Update on our little family. James went in for his 6 month check-up and is getting taller and skinner by the day. He is now above 95% for height(28in -That makes 8 inches total growth) then dropped to the 10% for weight (15lb 10oz, still has not doubled birth weight), He dropped from 50% to 10% in weight since his 3 month check-up. He also has a ear infection, first out of all our kids. Joe has his Masters license now just waiting on the Contractors licence to make him completely legal. Joe went hunting and got a buck this year. After several evening it is all processed and put away. Crystal is doing great in school with the exception of their timed math tests, but she is improving. Clayton is loving preschool and asks everyday if it is a school day. He went to the Ped. Orthopedic surgeon and he doesn't think Clayton will need surgery on his leg, so that is a huge relief. So we just have to go again in 6 months to see if it is correcting its self. The kids had their Primary program on Sunday and they did great. They both had their parts memorized and said them during the program. I spent the afternoon on Tuesday rescuing Mom, Gram, Aunt May and Lauri from the side of the road taking them to Wal-mart then back home safe and sound. Had a great time at the trunk-r-treat and the kids loved going to the Colleges party as well. Now just getting ready for all the November/December things.

VEGAS BABY!!!

Joe and I won a trip to Vegas so we went over our 9th anniversary. We had a great time, did a lot of walking the second day all day doing some site seeing. The last day we spent in our hotel at the amusement park. It was lots of fun. Joe was braver then me and road the roller coaster. Joe is the guy in the second row. He went on it twice and loved it. We went on a 3D and a 4D ride, did a couple ones that made us want to throw-up. We had a great time but are glad to be home with our kids again. Thanks to Grandma Bingham who came to our house and watched all three kids for the 5 days that we were gone (two of those days were driving to and from SLC where we then flew to Vegas). It is amazing how fast you can make a trip when you don't have kids needing to potty every 10 miles.
This was on the Hot air balloon Ferris wheel, we figured this ride might help sooth our troubled stomachs after a couple crazy rides. We stayed at Circus Circus and it was really fun. We went to the midway above the casino and played carnival games and watched some pretty amazing circus acts. WE won the kids a couple toys each. This was the view out our window. I had never been on so many escalators just to cross the street. Concrete jungle? Some kind of jungle! We are glad to be home.

fall or winter?

I really should update the blog, Dang you facebook for taking up all extra computer time. Joe passed his masters test!!!!! Now we are in the process of figure out all the licensing garbage. James is growing like a weed. He is now 5 1/2 months old.

Crystal is loving 1st grade, even though she passed out during a field trip last week (very scary call for me to get). Clayton is loving pre-school. We are headed up next week to the pediatric orthopedic surgeon to get a second opinion before we consider the drastic surgery the regular orthopedic surgeon suggested. So we should know by sometime next week what we will be doing. Joe was ticked to say the least when our early winter snuck up on us and caused total destruction of out well pump. I am hoping for a warm up so that we can get all the hoses drained and put away. I also need to do a days work with the plants outside. Looking forward to this weekend. Joe is going hunting with a friend. I don't like wild game meat but Joe and the kids love it. When we see a deer by the road the kids ask it we can run it over so they can eat some more deer meat since we ran out a while ago. Kids do say the darnedest things. Crystal is taking a baking class this week after school. She is loving it so far. Then she will have a cake decorating class next month.The kids loved the Firehouse open house. They get to go and get in all the trucks. It is a nice thing done annually.