Weekly Update

Let's see where do I start.... how about with Zachery .....

Our little munchkin is of course the cutest little guy around. He loves to sit up, always has. And now is sitting up very well unsupported. He entertains himself very well when we sit him up in front of a few toys. Everything is going into his little mouth so we have had to talk to the kids plenty of times to keep their little toys off the ground. Zachery is really into the rolling and can get around the room pretty good just by rolling. Not too much longer and he will be crawling and I know he is going to be a mover and will be getting into anything and everything just like his sister. YIKES!

Next on the list moving up is Savannah....

Our little princess is getting the hang of using the potty. She is doing extremely well and I will be looking into dance classes shortly. (I promised her when she used the potty all the time she could go to dance classes again). We have had a few days this week with no accidents. I am very impressed with her attitude towards the potty. We still aren't completely there but almost. Hooray!!

And RJ is something else....

We have been having problems with his attitude lately and I am not sure what to do. He has been whining and complaining A LOT and he has been very slow to obey. I'm sad to say that I look forward to school everyday so I can have a break. However he seems to be doing very well in school. The teacher has a behavioral system and the kids come home with a stop light each day. If it is green they have been good if it is red they have not. Yellow means there were a few warnings given. RJ has had nothing but green lights since the first day of school. We are very proud of him. He says it is hard to get green lights because he has to be quiet all the time and he hates it. But at least he is trying hard and is disciplined at school. Just wish he could be more disciplined at home... Hmmmm... I think it is just hard on him having such a long school day. The bus picks him up at 8:30 and he gets home at 4. He gets one recess for lunch, crazy!!! This school however does have the funding for Music, Art, and PE so they do have that extra break time from the curriculum in the afternoons. Every morning RJ complains about not wanting to go to school. He hates that it is so long. He misses his friends from Idaho and it just breaks my heart. But once he is at the bus stop he is fine. He gets on the bus with little problem and gets off the bus with a smile. I have such a hard time reading other peoples blogs about their kids loving school and so excited to go back the next day. RJ looked forward to kindergarten and school for so long. We thought he would be much more excited about it then he has been. It has just been kind of sad and hard for us all.

Anyway on to me....

I have been getting back into my Scrapbooking, I have A LOT to still get caught up on. I have been getting to know the neighborhood a little bit more. We found the library the other day and signed Savannah up for Story Time activities. It starts on Tuesday and we look forward to that. I have been pretty good at my exercise and eating better goal. I am happy to say I have exercised everyday this week even though one day was only for about 5 minutes, but I did get it in. I wasn't really good about the eating at the beginning of the week. I still snacked a lot. But I got better as the week went on. I am tyring to eat more fruits and veggies and I have succeeded in adding more to my diet and less cookies and ice cream. I am happy to report I have lost 2 pounds. Now the goal is to keep those two pounds off and keep losing more.

Last but not least .... Jared ...

Jared has been really enjoying his new job. Each day he seems to like it more and more. We have been really blessed here and feel that moving to Virginia was the right thing for our family. Doug Merrill was in town this week and Jared and him went to lunch. (How fun was that, he got caught up on the happenings of Iona ward :) Jared has discovered the fun of extraction work. Every night after the kids have gone to bed, Jared has been on the Internet extracting names from the census records for temple work. I have thought about doing this myself but haven't found (or made) time for it yet. And looking over his shoulder, it seems much harder then I thought it would be. He has been looking at census forms with names from Poland and other forgien countries. And it is hard to read some of the writing. Anyway, he is enjoying it and has extracted over 500 names this week!! He has also made time to exercise every morning. He has started a new routine and wakes up at 5:30 to exercise. Then he showers and reads his scriptures while having some breakfast and heads out to work. He enjoys having the quiet morning to read and ponder the scriptures. Sometimes RJ gets up before 7 and has a bowl of cereal with him, he enjoys that. And Jared has lost 3 pounds this week, good for you!

Other news ....

We had stake conference today. This is the first time we have ever had to drive over an hour to get to our stake building. It is a curvy ride over the hill, luckily no one got car sick. We enjoyed the service and uplifting messages. The kids did very well and we are glad we made the effort to attend.

And..

We got our house on the market to sell just before labor day weekend. And 3 days later we had a buyer!!!!! We asked for $125,000 and sold it for $122,000. Out of everything that is wrong with that house, the only thing they request is a replacement door. The loan requires a metal door between the garage and the house. So we are filling out our finally papers this week and the house is off our hands. Time to start the house hunting here. The adventure continues!

Oh, one more thing. I was called to the primary in our new ward. I will be teaching RJ's class, CTR5. He is looking forward to having me as his teacher and I am looking forward to it as well. I love being in the Primary. Jared gets Zachery for the last two hours of church and so far it has been good.