Seeing as I'm not the greatest at keeping up with my blog, I'll try to do a nice recap of the year.
January: Both the girls started the new year with hair cuts. Isabella's the only one who took a picture of her hair cut.
February: The girls had their first piano recital. They were both a little nervous but did well.
March: The boys had fun playing in the mud and decided to show me how much fun by making a mess of the bathroom. Those are MUDDY hand prints. Not anything else.
April: Isabella turned 11! Can't believe how big she's getting.
May: We were so excited for the end of school. Here's the kids on their last day of school! Isabella's last day of elementary school too!! They were so excited.
June: We took our first family vacation since Korbin had been born. We went to Six Flags Magic Mountain and had a blast. We all had a great time riding the rides. We were there for three days and each day we had a different theme for the shirts we wore. The first day was tie-dye shirt day, the next Angry Bird shirt day and the last was super hero shirt day. It was a blast and we made some amazing family memories.
July: Was my 30th birthday! No pictures of that but here's a picture of Korbin enjoying a 4th of July treat.
August: We started August celebrating Evan's 6th birthday! Can't believe he's six!!
Then we moved on to the first day of school!
Isabella starting her first day of middle school! 6th grade!
Autumn starting 5th grade.
Evan's first day of 1st grade!
September: Remembering those who lost their lives on September 11th at the Healing Field at Tempe Town Lake. It was such a somber event but something I wanted my kids to know about.
October: We started out the month celebrating Autumn's 10th birthday! Can't believe she's 10.
November: We celebrated Jayson's 30th Birthday! Yummy pizza casserole!
December: We started out the month celebrating Korbin's 4th Birthday!
On the 21st I hosted a baking day at my house and invited friends over to make and share treats. It was a blast and here's a picture of all the baked goodies!!
In October we took our second family vacation to Utah to visit Jayson's family. While there, Jayson's sister Meghan took our family pictures. I think they turned out great!!
Jayson is extremely busy with work. He got a promotion the end of October at the same facility he's worked at since January 2008. He is the head chef of the heath care center. They are going to do some renovations and want him to help those changes along. In his free time he likes to watch movies, when he has free time! It seems he works a lot these days!
I stay busy with the kids. Having four kids is really a full time job! I also stay busy with my church calling as Primary Music Leader. I teach songs to the kids age 3-12. We learn songs throughout the year and sing them in a program usually at the end of October. I've had this calling for two years now and I love it. We'll start learning new songs this Sunday and I can't wait. It's a bit of a challenge with all the kids in there now but I like it and seem to do well with it. I'm hoping to go back to school sometime in the near future. I've been feeling like that time is coming soon.
Isabella turned 11 this year and she is growing into quite a wonderful young lady. She excels in school and loves to read. She spent the summer taking 6th grade math to get ahead for the year and ended up getting moved to 8th grade math at the beginning of the year. She's also in all honors classes and is doing amazingly well. She's in her second year of playing the cello and her third of playing the piano. She's a great big sister and watches the boys for us often so we can go out on dates. It's fun and scary watching her grow into a young woman but I'm excited to see who she becomes.
Autumn turned 10 this year and she's still just as spunky as she was when she was little. She loves the social aspect of school and has no problem making friends. She loves to write and draw and creates such fun stories. I hope she continues to develop that talent and it makes her very happy as she grows up. She's in choir at school and loves to sing when she thinks no one is listening. She's also in her third year of piano. I keep thinking she'll be the one to give me the issues when she's a teenager but it's still fun to watch her grow and learn.
Evan turned six this year and is quite a character. Out of all my kids, he is so different. What started as a love for space and the solar system turned into a love of the Earth and world landmarks. He has such a love of learning and a vast knowledge of things most six year olds don't even know exist. He had an interesting start to school and that continues today. There are times when he gets so frustrated and doesn't know how to channel that into something positive and he freaks out. He has an intervention team at school and we work hard to help him be successful. I see so much potential in him it's unreal.
Korbin turned four this year and has grown so much. He's so interested in the world around him and loves to tell me about it. We have such interesting conversations about everything he sees. He cracks me up with his vocabulary. Sometimes it seems like his favorite word is "actually", he says it all the time! He is always on the go and is very aware of his surroundings. He loves attention and knows just what to do to get it, whether it's positive or negative. He loves to drive his sisters crazy sometimes just for fun. It's fun watching him grow and learn.
This has been an amazing year for our family and we look forward to another new year!
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