Thank you all for your concern and emailing me to make sure we are okay due to my lack of blogging. I'm so sorry! I just had too much fun with the Boys over Christmas Break and then we had birthdays and so on and so forth and now it's halfway through February and I haven't even sent out my Christmas cards...but they will be sent soon! Life is getting in the way!
P.S. Once again, I've left Harry out in the pictures, so here is oneof him that I that I took. He looks an angel, straight from Baby Heaven as my friend Michael Gordon would say!!
Okay, so the last time I posted it was 13 days til Christmas. Let's start there...Christmas was wonderful!! The house is full of guitars (real electric guitar for Garett, Guitar Hero for the Wii for Reece and a play electric guitar for Logi) and the driveway is ful
l of bikes so we are having fun inside and out. Here's a picture from our adventure to Hollywild to see the lights and feed the animals. The Boys had a great time riding in the back of Teba's truck!
l of bikes so we are having fun inside and out. Here's a picture from our adventure to Hollywild to see the lights and feed the animals. The Boys had a great time riding in the back of Teba's truck!Reece turned 8 four days after Christmas and had a gre
at time celebrating and wearing the Birthday Crown! Where have the last 8 years gone?!?
at time celebrating and wearing the Birthday Crown! Where have the last 8 years gone?!?Garett's Birthday came next and with it I am suddenly the mother of a 6 year old! We are so happy that he is following in Reece's footsteps and learning how to be a such a wonderful Big Brother.
We had a snow day thrown in there and I posted a video on YouTube of a snowball fight the Boys had. It quickly turned warmer and the snow was gone, but it was pretty while it was here and it was nice of Rhett to keep a fire blazing all day long. "Smarshmellows" were toasted and smores were made.
Rhett and I have started back for the Winter Semester and are doing great. Rhett is taking both Speech and Religion online and this time I'm in the classroom. I'm taking Anatomy and Physiology and Statistics and Probablity so I'm in class three nights a week. Rhett has given his first speech (that part is NOT online :o) ) and did great. I received a 102 on my first lecture test and a 79 (t
hat's ALMOST a B!!!) on my Statistics test---BIG THANKS TO MY FRIEND JAIME FOR THAT!!! She was a Math Teacher for Middle School and has been awarded the distinct honor of becoming my Tutor!! I guess she's still a Math Teacher, she's taking a hiatus from teaching to raise a family...a family that will have a new baby in September!!! Yea for you Uncle B and Aunt Jaimes!! Here's a picture of them with Gracie and Avery.
hat's ALMOST a B!!!) on my Statistics test---BIG THANKS TO MY FRIEND JAIME FOR THAT!!! She was a Math Teacher for Middle School and has been awarded the distinct honor of becoming my Tutor!! I guess she's still a Math Teacher, she's taking a hiatus from teaching to raise a family...a family that will have a new baby in September!!! Yea for you Uncle B and Aunt Jaimes!! Here's a picture of them with Gracie and Avery.
Reece was awarded Terrific Kid for December/January! Hootie Hootie!! He was picked from his class and Miss Ford wrote a very nice page about him. For those of you who have a Terrific Kid bumper sticker and don't want to "Stick" it...take it to Kinkos and they will make it into a magnet for you!! Little trick of the trade (motherhood) for you.
Valentine's Day was sweet. I was able to help with Reece and Garett's parties at school since they were at different times. My friend Nadine brought Valentine's Day doughnuts from Krispy Kreme in the shape of hearts for Reece's class (her daughter Katelyn is in the same class)...the doughnuts were adorable. We had an ice cream party in Garett's class and they all had fun in their "heart crowns". Rhett had practice and I had class so we celebrated with a big breakfast for dinner...a tradition I acquired from my wonderful friend, Jill Frick. I made heart shaped pancakes that the Boys loved, even though I made them eat eggs first! I wore Rhett's high school class ring all day like I have for the last 16 years. He put it on my finger on February 14th, 1992 and so I wear it every year on Valentine's Day. I asked him if we are still "going steady" and he said yes! I think we are the steadiest people you could ever know and I'm so lucky we are Valentines all year long!
Valentine's Day was sweet. I was able to help with Reece and Garett's parties at school since they were at different times. My friend Nadine brought Valentine's Day doughnuts from Krispy Kreme in the shape of hearts for Reece's class (her daughter Katelyn is in the same class)...the doughnuts were adorable. We had an ice cream party in Garett's class and they all had fun in their "heart crowns". Rhett had practice and I had class so we celebrated with a big breakfast for dinner...a tradition I acquired from my wonderful friend, Jill Frick. I made heart shaped pancakes that the Boys loved, even though I made them eat eggs first! I wore Rhett's high school class ring all day like I have for the last 16 years. He put it on my finger on February 14th, 1992 and so I wear it every year on Valentine's Day. I asked him if we are still "going steady" and he said yes! I think we are the steadiest people you could ever know and I'm so lucky we are Valentines all year long!
Well, I guess I should wrap up for now. I've covered a lot of ground and promise to not wait so long to post again. I should have plenty of time to do it since it seems to be the concensus that I lay on the couch and watch TV and eat bon-bons all day! :o)
Let me leave you with this one last thought from Reece. After we chose JOY and sang our song (see previous JOY post for clarification) we were talking about it being a great day. Reece told me, "Of course it's going to be a great day, look at the sun! It's coming up!" As if every day that the sun comes up will be a great day! How awesome is that?! So here's my challenge to you. Look at the sun each day and MAKE it a great day...because Reece is right...it would be an awful day if the sun DIDN'T come up! And I don't want any comments asking about cloudy days--the sun is there it's just hiding and YOU can find it! Just look for it and then share it with everyone! I don't mean to try to sound like Little Miss Sunshine, maybe I just am a Sunshine Girl (Melanie)!
Until next time, I'm fondly yours,
Jeanne
Queen of the Browns
P.S. Once again, I've left Harry out in the pictures, so here is oneof him that I that I took. He looks an angel, straight from Baby Heaven as my friend Michael Gordon would say!!
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