The Beginning

In the beginning, I wrote letters with pen and paper. Then communication switched to emails. Now my awesome sister, Sarah has taught me the awesome concept of blogging. So here we are starting this new age of sharing thoughts and fun stuff! I am actually having a well earned vacation away from the kiddies! I was able to leave Alan and the kids and fly down to spend time with Mom and Dad and my sibs. The only sibs not here are Jere and Jen (cause they are in Italy having fun with out us). Dad's birthday is Saturday and we get to party with him. I am excited about hanging with Jeff before he is shipped off to Germany and then to Iraq.



Now to talk about us.

Alan is still working for UTA. This last May he graduated from University of Phoenix with his bachelor's degree in business management. He is really glad to be done and we are all proud of him for his accomplishment.

Brianna has found the love of her life! So now we are planning a wedding for December 22nd! We are excited about this. He is a really great kid and will make a great addition to our family. We are still encouraging her to register for school in January. She is planning on attending Weber State University and study Social Work.

AJ is absolutely loving his first year of seminary! He is in the Jazz band at the junior high. He has been playing trumpet now for 3 years and loves it.

Arianna is enjoying being in the same school with both her brothers. She plays violin in the school orchestra. She has been playing for 2 years and played all the prelude music for Laura's baptism last June.

Aryus loves junior high! He has also started picking up Alan's old guitar and learning to play it while watching you tube. He just finished a winning season of pee wee football. He loved playing and is wanting to do it again next year.

Sabrina is also progressing well with piano and is enjoying 5th grade. She is also enjoying being the oldest sib at school. She likes to feel like she is "in charge". She is also wanting to take ballet instead of playing basketball this year.

Laura was baptized back in June and loves activity days. She is enjoying 3rd grade, but I am still having a hard time getting her to read. She also plays piano. She is taking a dance class with Karalynn and they love it. They were taking tumbling, but decided that dance would be more fun.

Karalynn is also loving school. She is also taking piano and loves her dance class. She has a very take charge personality and is very good at being the "boss" whenever she plays with the others.

Darcy Rose is growing like a weed. She likes being the only kid at home during the day (except that mom babysits for others). We just had to cut her hair very short, but she loves it. She reminds us daily that she is a princess. If you ask her what my favorite flower is she will tell you that she is.

Well that is all for now. Must leave room for later blogging sessions.