Learning...

Today has been a great day. I spent the morning with Kellen and then took him to his friend's house to ride bikes. As always, I stayed for a while talking to his friend's mom, Liz. I was doing all this while the car was running...sorry, Tom! Anyway, lately Katie has been having a real hard time with math and reading comprehension. She is in third grade and come to find out she has been asking friends for help in math for about a year now. Poor thing! She never mentioned that she needed extra help. We assumed she was doing just fine. I digress...while she is really good at reading, in fact ahead of her grade level, she has a hard time understanding what she just read. After talking with her teacher, I just put in a request to have her tested with the school for a learning disability. I know my little Katie is smart but she is having a hard time showing her geniusnses (is that a word? who cares!) in these two areas. Even with these obstacles Katie is such a sweet heart and is always positive. Just a little plug for my sweet K, I will teach her concepts from my anatomy class that for some is hard to understand YET she can teach it to me the next day. She can also listen to music, figure it out on the piano, memorize it, and play it forever more. She has an amazing ear!

Okay, back to my original story....my friend Liz was telling me about her children (3 out of 5) that suffer from some of the same problems. She also gave me great advice on how to help Katie find help to retrain her brain to learn in a different way. The reason I post this is because I am always amazed at how all the time our prayers are answered. Little Katie prays that she will have an easier time in school and I pray that she can handle this problem. Then out of nowhere, I am given help and can then help Katie feel better about her situation. Once the school has finished testing her, we will move on to help her retrain her super smart brain. I am not the greatest writer so getting out what I am trying to say is so hard. However, I am grateful that our prayers are answered all the time, even while dropping off my Kel at his friend's house. Our Heavenly Father is always watching over us, especially His sweet young children.

Good bye 2011, HELLO 2012!!

2011 has been an interesting year. For some reason it was the year of spending money. We had to pay for a new car, fix a transmission, pay for other car fixes, stuff around the house, the death of our sweet little doggy, other medical issues, and other little doodads. Needless to say, when 2011 was coming to a close we were not super sad. We are truly optimistic about 2012. For some reason, we feel that 2012 is going to be a great year. So far, so good. So here is to a brand new year, filled with fun, optimism, laughter, and less money going out, more money coming in!!! YAY!!!

Funny Pics

Sadly, my camera is not working like it used to :( I have only two shots from the many shots I have taken in the past week...sad!

Kellen goes out on the trampoline everyday. He is an awesome jumper and makes up some super fun games to play!

Here is what Brielle will look like when she grows hair! Gorgeous! For now she can just borrow some hair from cousin Katie.