Friday January 28, 2010

Busy seems to be the norm around here, but we've been having a heck of a lot of fun. Just a quick update today,  and it will be very random and probably out of order as my brain is feeling tired and not allowing me to recall things easily, LOL! (Oh, and I have the perfect picture for a random posting...Tyson sleeping amongst his favourite things in the world....his CARS! He grabbed a blanket out of the closet, layed on the floor pushing cars around, and then fell asleep where he was...so cute!)
We've started up with our "Preparedness by Degrees" booklet in Relief Society. I am very excited about the program and have already selected some of the goals I will be doing. We had a "kick off" for this program. We played Jeopardy using the categories in the book. It was a lot of fun, and I got to be the host (though I did not dress up like Alex Trebek, but was tempted to wear at least a tie in his honour.....I didn't though!) Damian has been really doing excellent at his gymnastics this session. He just passed level 2 and was just beginning level 3. A couple of weeks into it, the coaches said that he is finding it way too easy, so they have bumped him up to level 4. He is with the same class until the session is done, but they have tweaked his routines to be at a level 4. Way to go Damian! Kaitlyn is very excited about how her swimming lessons have been going. She's been having trouble getting past level 4 because of the front crawl, but just got her mid session report, and it looks like she's got it figured out and will most likely be moving onto level 5. Way to go Kaitlyn! Kaitlyn just joined the Student Senate (most people would know it as a students council), and I'm very proud of her for that. She has so many interests and ambitions. She always amazes me with the things she accomplishes. So many goals and aspirations. She inspires me! I came up with a menu plan (again) for a month and this time wrote out each plan by weeks, typed out recipes, and made grocery lists. Now the trickiest part is to make it work and stick to it (I've tried in the past, and have been mediochre in my efforts). The girls had Activity Days this week, and had the missionaries come in and give them the chapel tour. They enjoyed themselves. We had the Gibb family over for dinner on Sunday, and Grant made his awesome stir fry that I love!!! It's my new favourite food! I've been working on some photography projects lately that I've been enjoying. Grant has continued to be an inspiration to me by going to the gym frequently during the week. I am seeing the results. I went to my friend, Valene's, house last night for a girls night. It was "The 12 Days of Love". Each of us brought things to pool together to create the 12 days before valentines for our husbands. It was a ton of fun, and Valene is the perfect hostess for anything holiday related (well the perfect hostess for anything really). Tonight I am babysitting for Charity and Jesse so they can go out on a date.See, I told you it would be a random posting....