More Pics from September and October

Here are some more pictures from September and October. Kylie got a hearing aid for her left ear to help with her severe hearing loss from her horse kick. She picked pink and purple since they are her favorite colors. She has what is called unitlateral hearing loss. Even though her right ear has perfect hearing, her brain has a hard time processing language when there is too much background noise (because of the uneven hearing from her left ear). We are hoping that the aid will help her at school so she can hear and understand her teacher better.

Cameron and Kylie had fun at a birthday party for one of Kylie's classmates. It was at a crazy fun indoor play area. I was glad to go with them to supervise though since 3 out of 9 kids got hurt (only minor injuries). I could only imagine wild Kylie trying to go down the super slide head first. The kids have been getting a ton of birthday invites this year.

I'm almost kind of glad when they are on Sunday so we can say no. It gets expensive getting presents and it takes up half a day to drop off and return or stay and supervise. At least we know they are getting along with their friends at school if they get so many invites.

Halloween was lots of fun too. Kylie had been sick so we just went trunk or treating at church in the early evening. Then Grandma Jonna brought over Chicken Almondine for dinner and pumpkins from her garden. She helped the kids carve their pumpkins and later cooked up the yummy seeds. We had small pumpkin knives that carve pretty easily so we carved mulitple faces on the kids pumpkins. I think both of the kids had 4 faces each.

The holidays are just around the corner and we aren't sure what our plans are yet. We will definately be down to Utah at Thanksgiving or Christmas, weather permitting. Hopefully the roads will be better around the holidays this year than they have been the past couple years. We miss everyone in Utah and hope to see you all soon.

November Already???

Yes, I've procrastinated posting to my blog again. The kids are in school and doing really good......
and I just lost half the pictures I was going to post...:( Its late though and I'm feeling under the weather so I will just leave these as some teasers.

Has it really been that long.....

Has it really been 8 plus months since my last post??? Sorry about that. We've been super busy. I've been working for a counseling center since December and since I'm the one who updates the blog, it just hasn't happened. I will share some photos though for those of you wondering what is going on in our lives.



Cameron has since lost another 6 teeth (at least - I lost track). He finished up 1st grade in June and is excited to be a 2nd grader soon. He took some tests in May to find out if he could be in the Gifted and Talented program this coming year. He passed the test with flying colors - especially math and visual/spacial. We took a morning off school in April to go to the lineman college rodeo (graduation). Cameron still loves power poles and wants to be a lineman when he grows up. He stills draws all the time too - mostly powerpoles and trucks.




Kylie has been going to preschool since I started working and she loves it. The staff are great and she has made lots of friends. She is excited to start Kindergarten in a few weeks. She loves to sing (at the top of her lungs) and dance anytime she hears a beat. She is our little princess with pretty hair clips and glitter lotion one minute and getting covered in mud the next. She happy and helpful at times and then she is a handful to handle the next. She loves Hello Kitty and Tinkerbell but also loves Star Wars. She must be 5!

Kylie recently learned the days of the week while counting down a trip to Roaring Springs with her cousins from South Carolina. She is also learning to read and spell.


In May, we headed north to visit with grandparents, aunts, and cousins. It was great to see Julie and her kids down from Alaska. The cousins had plenty of together time (some of the cousins may say too much).

In June, Cameron entered an art competition for a local health clinic's calendar. His drawing was picked the winner for his age category and his prize was $100!!! He was also drawn in the raffle and won 8 (!!!!) tickets to Roaring Springs. He is currently working on his entry for the county fair. Although they don't have as big of prizes, its still fun to go for the ribbons.
We've been seeing lots of Grandma Jonna and Papa Chick, including 4th of July when we took this super cute picture of them.

Our family picture was less than perfect though with Cameron's suprised look and Kylie with her neck pillow and blanket.

So that is, in a nutshell, what we've been up to lately. Sorry I've been slacking on the blog. I hope to shape up and share more often.