriners in Portland to do it. We will have to go there every other week for the first couple of months or so. Just one more thing to add to the schedule. :) We are also very excited that she got her very best report card ever this last quarter. Yay, Courtney!!

Grant, hmmmm. Just kidding. He is a boy. He loves to do a couple of things sports and bug his sisters. But when they bug him, look out! He will be starting basketball soon and then he will be going straight from that to wrestling. He wrestled last year with the Melba group. He was really good at it. Not to mention he got to get out a little testosterone. For once it was not on his sisters. I feel bad for him being the only male in the house. Since we moved into our new house there are several boys in the neighborhood he can play with.

Holly has learned to read. Yay!! She gets so excited she can't even sit still. Her teacher loves her!! She says that she is a wonderful girl. She is nice to everyone and everyone loves her. Which led me to the obvious question, are we talking about Holly Garrison. At home she continues to be my challenge. I am looking very much forward to overcoming this challenge. When she wants to be sweet she is the sweetest thing ever. She can be so willing to help. Just don't call when I am getting her up for school. :) She too loves soccer!! She is awesome at it. The coach and other parents could not believe how good she was for her first season. I love it when they find something they can excel at!!!

Jaycee beams everyday she gets to go to school!! I can not believe that she is in kindergarten already. Oh my gosh she is just so excited to be there. She comes home everyday and tells me about the new friend she made or the things she learned. We will be laying in bed at night almost asleep and she will say mom there are 3 segments in dog or some other word she has been laying there thinking about. Who would have thought my shy little Jaycee who screamed at the thought of people talking to her would turn out to be a social butterfly.

Rebekah is 3 going on....I don't even know. She is growing up way too fast!! The other day she was thinking about something and she folded her arms, put her elbow in her hand and her finger to her mouth and said hmmmm. It was so cute. This does not change the fact that she is my baby. She tells me that she will have to just be my teddy bear when she gets big. We are loving the fact that we get to have one on one time every morning. We love to cuddle!! She is a little sponge, picking up on all the letters and sounds as quickly as Jaycee. Why do they have to grow up so quickly?

As you can probably tell I am very proud of my awesome children! I think this whole blogging thing is going to be fun! I will do my best to stay current. I have some pictures of the kids from the last year or so that I will post now and and then keep it current. All our love, Joy