11 years and counting...It sounds lame, but it is so hard to believe that Shawn and I have been married for 11 years! I think one of my favorite things about Shawn is that he makes me laugh every day. I think he is so funny! Shawn and I were reminiscing about when we first started dating and how we'd always go to Chili's in Salt Lake. We'd go there time after time after time. Finally, one time I asked Shawn if he wanted me to pay for our meal. Don't ask me why, but I thought he'd insist on paying. Instead he very quickly replies, "Sure," and hands me the bill!! I was so mad!! His excuse for it is that I was a "women's libber" going to the U and he didn't want to offend me and my rights. Anyway, we still tease about that night! So on our actual anniversary we took the kids to Chili's to celebrate.

Happy Anniversary Card from Chance

Then that weekend we went to the spa for massages and ate dinner at the Roof restaurant in the Joseph Smith building. Really, that place NEVER gets old. I don't know if it's because we hype it up and only go once a year, but we are NEVER disappointed! The food is SOOOOOO good! It was a wonderful anniversary!

View from the restaurant. There was a lightning storm going on while we were eating - very cool to watch!

4th and 24th of July!
(Yes, I realize it's September.)

We had our traditional 4th of July visit to the cabin and attended the traditional, little Star Valley carnival. It was held on Saturday the 3rd this year because the 4th fell on Sunday. There was an older lady at the carnival who was dressed as pirate supervising a treasure hunt. She scared Hannah a little bit because she snapped at Hannah for accidentally jumping into the treasure hunt when it wasn't her turn. But, like magic, cotton candy helped ease the pain!

Later on the 3rd, we set off fireworks at the nearby church. It was fun, but then we watched the longest fireworks show I've ever seen! I think instead of a grand finale they dragged out the entire show to last almost an hour. I'd be fine with watching a grand finale and then going home, so long fireworks shows are not my thing!

We had to make a traditional trip to Bubbas to get chicken wings for Chance and Shawn. We drove an hour up to Jackson and pulled into Bubbas, only to see a "For Sale" sign on the front of the building! Chance was DEVASTATED. He yells "WE DROVE ALL OF THE WAY UP HERE FOR NOTHING!!!!!" Shawn and I were trying not to laugh because it was sort of funny - we couldn't believe Bubba's wasn't there! We had been going there for years! We knew how excited Chance was for wings so we contained ourselves. Shawn asked an employee of the business next door what happened to Bubbas, and he pointed across the street. Phew. There was Bubbas in a brand new building! Chicken wing cravings were cured.

On our last day (Monday) we went golfing - I rode around in the cart while everyone golfed. It was pretty fun! I enjoyed just riding around watching everyone play, it was relaxing. Rags came with us to the cabin and was obsessed with Annie the entire time. Poor Annie didn't have a moment to herself. Rags was clinging to her leg "hugging" her the entire trip! It was quite a sight.

For the 24th of July we went to the Ogden Raptors baseball game. For some reason I have no pictures of this, but it was a lot of fun! First we met for dinner at Shawn's parents' house, which is always delicious but for some reason it is especially yummy in the summer. They do not disappoint by having fresh veggies from the garden! My favorite! Then we went to the game with Shawn's parents, Sarah and her cute friend, and Mark & Brooke's family. The game was entertaining (the home team wins! yay!) and the fireworks show afterward was PERFECT! Short, sweet, and spectatular. Chance was thrilled because after the game he was able to get autographs from the players on a baseball he brought. VERY cool to a seven-year-old. Did I mention the snowcones? I have been obsessed with snowcones lately. Mmmm, Tigers Blood. I think a Raptors baseball game might have to become our 24th of July tradition.

BABY

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You can tell this is my third baby because I still haven't posted to the world if it is a girl or a boy. Not that we love this baby any less, I guess I've just been preoccupied with trying to stay on top of the other two kids and everything else. So....drumroll please....it's a BOY! We are super excited! The entire fam came to the ultrasound so we could find out together. After the nurse told us it was a boy, Hannah just kept asking Shawn, "So...what is it again?" Shawn would say, "It's a boy!" About two minutes later Hannah would repeat, "So...what is it again?" And Shawn would repeat, "It's a boy!" This back-and-forth conversation took place about five more times until we finally realized that Hannah knew what the baby was, the reality of it was not sinking in! The doctor asked Chance how he felt about the baby being a boy. Chance replied in his most adult, conversational voice, "Well, it's a win-win situation for me because if it was a girl, I got my own room back. And now that it's a boy, I have someone to play sports with." The doctor thought that was a great answer. I have to admit, I was pretty impressed with it myself. Needless to say, we are all so happy the baby is a boy. Shawn told me that our family needed one more boy, and I guess he was right!

feet

After the ultrasound I took Hannah over to Old Navy and we picked out a baby boy outfit. She thought that was pretty cool. Ever since, she has been excited about the baby boy that is coming. She is always hugging and kissing my belly, and has named the baby Cody. Hannah always says, "I love this little guy!" and hugs me. A couple times ago after she hugged me, she asked, "Mom, does the baby grow back here too?" and patted my back. Hmm. Yes, I guess the baby does grow back there too. Ugh. This baby named Cody is a wild one, he moves and wiggles like CRAZY in my belly. I don't remember the other ones moving this much. I already have a feeling he's going to be a handful... The doctor commented, "You have an active one in there!" I was like, "tell me about it." I guess I'd rather have him be active than wonder if he was okay in there all of the time.

Pictures and Notes by the Redd kids

Chance's pictures of our hero Spongebob and friends - he drew these when he had extra time at school. I couldn't bear to throw them away for the longest time, I thought they were hillarious!

Sandy * Squidward * Patrick * Spongebob

Hannah's portrait of Rags:

Hannah's love notes:

First Translation: Hi Mom, how are you? I love you. This is Hannah.
Second Translation: Hi Dad, how are you? I love you.

June Recap
I have had horrible luck with my blog - every time I try to post it takes forever to load! So now I am way behind. Oh well...

I wanted to post a few pictures from Shawn's grandma's (Grammy's) 80th birthday party which was in June. Shawn's parents had a cookout/barbeque for her and all of her family and close friends. Grammy's favorite tradition for her birthday is hamburgers on the grill and homemade strawberry ice cream. So of course that's what we had! (Just on a larger scale.) We all just love Grammy, she is truly one of the kindest, most thoughtful, sweetest people I know.

August & Janice Wiechmann * Grandpa Ted and Grammy Ann Alene Dunn * Cindy and Aric Wiechmann * April & Bryan Redd

cousins on the tramp - Hannah * Gracie * Chance * Autumn * Brielle

Blurry - my pet peeve - but cute picture of Chance * Brielle * Sarah * Porter - what on earth is Porter grinning at?

Chance's mad hoop skillz

Shawn held his first Elders Quorum campout up at Doug Christensen's farm in Wellsville. We had tried to reserve a campground for everyone, but EVERYTHING was booked. I guess to reserve a group site at a campground, you need to reserve it months in advance, not just weeks. All of the decent sites were booked through September. We're new at this, okay! But Doug's farm turned out just fine - there was plenty of room, and the kids had a blast feeding the cows and shooting bb-guns. We watched a movie that we projected onto the barn door with a killer sound system thanks to one of Shawn's counselors. I think it was a success. We were the only ones who brought our trailer so I felt kind of wimpy but I'm sorry, that's how I roll!

feeding the cows, a definite highlight!

Sports Camp

Since Hannah has not played any sports herself but has been dragged to each and every one of Chance's games, I decided to enroll her in the little Sports Camp that the city puts on each year for ages three to five.  Just to see if she would like to play also.  Chance was in it for two years and he really liked it.  And so far, it's been a hit with Hannah as well!  She wasn't that big into soccer or football (she walked instead of ran and didn't really get into it), but I think her favorite sport is tennis.  I'm seriously considering letting her take some tennis lessons, she was great!  She kept asking when they were going to play tennis because she was looking forward to it.  I had no idea she even had an interest!

Father's Day

I had to post a few of the cute drawings and pictures my kids made for Shawn for Father's Day.  I realize that most little kids love their dad, but our kids seriously LOOOOOOOVE their dad.  He is their hero in every way.  Their faces just light up at the sight of him.  I'm sure they'd choose him over me any day, but it really makes me happy. 

From Chance.  Attached was a $5.00 bill!  I didn't even know he had made this.

From Hannah.  Notice the picture of the "boy" baby in the striped blanket.  See if you can tell which one is me!

Another from Hannah.  This is a picture of Shawn on a snowmobile while it's snowing.

Yet, another from Hannah.  Who loves their dad?

We celebrated Father's Day with my dad on Saturday night with pizza, cake, and cookies.  We gave him two packs of his favorite hotdogs - "Bahama Mamas".  I guess they only sell them at Maverick.  I still haven't had one, but I guess they're the best!  And we gave him a gift card to Pizza Hut.  Seriously, what do you give the guy who has everything?  On Sunday we went to Shawn's parents' house.  We went in on a gift for Shawn's dad - a watch that tells the temperature with a bunch of other bells and whistles.  Then the kids and dads (and Laura!) had a fun game of baseball in the front yard.  Shawn's grandma made, literally, the best chocolate cake I have ever had.  I am still thinking about it, wishing I would have savored each bite!

Summer is Here!

Chance

It’s hard to believe, but Chance officially finished first grade. His teacher (Mrs. Pitcher) made a darling scrapbook for each of her students that highlighted a few of the things they worked on all year – with pictures and all! I thought that was so thoughtful of her! His final report card reflected straight “4’s” (or A’s, I guess. 4 is the highest you can get.) He was very proud of that.

Chance is having a blast this summer with zero responsibility and all play. Well, with the exception of mowing the lawn. It’s a little hard for him, but he’s getting the hang of it. I keep telling him it will make him tougher for football. I want my kids to be kids and enjoy life and play, but I also think that they need to learn skills to make them hard workers. Shawn, who DESPISES gardens because of the acre-sized garden he had to weed growing up, suggested that we plant a garden behind my grandparent’s house in Pleasant View. He wants our kids to go over and weed the garden daily in order to teach them hard work. It’s June 16 and we still haven’t planted anything or weeded anything, but I think it is an excellent idea that we will have to put into motion next year or hurry up and do this year. I occasionally tell Chance when he is whining about something, “There’s nothing I can’t stand more than a wimpy boy.” Because really, maybe I’m sexist, but it is such a turn off to me when a male is whining. Even if they’re seven! I really want to teach my kids the value of hard work. It is one of my husband’s traits with which I am most impressed.

Chance has also been playing baseball this summer – he has really improved from his first practice/game, even though he was pretty dang good to start with (in my opinion!). This year is “coach pitch”. Shawn and I laugh every time Chance gets up to bat because of his batting stance – he crouches down really low and puts his bat up really high. He’s so serious. His favorite position is shortstop. He likes baseball, but not as much as he likes basketball or football. I have loved going to his games, I am excited for football season. This will be his first year of real, live, tackle football! Wahoo!

Hannah

Hannah finished preschool at Wee Wonders and had her graduation. I have video of her singing, as well as talking and giggling with her friend Esi! It’s pretty cute.

I enrolled Hannah in summer school at Wee Wonders because she has a tendency to write her letters backwards, and also sound out words backwards. I never had that problem with Chance, and maybe it’s just her age, but I thought she needed a little more practice before Kindergarten. Hannah had complained about going to summer school, but I knew once it rolled around that she’d be excited. Her first day was yesterday and she had butterflies in her tummy! I dropped her off and she marched right in. Then I picked her up after (it seemed like FOREVER to me!) and she was the happiest girl I had ever seen! As she was getting in the car she said, “Wow! That was fast!” She obviously had a WONDERFUL time. I think it was a good choice to get her that little bit of extra help. Hannah is a good helper around the house and if she is fed and happy, she will do about anything I ask her to do with a smile on her face. Her main chore is taking off her sheets to her bed and taking them down to the laundry room because she’s still struggling with staying dry all night. We’ll get there – eventually!

Shawn
Shawn was recently put in as Elders Quorum president in our ward, so he has been trying to stay organized. We figured out how import all of his meetings and appointments on his phone calendar, and I set like three reminders prior to each of them so that he could stay on top of things! His phone rings and beeps off the hook, but I don’t think he’s missed a meeting yet! I think he will be a wonderful Elders Quorum president. Even though Shawn is not outspoken, he is very friendly and can easily talk to people from all walks of life. I heard him give a portion of a lesson on the 5th Sunday of May and I was so impressed. He really has a great way about him to relate with people. I am helping him organize a “neighborhood squirt-out” which will allow people from the neighborhood to play a little squirt gun game through the month of July. Hopefully it works out! Shawn’s lesson was all about getting to know people in the neighborhood and we thought this might be a good way for people to get out of their comfort zone a little bit and mingle.

Memorial Day

We took a short but sweet Memorial Day vacation to Pelican Lake. Pelican Lake is pretty far from our house – it’s almost to Vernal – but it is definitely worth the trip! We took our trailer and met Shawn’s brother Brett and his family there with their boat. Shawn’s dad and sister came as well. We didn’t leave our house until Sunday and drove home Monday, but we had a great time! We choose to go to Pelican Lake because when the fishing is on (and it is most of the time) the kids can catch fish after fish after fish after fish! And they are the cutest little fishies! They are bluegill, sunfish, and bass. Well, the bass aren’t very cute, but the others are!

sunfish

bluegill

We fished, cooked hotdogs and smores on the fire, and fished some more. By the end of the trip I was actually squeezing worms in half and putting them on the hook for Chance to cast out! Then, I was removing the hooks out of the fishies’ mouths and throwing the fish back into the water! I don’t think I’ve ever touched a worm or live fish in my life until that trip! (Unlike Hannah, who is obsessed with the worms and likes to hold them every time she can. She also loved to feel the fish - Chance would reel in a fish, and then Hannah would feel its bottom fin and tell us whether it was a girl, boy, mom, or dad. We believed her, because we had no idea and it was a fun game.) Shawn couldn’t always do the bait, catch, and release thing because the kids were literally catching fish every single cast! We have decided the Memorial Day Pelican Lake trip needs to be a tradition. Any later in the year and the bugs at that place would be unbearable.

The House

We are trying to get our giant hole in our backyard filled up with a basketball court! The hole has been there for over a month and we have had a hard time having someone come to put cement in. Finally on Monday Shawn’s cousin came and started working on it! Yahoo! Maybe the end of Rags bathing in mud puddles then running through the house is near! And I can finally get my carpets cleaned!

Chance and Hannah have begun sharing a bedroom in bunk beds in preparation for the new baby. Chance sleeps on the top bunk and Hannah’s on the bottom bunk. At first, they were THRILLED! They thought it was the greatest. However, after about two weeks the excitement is now gone and Chance has changed his mind into hoping that the baby is a girl so that the baby and Hannah can share a room and Chance can have his own room back! Hannah likes to talk and sing before she goes to sleep, which drives Chance crazy!! But, they’re gonna have to get used to it. I’m trying to make the bedroom for a boy or girl, so I took the sports theme down and I’m just making it blue and lime green. I moved all of Hannah’s toys out of her old room and into the toy room, but I haven’t taken down the girly flowery things until we know what the baby is.

Baby!

Speaking of whether the baby is a boy or girl, I find out on June 29! I could have sworn I saw a little “something” on the ultrasound picture last time I went to the doctor, but after talking to my sister, I think it was probably just the umbilical cord. I really have no preference as to what the baby is. I have said that I hope it’s a boy, but I’ve decided it’s really not a “hope” – it’s just what I think it is! I guess we’ll see! We are going to take the kids to the appointment so that will be fun. Hannah gives the baby kisses on my tummy every day and talks to it like it’s already here. She asked me, “When the baby comes out, will it know that I was the one who was giving it kisses all of the time?” Hmmm, probably? She is so funny. Every day she comments on my big tummy. I took Chance to the grocery store yesterday and asked him to grab some fat-free milk. He asked, “Why does it have to be fat-free, Mom? Because your tummy is already too fat?” Little does he know it’s only going to get MUCH fatter!!

Extended Fam

My sister and her husband finally moved back from Hawaii! Don’t ask me why, I would never choose come back to this cold and yuck weather after living in paradise, but they seem happy about it. They are living with my mom right now. My kids have been so excited to see baby Lily! They just love her to pieces and now instead of watching videos of her on the Internet, they get to play with her in real life! My sister is so talented, she is designing artwork and selling it on Etsy. Her designs are so, so, so good! I wish I had that talent! She’s an awesome photographer too. And she’s a brilliant accountant. And the best mom. There’s nothing that girl can’t do; it is fun to have her back.  And Jason is our home improvement guru, he is quite the handyman.  And he actually enjoys it!  My mom always tells my dad, "I'll ask Jason to do it," when she has a project and Jason is in town.  I can't tell if my dad is a little jealous or just extremely relieved!

Rags

Someone forgot to tell Hannah that Rags is a boy.  Someone also forgot to tell Hannah that Rags is a dog.  I can just hear him thinking "this is so humiliating..."

Mother's Day

Oh, of course I had a great Mother's Day.  I wish everyone could experience the the same happy feeling I have had recently on Mother's Days.  My kids just crack me up.  I was cleaning up the kitchen on Sunday and Hannah wanted me to play with her instead of clean.  She said, "Why don't you tell Dad to do that?  It's Mother's Day!"  Little does she know that Mother's Day does not give mom a day off.  In fact, most moms are busier on Mother's Day than other days!  We visited my mom who had made strawberry shortcake (even though I told her not to do anything!), then we visited Shawn's mom and grandma who had made a full dinner and dessert for all of Shawn's siblings, kids -- everyone!  The boys were on cleanup duty, which is always a fun sight to see.  Especially fun to see Shawn's brother John chip in, as he is always insisting that cooking and cleaning is women's work.

My kids gave me the cutest flowers made out of cookies, courtesy of my creative mother.  (point and shoot camera disclaimer!)

The kids put them together but my mom was the mastermind behind them.  I ended up copying her and had the kids make them for Shawn's mom and grandma as well.  Then I got a little carried away and made one for everyone in the Relief Society since I had to teach that Sunday!   Chance made me a little book and this cute picture at school.  I wish I could post the book but since it's multiple pages and I scanned it as a .pdf I wasn't sure how to do it.  He just makes me laugh. 

Then, of course, my biggest kid gives me this card:

I laughed SOOO hard!  I am always complaining about my body, especially now that I'm expecting, always talking about how fat I'm going to be, how he's not going to like me, etc. etc. etc.  I love her bum.  I swear mine looks just like that, just a lot bigger.  Chance wanted to see what I was laughing at and said, "Mom, it's you looking in the mirror and me poking my head in watching you."  Obviously it had to be Chance looking at me because Shawn has no hair!  ha!  But what Shawn wrote on the inside was so sweet, reassuring me that I'm just fine the way I am.  He is a sweet dude.

Speaking of babies, I had another ultrasound yesterday.  I thought this picture was so cute, you can see the baby's leg and foot kicking up, and it's elbow.  It was moving around like crazy in the ultrasound!

Another great thing about my kids is that they are so caring and considerate about me.  Since I have been so sick with this baby, I lie down in bed a lot.  I know I'm lucky, a lot of moms can't do that even when they're sick as a dog.  But since my kids are older and Shawn is home in the evening to take care of them, I will lie down and rest and take Tylenol, waiting patiently for the weakest drug on earth to put me out of my headache misery.  Chance (yes, Chance, who HATED coloring so much in Kindergarten I never thought he would pick up a coloring utinsel again!) made me this card one day when I was sick.

My kids are so thoughtful and sweet, it makes me so grateful to be a mother.  I love them so much!

This post is strictly for journaling purposes, so I'm warning you now it is boring. But I quickly wanted to recap what has been going on lately.

hannah   mylee   esi

Hannah turned five years old in March! It's hard to believe. I took Hannah, her friend Esi, and her cousin Mylee to Disney on Ice as her "party". The theme was Tinkerbell, so I bought them some little fairy wings, wands, and crowns. We stopped at Chic-fil-a for dinner, then drove down to Salt Lake for the show. We got there a little bit early so we could see Princess Tiana live and in person! She was beautiful! The girls loved it. Esi gave Hannah a Barbie with these little dogs that really go to the bathroom on their special pads! What will they come up with next. Mylee gave Hannah a Barbie Mermaid movie and a Barbie mermaid doll. Shawn, Chance and I gave Hannah an American Girl Doll baby, plus … a Barbie Mermaid movie and a Barbie mermaid doll! Great minds think alike. Oh well, it never hurts to have two!

Soon after Hannah's birthday, Shawn and I left for Hawaii. We took a trip to Oahu this time. It was so fun! Our resort was amazing and when we first arrived, I felt really guilty for leaving the kids home because it was a perfect resort for kids! There was a little waterslide, a sandy beach that was next to the swimming pool, plus a shallow ocean beach where large rocks were built to block the waves from crashing in. It was so nice! We stayed there, but drove around a lot to see the sights of Oahu. We took a trip up to the North Shore and took a surf lesson. Our teacher was a babe (I'll have to post a picture) as well as a great teacher. Her swimming suit was falling off the entire time, so Shawn really enjoyed that. I actually got up on my surfboard a few times! It was fun but tiring. We walked around Waikiki but it was so crowded (a little too crowded for me). We also took a plane over to Kona to see Lindsay, Jason and Lily. That was so much fun – they had rented a really nice condo that we shared in Waikoloa. I couldn't believe how big Lily had gotten! She is the cutest baby ever! And my sister is the best mom ever. There was a really yummy market next to the condo so we ate a few meals there, but the highlight of the trip was a 50% special that happened to be running at a very nice restaurant. Everything you ordered before 6:00 was 50% off so, of course, we ordered everything on the menu (sushi, tempura, meals, desserts) and all of it was 50% off! I swear it made it all taste even better. That was the highlighted meal of the trip for sure! When we went back to Oahu we visited Pearl Harbor and drove around some more. There was a lot of driving on the trip, but there was a lot to see. We had a really fun, relaxing time. We went for five days instead of seven, which I think was a good move. The time we were gone for seven seemed way too long to be away from the kids. Shawn's mom and my mom babysat for us, which was a favor I will never be able to repay!

surf teacher (told ya!)

view from resort

When we returned from Hawaii, we had planned to surprise the kids with … a puppy! I had searched and found the perfect puppy for us. There were requirements for the perfect puppy - it had to be potty trained and also have hair instead of fur so it wouldn't shed and so I wouldn't be too allergic to it. We picked up the puppy on a Friday night. We kept telling the kids that we were going to Bountiful for a "surprise" and that they were going to love it. When we arrived at the house, Shawn noticed that there was a basketball hoop hooked to a trampoline in the front/side yard of the house and pointed it out to Chance, thinking Chance would get a kick out of it. Chance got tears in his eyes because he thought the surprise was that we were going to move into this house as our new house! He was so sad! Hannah, on the other hand, got out of the car and kept repeating, "I have a good feeling about this…" When we got to the door, the puppy was jumping on the kids' legs and they thought he was so cute. I said, "I thought we could take this puppy home with us." They didn't really react until we actually left with the puppy in hand. Then when we got to the car, they were all smiles! The puppy's name Rags – he is a shih tzu. At first I thought he was well-behaved but I am learning his true personality!! Haha, no, I love him but I can't stand waking up with him in the night and cleaning up after him. He is like a baby! Which leads me to …

picking up Rags (pre-haircut)

Chance and Rags (post haircut)

Shawn and I are expecting a baby! What??? Total surprise here. And just for the record, had I known I was expecting a baby, I would NOT have bought a puppy! But I am due in November and I have been sick as can be. I don't remember being this sick with the other two kids. I just lie here and try not to throw up. I was really tired in Hawaii, and I thought it was because of the drastic time change, but I guess that wasn't all! Chicken nuggets (just the sight of the bag) cause me to gag. Same with fish smells. But ice cream and popsicles have been my favorite! Oh, and today I made Paula Deen's homemade macaroni and cheese!!! Yum. Last Sunday a woman in our ward asked me if I was expecting. I was so shocked because we hadn't told ANYONE and I did not want to tell anyone for a long time! But, since the cat was out of the bag (and my stomach was obviously poking out more than I had thought!), we decided to tell family and friends. Who surprisingly, were all very excited! For some reason I thought they would be "oh…not again." Shawn and the kids are so, so, so excited! It has been fun to see the kids' reactions because they really understand what is going on and how this will change our family. The first thing Chance asked me was, "When are you going to birth it out?" The first thing Hannah asked me (at least three times) was, "Are you trickin' me?" Chance wants a brother and Hannah wants a sister, so it will be interesting to see what comes out. Hannah insists that she needs a sister because they already have a little brother (Rags).

On Sunday, Chance and I played a duet in Sacrament Meeting – Called to Serve. The meeting happened to be our bishop's son's missionary farewell and there were a TON of people there. Chance was a little nervous, to the point that he crossed our names off of the program in hopes that we wouldn't have to perform! But we made it through, and he did not make ONE mistake. The kid has a good ear and is VERY good under pressure! I was so proud of him.

Hannah had her kindergarten round up last week, she was so excited! We had been to the doctor so she could get her shots. She barely cried! She was very brave. I think she was just so excited that the shots meant she would be able to go to kindergarten that she didn't even care. It's hard to believe she is old enough to be going to kindergarten next year. Chance will be going into second grade, and wants to be sure Hannah is in afternoon kindergarten so they can walk home together. He has had so much fun walking home from school with his friends each day. Chance loves playing basketball at school. He loves it so much that his dad has decided to build a half-court basketball court in the backyard! Shawn has been working on it religiously for about a week now. Which is fine, but I can't stand the dirt that has been tracked in the house. And what is worse is that Hannah comes home 10 times dirtier than Chance! So it's bath night every night around here, especially for Hannah!

Shawn hard at work creating the basketball court, moving sod