{It's About Time...}

I know, I know...it's about time you heard from us; but it's been one of those years of Life!! No new babies; just busy with our babies-and since ours is almost five and the last post is when she turned four, I figured I better hurry and catch you up on her brothers first.

January- Ashtyn turned four as you've been reading about all year now (sorry about the stretch of time in between; but for those of you on facebook, it's just easier to post pics and not have to write about them:) Oh yeah, and this was Jantz's year in 3rd grade where they have book reports EVERY month...it was wax museum this month so of course we were busy dressing him up as David Beckham (yes, notice his awesome shirt that mom made with vinyl!!). He rocked in futsol too!! Ashtyn started her first dance class with Teacher Candice (our next door neighbor). She now wants to dress for dance every hour, every day!

February- We celebrated Nath's birthday and ran kids to basketball practice & games. Ashtyn decides to cut her hair, again, and we're back to a short hairdo!

March- blah! Always the longest month of the school year for teachers. No breaks, and inside recess. We did get to celebrate Kalei's 2nd birthday (Ashtyn's "sister") with her. These 2 girls are inseparable and she is one of our family!!

April- My favorite sister got married!! We traveled to North Carolina for her beautiful wedding in the Blue Ridge mountains. That was fun being home in the spring and seeing everyone; and getting some good cookin's! Did I mention that Ashtyn got to be her flower girl...she did great! We got to head up to Grandfather Mountain and spend some time with my sis and her new hubbie Kevin at the end!

Here's the family picture updated...luckily Randy proposed to Stephanie after; and well, maybe Brian will propose to Claire??

May- TONS more outdoor soccer but Jantz is playing more offense and doing great, Hope of America at BYU with Hayden but it was more for the social event for him to be there, dance recital for Ashtyn (who's wiggles made her the star of her dinosaur dance), and then many tears on the last day of school as I lost my best teaching partner/sister of many years. If I say much more, I'll not finish the post and end up in tears again (yeah, after this long, still missing Sydney!) Bye, bye, bye...I really have worked with some great teachers and miss them all; but Syd was always good to stay behind with me. I'm so happy she gets to be home with her girls though; and I can be here to keep everyone informed on the gossip I guess!

{Our Four Year Old}

January 18th Ashtyn turned 4 (even though sometimes it feels like fourteen with the new attitude she's getting!) We celebrated with family and she loved everyone thinking of her with princess's, horses, dance clothes, and her butterfly cake.

Some of Ashtyn's favorite things are books besides Fancy Nancy! She loves being read Green Eggs & Ham, The Three Little Pigs, and all the princess fairy tales. When asked what her favorite color is, she started to say pink; but stopped and said she loves them all...ALL the colors mom! Dancing has become her new love, and she got to start her first dance class at the Dance Depot in Lehi. She loves showing off for Teacher Candice (our wonderful neighbor too) and works hard to be the Star of the Show! This year she finally got to go to Sunbeams, and had a hard time at first, but now loves it and her newfound friends. The later schedule helped her fall asleep once during sharing time; and after falling off her chair, wouldn't go back easily. Now she can't wait to go and see her teacher Bro. Fautz!

Most of all, her new thing this year that we love is how she is always asking the funniest questions; like "how the roads are made". Where do kids think of these things? "How did Jesus make our bodies?" We were watching TV, and she noticed they were watching TV on TV...so she asks, "Is somebody watching us on TV mom?" And our favorite, she wanted to know where we could get India's puppies from...if they would be in a box, or at Walmart? Love this girl!

{Playing Catch Up}

So, I'll apologize beforehand...this year has been one of our busiest, and most trying (but I can blame that on my dad since he warned me of that during a father's blessing earlier in the year); thus no posts since my last break at Christmas. And now once again, I get to play catch up over summer break. We have a few changes to look forward to next year; I will still be teaching part time-but am loosing my other half (literally). I don't even know how much I'll miss teaching with Sydney Tea...but I know once August rolls around, I'll be feeling it profusely! Nath is also changing positions due to "budget cuts". He gets to teach kids at the prison next year; and is SO looking forward to that! I'll try to keep updated on that...after I catch up from 2010 so far!