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Now this last week we had a lot of firsts going on, and hope to get some pictures of that as well!
Judah had his first guitar lesson with the amazing guitar teacher of Ryan Horn who claims that Judah is smarter and picking it up faster then he thought...funny huh after one lesson. He is a smart guitar teacher! Alyx also had her first ballet lesson in which she was so adorable and loving every miniute of it! I would like to say she is a natural...at listening to her teacher anyway...but more than anything else she looks ultra cute in her little leatard! Next first was Judah's first soccer game. Judah has decided that his favortie sport to watch is football, and his favorite sport to play is soccer. So he is playing soccer and watching football. We stood on the sidelines and cheered our little guy on to a 5-2 victory with 2 goals scored by our little man. Can you say super proud parents! This is where you could get sucked in...the dreams you begin to build for you children...a pro soccer player and a prima balarina...yikes...I can see why some get so obsessed...it's definatly tempting! We will hopefully have pictures of all of that up soon as well.
Then this last weekend we spent it with our dear friends the Oettels at my family cabin in Monarch! We had so much fun, and stayed up way to late, and was woken way to early! But we took pictures, played games, roasted marshmellows, and made mint brownies and an amazing tri tip on the charcoal grill. It was a blast!
Something funny and kind of insane...I was talking to Judah and let him know that he was a super star at soccer! I was teasing him about how tired he was getting at the end of the game and mentioned that he needed to go running with his mommy to build endurance. Then we went home and continued the day! Before bed he came to me and asked me if he could go running with me in the morning before school...I was like...huh???do I do this...is this good or bad or huh??? I was like are you serious Judah? You really want to go. So yesterday and this morning my son and I ran walked a mile together. He is so fun to "work out" with, it doesn't even feel like working out. He just joggs along and chats up a storm it's so fun! He actually woke me up this morning to go. This could actually be the start of something really fun and healthy, and well just a great time with my son. We walk when he needs too, and run fast when he wants too, and he is just excited to be out there working on improving his endurance. I think my son is from a different planet...he truly amazes me with his simplicity of life, passion, and well frankly discipline. So I will keep you up to date to see if this lasts...well at least until the snow flies, or it gets to cold!
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We (Judah, Alyx, an I) are off to my cabin this weekend(Aaron has to work...double time actually), where I will be bringing my trusty point and shoot, so the quality will not be so good, but maybe the content will be fun! Have a great Labor Day!
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Let's See we will go from youngest to oldest...bring you up to speed and then hopefully just update as life proceeds forward.
Alyx - BIG news! She accepted Jesus Christ this week and it was so exciting. Aaron led her in prayer in our basement before she escaped the heat for bed time! She was so excited and eyes lit up! It has been a blessing for Aaron and I to pray with our kids to receive Christ! Anyways that is the best news of all, however the over all Alyx is still very much princess! Everyone who knows her knows she is still in love with big dresses, shiny jewelry, sparkly shoes, and everything girl. She asks for “mommy’s lip stuff” other wise known as lip gloss almost every other day. She has her own but for some reason mine is “much more better” she says. Alyx just finished swimming lessons where she started out in level 1 and she did a great job…she will graduate to level 2 next summer and learn to swim on her own for a short amount of time. Things she is loving this summer is the pool, sprinkler, riding her bike, painting her nails and summer dresses. She still would prefer to wear a dress everyday instead of shorts and a t-shirt. I honestly don’t know where she got it. She is growing up faster than I thought possible! She will start 5 day preschool this year, and excited to be able to finally go to school everyday. She asks everyday “how many more days till I get to go to school” even though she really has no concept of time.
Judah – He is working his way toward the 1st grade! Yikes, that in itself is enough to shock us all! He is brilliant and is so kind and loving. He has his father’s sweet spirit with others and his mother’s determination at home! He is a master at coming up with his own way, and not so brilliant at figuring out it doesn’t happen all that often with out obedience first. Judah also finished up swimming lessons and will get to participate in level 2 again with his sister. Maybe a little friendly sibling competition will help him concentrate on getting his face in the water! We will see, let’s just say he is not our next Ryan Phelps! He is technologically brilliant and has mastered the X Box at the age of 6. Um…should I even say that…he is now limited to an hour a day…as it is he would like he would play all day! Judah also had an interesting experience at the dentist this year. Turns out he was born with really bad teeth and it’s just that way. He had 10 teeth pulled, and only 4 are untouched as of now the other are all crowned! Ahh…it was sad, and emotional for him, but he is doing fine now. He lost pretty much all of his front teeth, but has figured out to eat one of his favorite foods, corn on the cob, without them. He has adjusted! He has quite the lisp now, and told everyone how the tooth fair left him sthix dollars and sthixty sthix stenths – interpretation – six dollars and sixty six cents.
Aaron – Well he is still at the Red Cross, but working as diligently as possible to get Eikon Media Productions up and running! You can check out the website at http://eikonproductions.com/ if you are interested! He is waiting on God to see how seriously we are supposed to be working on this project. He is actively participating as one of the main worship leaders at GFCC and is still involved with the youth group (Generation Church) as well. He has a funky schedule so it only allows him to be there half of the time. He has his hands full with those responsibilities, and being a dad, and husband!
Nicole - Well sense I am writing this I will reference Nicole as I. I am still the Administrative Assistant at GFCC and totally blessed to have such an amazing job! The church is amazing with their flexibility, and willing to work with such a busy person! I love to be able to work within the gifts that God has given me and to use those gifts to benefit the church has been more than I could imagine. I am still working on being a good mother and wife while maintaining a full time job. It has been a challenge, and I am sure I fail often, but I try! Through some of the time that we have set aside for God this year, I am in love with reading. So if any of you have any really good books you would like to recommend to me that would be awesome! Reading has truly changed my life in more ways than I could put down on paper.
So that is what I could think of for now. I will try to do more weekly updates, and have Aaron add pictures as we go!
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So it's 2009, and we went over a whole year without posting anything! (not that we were trying to) So we decided to start posting again so that our family and friends could see what's going on in more detail than what happens on Facebook.
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