I FINISHED MY BOOK! (saturday lol)
I can't believe how grown up my kids are now!!! Time sure seems to be speeding by. Sometimes I want it to go faster because I am so curious to see what these kids do and become and I want grand kids lol. Other times I just want things to slow down because I am not ready to be an empty nester. A friend of mine shared her awesome talent with us and took these pictures of Allias and Kay. She took several more but these are my favorites from the shoot!
Allias is a junior this year and 16! He is all about looking fresh- it cracks me up when I go shopping with him- he is such a girl about outfits lol. And whooaa is this kid a charmer!
He isn't driving yet- we would like him to get his Eagle first but he did agree to be on the Youth Conference committee. He seems excited to be helping with the planning.
He is trying to read the Book of Mormon by March- I told him if he does I will by him a plane ticket to visit his friends in North Carolina this summer. He is also blessing the sacrament at church. He has such a strong clear voice that it really helps you focus on the prayer.
He has a super heavy class load this year with Trig, Chemistry and French plus three other classes. His grades aren't the best butttt they don't exactly suck either and he is doing a little better than previous years. We are kind of letting him be in charge of his own destiny when it comes to his grades this year.
He is trying out for the basketball team this week and I really hope he makes it. There is so much politics involved in school sports- not to mention how many select and AAU teams there are around here that parents pay thousands of dollars each year for and kids start playing in when they are seven or eight. It makes me nervous with him being the new kid and all.
When he isn't doing school work or playing basketball he is lifting weights at the gym. It is a serious obsession for him this year. We never let our boys lift weights growing up- we wanted them to wait until they were nearly done growing so he has been thrilled to start and is getting pretty buff lol.
Kailyn is 12 and in Middle School!!!!
She really is growing up and it is just crazy to me. She is as tall as me now (five foot six!) and we have worn the same size shoe for several months.
She just finished her volleyball season and starts basketball this week. She is a little nervous about playing basketball since she has only played one other time and that was a few years ago. I think she only agreed to play because a lot of people said she should with her height. I just hope she has fun. She is a hard worker and competitive so I think those two things should help her.
I love homeschooling her and she seems to be enjoying it a lot this year. I think a lot of her enjoyment comes from the fact that she takes a few classes outside of the house and she likes the social aspect of that. She gave her first talk at church on Sunday and did really really well. She was so excited to get up in front of the congregation. She really is my child in that way. I think her favorite part of the classes she is taking is when she gets to present projects. She has to work really really hard to get good grades because of some processing issues she has but I have been so proud of her and the effort she has put in this year so far.
She is getting glasses next week and is NOT happy about it. She is losing sight in one of her eyes though so they are trying to stop it from going completely blind. Allias and Travis are both blind in one eye though so I am not sure what good the glasses are going to do but I guess it is worth a try! People constantly tell me how beautiful Kailyn is and it is so true but she really has such a shining personality to match!
Tyler is back in Utah working and hanging out with friends. I talk to him often and he always sounds so good. I am really proud of him. He got promoted at Chick-fil-A to a kitchen manager and works at 5:45 every morning!!!! The owner and his boss both really love him and look out for him which is nice. He wants to get a license, car and his own place and I am sure if he puts his mind to it he can achieve all of those goals and more. I am excited to see him after Christmas!
Maybe I will be able to have my sister n law take a family picture of us while we are there!
