January

January was a full month! We celebrated three birthdays,starting with Jenika on the NINETEENTH.  At ten years old, Jenika is a beautiful red head with a (almost always) sweet disposition and a strong will.  She is tall at 4'9".  She is busy too.  She has been jump roping, and clogging, and she just started playing the violin.  It's hard work, but she is getting pretty good! :)  She loves playing with her friends, watching TV, and dressing up her little sister.  She is doing well in school, and loves to read.  She doesn't love math as much, but she is good at it.

Jenika had a birthday party with about 9 friends.  It was loud, but fun!  They played karaoke, made pizza, played some games, and giggled a lot.  She doesn't like cake, so we made her a rice krispie treat cake.  She got lots of presents, including a suit case, a Kindle, and accessories for her American Girl Doll.  I can't believe that my birthday buddy is already 10 years old!  We love her, and she is a huge blessing for our family!

January Part 2

We celebrated another birthday in January... Cutler's!  I cannot believe that he is SEVEN!!!  He is growing up so fast, and we love having him in our family! Cutler is in first grade, and is learning Spanish! He is a very good student and loves math and reading.  He is very smart and knows almost everything (he tells me everything too, especially when I am wrong - which is always).  He loves riding dirt bikes and playing outside with friends.  He plays the piano, and this year, he played t-ball, flag football, and basket ball.  His favorites include red, Chinese food, ice cream, his baby sister, and playing on the ipod.  Cutler is very extreme.. He is usually either ecstatic or devastated, and he is very verbal.  He likes to talk.

To celebrate Cutler's birthday, we took some of his friends and played laser tag and then we ate dinner at Pizza Pie Cafe.  He wanted an Olof cake and to see the Loves. :)  He got a Nerf gun and a new backpack for his birthday.

Remember...

It is March, and I believe that I haven't shared anything on my blog for over a year.  

Yesterday, my mother gave me a beautiful gift... She gave one to all of my sisters.  It was a book, sharing the story of my older sister, Jessica.  She also had recorded pictures and birth statistics of me and my sisters.  I went home and read the stories, treasuring the words and pictures.  How great it was to have those stories recorded! And I went to sleep, with nightmares, worried that I wouldn't remember the details - or even the big things of the lives of my children.  My life is wonderful today, full of happiness and joy.  Full of the activities and happenings of our family, and I don't want all of this to be forgotten.  Things change so quickly by the days, weeks, months, years... I want my children to understand where they came form.  

So... I have a resolution.. To record the happenings of our family from one week to the next.  To give them and me something to remember these days, because our days and our choices will shape who we become.