To Sum Things Up

We had a fun December! We went to a couple of hockey games. We spent the Holidays in the Bay Area. Quite eventful! On the 27th we drove up and were at 501 just two hours before Kaylee got hurt. Her foot got stuck in the elliptical machine. Kyle pulled it out before I got there. Just as a precaution, we left in the rain at 7 and took her to Urgent Care. Sam dropped me off and took the boys to Shawn's house (where we were staying). The hospital took a couple of hours with x-rays and things but ended pretty well. No obvious fractures!! She left with two feet bandaged up! While I was there and Sam was driving, Kyle got his second bloody nose. So while driving Sam took off his shirt and gave it to Kyle. Blood was everywhere! Sam dropped off the boys and drove back to get me. We got back around 11, and were glad to put that day to bed! Despite many injuries this trip, we had a great time being with family and playing. The kids favorite thing to do when we are up there is go to Uncle Shawn's church building and play indoor sports. They had sooooo much fun!
On the 17th of January we celebrated Alex's 5th Birthday! He had a great party. He told me it was the best day of his life. We actually all had a ton of fun! We went to pump it up! We had 22 kids there and the parents. The kids got to bounce around and play for about 2 hours. Sam and I raced on an obstacle course (I won despite his cheating attempts)! He and one of his friends also had a boxing match which was really funny! I didn't really see the kids the whole time, even Kaylee. She is so independent!
Kyle got his report card, all great marks!! He is doing really well. His favorite thing to do at school is play football!
Alex loves going to school, he is definitely ready from Kindergarten! He loves being a super star he got a special crown on his birthday and wore it all day.
Kaylee just started he dance class. It is so cute. She has tap for 20 mins, ballet for 20 mins, and tumbling for 20 mins. On the first day she was so adorable. She heard the teacher say it was time to start class and she followed the group like she knew what she was doing, with her dance bag on her shoulder. All grown up. I was able to watch the whole class on tv, while they are in the studio. She did so well, not a hint of insecurity. Then she toddled out like she was HOT STUFF! It made me so happy to see her enjoy something, that was just for her! Alex was with me, he wasn't too happy! He is just going to have to get used to it. It is only 1 hour once a week!

Pictures will hopefully follow this posting! Our computer blew up this week. It is awful. I am just praying we can get our photos off. I made a mistake by not backing up my pictures! Best Buy is working on it now. Hopefully we find out soon if they were able to get all of our memories off the hard drive. I have the worst luck! I was prompted to down load this service pack 2 (thinking I wouldn't be promted unless I needed it). So, I did and it crashed! All of this was brought on because I was trying to load music on my Father in law's classic ipod for him. It seems to be a pattern, when I am trying to do something nice, it blows up in my face! On the bright side I am looking forward to getting a new computer! We're trying to decide right now. Fortunately Sam can bring his laptop home for me until we get our new one.

I almost forgot!! Kaylee has gone two weeks now without her Bubbi (pacifier). We are so proud of her! This was a big deal. We are working on the potty training. The poor thing has also had 3 ear infections in the last month and a half. Right now she is feeling good. I just hope it lasts.