Now he can get his Wolf!

Tonight Jaxon completed his final achievement required to get his Wolf. He had to make a birdhouse. He had a great time building it with his Dad, then he painted it by himself. He couldn't decide weather to do it camo style or put a
U of U or BYU on it. He had everyone in the family vote on which style they liked better. Obviously, camo won. After he was done with it, he said "This thing turned out way better than I thought it would!" I think he did a great job on his birdhouse. I'm so proud of him for getting his wolf, which will be awarded to him at Pack meeting tomorrow night. Good job Jax!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

I found out today that my best friend, Amy, is moving to North Carolina. Her husband wasn't able to find a job in Utah and got a good job offer there. She warned me that this might be happening but I hoped that he would be able to find a job here. I was so sad to hear that they are going to go so far away! She is such a great friend and a truly amazing person. I've learned so much from her and look up to her in so many ways. It isn't very often that you can find a friend that will drop anything, any time to be there for you. She's that kind of friend! I will truly miss her and can't wait until we can go to Time out for Women together next year! Thanks for everything, Amy! You're the best!

Time to move the mattress down!

This is how I found Katie when I got her up this morning. This week she learned how to sit up from laying down so I knew this would come any day. She was so cute holding on to her crib with a big grin on her face. She was very proud of herself. Just one more thing that shows us how fast she's growing up.

9 months old

Katie turned 9 months old yesterday. I took this picture yesterday but never found any time to put it on the BLOG. I took a picture of her in the bathtub because I have a frame on my wall in the bathroom with all my kids, at 9 months old, in the bathtub. Like the rest of my kids, she loves the bath. When I turn on the water, she lays on the bathroom floor and kicks her legs and flaps her arms with excitement. The only part she doesn't like is when she has to get out and get dressed. She has never liked getting dressed. Katie is so close to crawling. She hasn't actually moved her legs, just gets up on her knees and then falls when she goes for something. She likes being able to get around more. Another thing she likes to do is sit in front of the fireplace glass and talk to herself. She sits there and talks and bangs on the glass and laughs. It's so cute! She is pretty much on solid foods now and loves them! She says mmmm, mmmm, mmmm the whole time she eats. Katie is happy most of the time. She has a great sense of humor. She likes us to play games with her and she always laughs. She loves to scream. It's a happy scream but it's very loud. It can be very embarassing in quiet places like church and restaurants. We love her so much! In the cookies of life, she's the chocolate chips!

My not-so-little 7th grader

Today was Jadon's orientation day for 7th grade. Why didn't they have this when I was in 7th grade? What a great thing! All the 7th graders get to come to school to get to know the school and find their classes. It's only half a day so they don't get overwhelmed on the first day. It was kind of sad for me to send him off on the bus this morning instead of taking him to school like I've done for the last 7 years! At least he let me go to the bus stop with him and take his picture.

Jadon seemed to have a very good first day of middle school. He was pretty happy when he came home. He's got friends in most of his classes and I think he really likes being treated older. I've been dreading sending him to middle school because I feel like I'm going to lose control of him and he's going to be around some bad influences. All I can do now is hope he makes good decisions and continues to be the good kid that he is!

The best mom

A couple of days ago Kyson spent the day playing with his cousin, Taeya. At the beginning of the day, Kris took them to Wal-mart. When I picked him up I was asking him what they did all day. He told me that when they went to Wal-mart Kris let him get a treat and she told him he could pick out anything that he wanted. Of coarse, he picked one of those horrible candies that makes a sticky mess...the kind I never let him get! He told me "Kris is a better mom than you because she let me get whatever candy I wanted!" I looked at him with a pouty face. He then said to me "But you're still pretty!"