Chad – Chad is enjoying teaching World and U.S. History to
Freshman and Sophomores at the high school and is also the J.V. Tennis Coach,
Sophomore Class Advisor, and Anime Club Advisor. In September he completed his first 100 mile
ultra-marathon and made a documentary about his experience. He showed the
documentary in our local movie theater and had great attendance. You can watch
it on youtube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVGa2FfZZjE.
He recently signed up for his second 100-mile ultra-marathon which he will run
during spring break in March. We are proud of all his hard work and how high he
sets his goals! He has also been doing lots of great projects around the house
and spending lots of time with the boys. They have so much fun with him!
Michelle – I have kept very busy this year! I had Ethan in March and have been busy with
2 boys now! We feel so blessed to live in Mountain Home only a few blocks from
my parents. They are a tremendous help and we have a lot of fun being close to
them! I recently discovered an amazing children’s book company called Usborne
Books & More and became an independent consultant for them. It has been a
lot of fun and really blessed our family in so many ways! It has been very
rewarding to be involved with a company that promotes literacy and gets
families reading together!
Mason is 3 ½ and is such a joy to be around. We love his
sense of humor! He started a co-op preschool this fall with me and 4 other moms
from church and loves it and is doing really well! He LOVES firetrucks,
ambulances, and police cars and spends the majority of his days “rescuing”
people and responding to emergencies, especially fires. He wants to be a
fireman when he grows up. He started primary at church last week and loves it –
especially singing time! He is a great singer!
He also loves sports and trucks and reading stories. He is a great big
brother to Ethan and a great helper to mom and dad. He also completed his first
kid’s triathlon this year – he wants to be just like daddy!
Ethan is almost 10 months old now! He is crawling
everywhere, walking around holding onto the furniture, and close to walking on
his own. He loves to climb! He loves balls, rattles, music toys, playing the
piano, and playing with Mason. He also loves to laugh and is very social and
smiley. He is great at playing on his own and is usually a very happy baby.
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| Finally finished Ethan's nursery - making the mobile and hanging up his name |
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| pre-school activities |
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| Dressed in Daddy's running gear - wants to be just like him! |
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| Ethan loves this book and all touchy feely books! |
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| pumpkin patch trip for preschool |
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| Mason the policeman |
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| This is Mason's new pose lately |
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| Mason went to Skyler's dog themed birthday party and got this collar and dog ears. He pretty much wore it all day for several days. So cute! |
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| Ethan at a basketball game. He loved it and followed the action all over the court! :) |
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| Walked into the kitchen the other day to find Ethan like this - he got up there all by himself - and he can't even walk yet. I think we're in trouble! |
