Halloween ‘11

 

New Room For Birthday Girl

Poor Jordyn this was her bedroom this morning when she left for school.  She had Cody’s old bed spread and it wasn’t very pretty or nice or girly like my sweet little girl is.

When she got home from school this is what she saw

   

Ashley flew up from the valley EARLY this morning and we knocked it out while she was at school. She was so happy and surprised!!!

Sunday

Award

Sadie won the award for Most Improved Student!!!! She is working so hard this year we are so proud!

Soccer

This year all three of the kids were able to play soccer. They have had such a fun time making new friends and learning to play. Saturday for us is completely crazy. Sadie’s game is at 8:30 then Cody’s at 12 then Jojo’s at 12:45.

 

Sadie is doing great she is really learning the fundamentals of it all

 

Cody’s team all just follow the ball and as long as it is in front of them they kick it, no matter where the goal is, or they run around and play tag during the game, they are so fun to watch.

Jojo is the first on to volunteer to sit out but when she plays she is excellent. She has scored a goal every game she as played

My little buddy

 

So Cody and I have settled into a really good routine here. We take all the kids to school in town then we hit the park. We get there around 8, first we have to feed the duck their breakfast they call to Cody every morning, “ Hey, Cody, we are hungry!” Then we go over to the playground and he plays while I walk/jog (more walking) around the play area. After that we run any errands if we need to in town then we head back home. We play with trains, blocks, legos or Wii. JC comes in for lunch around 11 and we eat. I get cleaned up and he lays down and watches TV. I start dinner and then it is about time to head back into town to pick up kids. There is about a 20 min wait after I pick up the girls and the time I get another boy so we go back to the park and let the kids burn some energy.

I am really loving the time with my boy! It makes me sad to think this is my last year to have him home with me and all to myself.

One more thing, he calls me Dude when we play games. I love it

4th and 1st Graders

  

School started 3 weeks ago and they are doing great!

June

We are in Payson and loving it. Sadie and JC are in heaven. Sadie gets to wake up every morning and go out and help JC and everyone else here with horses. She washes, doctors and rides and is really loving every minute.

We got some news scary news right after we moved, my mom has been diagnosed with breast cancer. I can’t believe this. Why her? She has had so many trials in her life it is hard for me to understand. But I guess it is not for me to analyze why but if anybody can get through it, it is my mom. She is the strongest woman I know!

 

 

We went down for a visit soon after. It is so nice to only be an hour away from my family!!! We went swimming while we were there with Ash and her kids and my nephews Zach and Nick

     

When we got back home we went to a concert in the park. Sara and Azlyn were here.

Cody, Jojo and Azlyn

These are two pictures of my family room.

Catching up

Lots of things have changed and happened in our family since my last post. Where to start?

APRIL

Well April was a busy month. Jordyn had her fist field trip to the Tucson Zoo. I was able to get the day of work and go with her we had so much fun. There was a parent for every child so it was just her and I wondering around wherever we wanted to. It was nice to spend a day alone with my middle baby.

For Easter we went down to the valley for the holiday my mom’s family all got together Saturday for a big picnic

All the girls playing Volley ball

 

Jordyn and my mom

 

Travis, Jacob, Katelyn and Jason

David, Jeanne, Marybeth, Annette (mom)

 

 

All the kids getting ready for the Easter Egg Hunt

 

Cody

Jojo

Sadie

Sunday best

At the end of April JC left us for 5 long weeks to do some day work for his cousins. Boy did I get a quick lesson in how to be a single mom, working with 3 kids. Not something that I ever want to have to do full time.  My parents were superstars and came down to Tombstone and watched kids for me every single day I had to work. I really would not have been able to do it if it wasn’t for my dad. i usually would not have to go in til about 10:30 but I would not get home til 7. Then to make dinner, homework, dishes, bath and bedtime our house was CRAZY!

 

MAY

(JC was still gone all the month of May)

Sadie was in her school play The Wizard of Oz. She was the Wicked Witch of the West, it was so cute and she did a wonderful job of memorizing all of her lines.

  

Jordyn Graduated Kindergarten!! She led the program with The Pledge of Allegiance, she was so cute.

Jojo and her teacher Mrs. Gillette

On the last day of school all the kids headed down to the valley with my dad so they could stay with my parents and I could finish my last week of work.

On top of all of the crazy was still going on I had the daunting task of packing up our whole house to move. We had no idea where we were going to move but knew we had to be gone by the end of the month but we had no job yet.

Right at the end of the month JC got a call and he got the job that he had been hoping for so now we have a direction, we are moving to Payson!!!