I can't believe that it has already been 5 months since the last time I wrote. Life keeps going and things keep changing. At the beginning of December, I was asked to take over as church librarian, which took quite a bit of my time at the beginning. I am really enjoying it, although I do think that is probably why I haven't found time for blogging in that time. However, I am determined to start blogging again as I really like keeping track of our family activities.
The biggest highlight of our family right now is that Kyle started a new job this past week as Controller of a local hospital/therapy center. It is only about 30 minutes away, with no freeways, so the time shouldn't change much from day to day. His previous job in Orange was taking about 1:15 each way, so this will be a huge improvement for him. In addition, this role of Controller is something he looks forward to and overall we hope it will be a good change for our family in many ways.
We are also house hunting right now. We are looking for something close to where we are, but maybe a little bigger and there are a couple of things we want different (such as no power lines hanging over our house).
I don't like leaving gaps in the blog, so my plan is to due monthly posts until I get caught up and then go to every-other week for posting family updates and pictures. I was looking at my last post and I can't believe how much the kids have changed already since then. Hopefully I will be able to remember why I took the pictures. 😊
Kyle has been working with Brooklyn for a while to bike without training wheels. She is doing well, it is more a matter of not getting out often enough for her to build on her skills. She still needs to learn to stop (in April), but her are some pictures of one of her first times trying it out.
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| Pretending to take the training wheels off by herself. |
The big girls had a fundraiser at school in November where they had to run and see how many laps they could do. Katelyn ended up with 11 laps and I think Brooklyn was maybe 1 lap less in the 30 minutes that they ran. Madison, Kyle & I were able to go watch them.
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| Brooklyn is in the center behind two boys waving as they wait to start. |
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| An excited Katelyn. |
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| Brooklyn running with Auntie Lisa (aka the music teacher) |
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| Madison also ran with Auntie Lisa. |
We went to visit my cousin who lives on a dairy during the week of Thanksgiving when there was no school.
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| Brooke & Madison on my grandparents old swing-set I used as a kid. |
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| Madison looking at the cows. |
And here are a few random photos from the month.
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| Date with Mom & Katelyn. We went and spent some of her birthday $, including a trip to In'n'out. |
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| Brooklyn & Cousin Micah climbing on my Uncle Kenny when he was visiting from Michigan. |
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| Katelyn & Kyle working on a puzzle. Photo Credit: Brooklyn |
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| Photo Credit: Brooklyn (need I say more?) |
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| My heart is so full. |
