Christians Presentation

Christian was involved in the gifted program this year. One day a week he went to a different school where he was actually challenged. We're so proud of him and his achievements. One of his projects was to interview a family member and then give a presentation on them. He chose to interview his Grandma Killam, he did a great job and presented really well. So here are a few pics of him during his presentation! It was really funny, after he was done they had an open house for the sixth graders because they will be going on to Junior High and won't be coming back to Quest. Well a few of his friends decided to rate his Grandmothers fifth grade photo, on a scale of 1-10. They all gave her either a nine or a ten, Wow I bet that will make her feel good ;o)

Camren is V.I.P.

Camren was chosen as V.I.P. in his class this week. He has been so excited about this. We made a poster that he presented in class on Monday and it was so bitter sweet to see him presenting his poster to his class, he is getting so big but he is still my baby. The bitter sweetness is that he is our last child to go through these miles stones and until our children have thier own (which better not be for another 20 years) we won't be seeing or doing these thing's for the first time anymore. Here is a pic of Cam doing his presentation.

What are we going to do with this child!

FYI there are two more post after this one ;o)

So Monday afternoon we were in our room watching TV, Kaylie came to ask Christian to go downstairs with her and Camren because Camren was scared because he saw a shocky guy down there. Well I'm kind of tired of them always being scared of going downstairs by themselves, it's not a basement it's the main floor and they are perfectly safe. So I told her to just go with Camren, we'll a few seconds later she comes in and says "uh, Mom. You know my little finger handcuffs? Camren stuck them in the plug outlet" So I go downstairs prepared to take them out and there's Camren with the cuffs in his hands trying not to smile. Now we know who the shocky man was. I asked him if he was ok, his fingers were black, and he said "Ya" I asked did you get burned or shocked and he says "No". So to scare him away from doing this again I explained how dangerous what he did could have been, you know the house could have caught fire and that someone could have gotten hurt. Don't know that he gets it, most the time he only half way listens. But he did go to Lowes with Pete and got a new outlet since he had melted half the handcuff in the other one. Crazy thing is, is that usually when you stick something in an outlet like that it trips a circuit breaker and it didn't so we are thankful that it was just a little smoke and nothing more. Oh the joy Camren brings to our lives, we love him soo much and he's so cute but man first the TV then this and I'm sure there is more to come. Here are some pics for your enjoyment ;o)

Kaylie's Birthday

Kaylie turned 9 on January 25! We can't believe how fast our kids are growing up! Her birthday was on a Sunday so we made french toast for breakfast and then she opened her presents and then it was time for church. Since her B-day was on Sunday she had her party the following Saturday. It was a glamour karaoke party. She and her three friends had a great time getting dressed up and Karaoking to Hannah Montana. We are so proud of Kaylie and all the accomplishments she has made. She has done really well in school this year and has made tons of friends since moving here to Washington. I think she's what they call a social butterfly. She's still got tons of attitude but we are learning to deal and hope it will only work to her advantage as she gets older. We Love you Kaylie!

Christmas 08

So because I'm so far behind I figured I'd just put a few pics from some of the thing's we've done (which hasn't been much) in the past few months. We had a great Christmas until Christmas Eve, when our 6 year old Camren broke our LCD TV that wasn't even a year old yet. It was sort of innocent but needless to say I had to leave the house for awhile and cool off so I didn't get too upset at him. So the kids got an Xbox (just an original) for Christmas, we had previously had one that burned up but we didn't worry about replacing it because last Christmas the kids got a Wii, but they really missed the Xbox and we still had all the games and other stuff so when they were on sale for 29.00 we decided to get them one. Well that is all they did pretty much the whole day, until about 7pm. Christian got a new Wii game and they thought they would try it out. Camren is a little ADHD and didn't wait for Christian to put the strap back on the controller (who knows why it was off in the first place)They were playing a game of ski ball and when he went to roll his ball the controller slipped out of his hand and went right into the TV. Completely broke the LCD and it is not repairable. I know it's only a TV but still they are so expensive it was just a little frustrating. So a few words to the wise, WEAR THE STRAP there's a reason they have them and just get a junk TV for the kids gaming systems then your only out a few bucks. But we really did have a great Christmas, it was nice to spend time as a family. We missed our families back in Utah but that's something we've gotten used too!

Apology

I just have to apologize to all our Family and friends. I have been a little under the weather, dealing with some teeth problems and haven't been able to put up any posts. I am waaay behind and hope to get a few posts up later this week! I love reading every ones blogs and feel bad for not posting more! Thanks for all your understanding.