Update! Fall!

*Warning* This update is a little long with no pictures. Since this blog is somewhat my journal and my scrapbook lately I wanted to get some of things in with little time. If you would like to skip it! I'll understand! If you want to hear about us for the last few months.... read on!

This fall has been a very busy one. I must admit that it has been a bit better since football ended. I took a six week course to be certified in intensive care, and I have also gone back to Weber State to work on completion of my bachelors degree. Brent is going to school two nights a week at Bridgerland. He is working on Mechanic/Electrical something or other. I honestly don't really know what he is doing. But, I am proud of him for going to school.

Tanner is in the seventh grade. He is starting to look more like a teenager, and he defiantly acts like one. He loves his cell phone, texting, computers and the PS3. He is still a good kid and helps me with the kids and around the house. He has been testing his boundaries with us a bit lately. He is enjoying scouts and is planning to go on his first snow camping trip this weekend.

Landon has had a pretty crazy fall. I think I have made some comments prior to this about his difficult start to the year. He is improving very much. He comes home and does his homework everyday (most days without an argument). He loves his dog Lucy and his friends. He is kind of a funny kid. As we we have been getting ready for Christmas we have had many many ideas for Tanner and Megan. Landon, well... he is not really into anything. He just likes to be with his friends and otherwise it seems all we do is home work? Kinda sad..

Megan has just loved kindergarten and is learning to read. She can sound out just about any word with just a little help. That is if you can get her to sit still long enough. Megan is so loving and gives us hugs and kisses every day. But she has been very emotional lately. Today she hugged her dad three or four times at lunch. When he went to leave she didn't get to hug him again. She cried for 20 minutes because she was unable to hug him goodbye. I think we only have about 18 more years of that to go! She is also Mrs. Destructive! She ruins everything in her path. Seriously, my boys were nothing compared to her. She is harder on clothes, shoes and her room in NEVER clean. We love her very much anyway!

The boys have been bird hunting. They have really enjoyed taking Lucy out. She is doing.... well OK. She did better when the colder weather came because the grasshoppers were gone. She would rather hunt grasshoppers and bugs than birds. Until it snowed and got really cold. They took her out the day after Thanksgiving and she just shut down. She was to cold.

I guess I must include Tank. Tank spends his days sitting in front of the heat vent or hiding in a blanket in the spare bedroom.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We met up with the Izzy clan at the church. We visited, played basketball, and ate lots of good food. After we went to my moms with all my bothers and sisters. I didn't take a single picture. We played games, cards, ate more food, and mom and Melissa took ALL the kids swimming. It really was a fun day. I truly love the days that we all get together, the kids play, we visit and the men watch TV. I reminds me of being a child. I loved hanging with my cousins. I am so grateful that my kids and their cousins are close.

I have taken a few family pictures. I just have not had time to post them to my photography blog. Sorry! I am looking into taking an online mentoring class. I think it will be just another step to improving my photography. I am looking forward to it. I just wish that I had some more time to put into my favorite hobby. I have been thinking lately that we have to choose the things that we are going to strive for. Sometimes I want that to be school and my education. Other days I want to quit school and put more focus on taking pictures. I also have joined the Sports Academy and Melissa and I have been working out together. I really like the time we spend together. It is amazing to me that when we work together, and then go to the gym together, we never run out of things to talk to each other about. She is a wonderful sister and friend. I also have had the chance to go to Amie's Zumba class. I LOVE her class. It's not just Zumba that I love. It is her class. I went to the class at my gym and it was not so great. Amie is so talented at teaching. She really is fun and makes everyone there feel that they are amazing. She was born to instruct in a gym!!

We are ready for Christmas and looking forward to happy holidays! We wish you the same.