January Jitters

Wow! What a fast beginning to a new year! :) Our month wasn't very exciting... at least not on the "fun" side.

Adam spent the majority of it in Idaho or Louisiana.Both for work... obviously.

Raegen spent most of the month working at the Granville Post Office. It was a nice change of pace but I like Alton! :)

The boys jumped back into the school routine and are working on recognizing and writing their numbers. Everyday is one day closer to them in school ALL DAY! Pretty big stuff! :) Yesterday they got a new experience.... they went home with a friend afterschool and got to ride the bus! :) They actually had to take a little bus to the middle school and switch to a big bus to ride the rest of the way to Luke's house! This has been a VERY exciting time! Both boys think that riding the bus is the coolest.... Mom is still really happy we live close enough for me to pick them up.

Brel had the most exciting month! She started out getting her ears pierced and then celebrated her 3rd birthday on January 13. She has also started Sunday School. At home she brags about the fun she has and how she can sing the songs but when it comes to Sundays she doesn't want to go and is very shy. Not sure what's going on there but she'll out grow it... she has to. She's one of my children! :) Shyness doesn't run in her chromosomes.

Speaking of chromosomes... I am still doing Math and Science this semester. Math is going well. Science is NOT! First class I've had to use Adam to check all my homework and I'm now sitting at a D. Yikes. I've got 5 weeks to raise that. Ugh.

Happy Freezing Frigid January. May our February bring warmth and Sunshine!

Love~Raegen & Crew

Brel's Ears Pierced

She's ready.... so she thinks! But nervous! Ummm, MOM? What are they doing? I'm not so sure anymore!

And I'm BEAUTIFUL! Love 'em! SEE?!?!

I took Brel to get her ears pierced on Thursday since she'll be 3 on Tuesday. All week long she had been prepping herself.... telling me she was going to say "OW" then cry then sing "Happy Birthday to me!" Well, she was partially right. As the anticipation began to build leading up to it she started to get nervous. She brought her baby blanket but left it in the car. As you can see from the pics she wasn't quite sure but was still excited. She jumped when they went in but then started to cry a cry I've never heard before. After making me and the girls who did it feel SUPER guilty she was mad at us and played it up. By doing this she was able to get 5 suckers and go to Gramma Sue's and get M&M's and more suckers.

Let's see.... who is the real sucker??? All in all - she loves them and of course brags about them all the time. As for the "Happy Birthday" song, well, she's still singing it everytime she feels her ears! :)

You can't see the earrings real well by the pics but I'd like to add a sidenote that she is just like her mother.... she picked the most simple earrings available. Plain, gold balls. Go figure.