Beginning of Summer

As I was looking at my blog and how pathetic it is, I thought I should do another post. And while I know that these posts are really just for myself, I know it's important to do them. As with most people, I feel like my blog is more of a journal than anything. Life goes by so quickly that sometimes we just forget things that have happened. The sad thing is that I hardly even take the time to get my camera out. I do take pictures on my phone, but well, we all know how good those usually are. So, here we go with the events that I remember from the last little while.

REESE

I realize that I haven't even written about my Ruby's baptism day. How sad it that? Reese was baptized on November 5th. She was absolutely beautiful that day and I was so proud of her for choosing to become a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  She has the most sweet spirit and she truly knows the gospel. Reese is like a sponge and she definitely soaks up anything and everything she is told (which can be a good and bad thing). So, she loves learning about the gospel and asking questions. She always wants to be the one to read at family scripture and she loves writing down what we have read. Reese's baptism was also pretty special because it was the first time that Adam had ever baptized anyone. The next day, November 6th was actually the day we blessed Liam. Adam bore his testimony that day of how strong the spirit was when he baptized and confirmed Reese. It was really wonderful to see and feel the spirit around us those two days. I am so thankful for the gospel and the joy that it brings into our lives.

Reese was in 2nd grade this year. She's our little genius. Everytime I would go in for parent/teacher conference, her teacher would just go on about how creative, smart, and kind she is. Random story: while we were at the Kaysville Light Parade, a boy from Reese's class came and sat by us. He said, "Hi," to Reese and then turned to his dad and said, "Dad! That's Reese! She's the second smartest kid in my class!" Then I overheard him say that Kate Sargeant is the smartest. It made me chuckle.

Reese also was in a pre-comp dance class and tumbling this year. I am so proud of how much she has improved in her dance and tumbling this year.  I really hadn't notice much of a chance in her skills the other years, but this year she has really grown by leaps and bounds. Her recital dance was to Selena Gomez's "Love Song Baby", which she loved because she is slightly obsessed with Selena Gomez.  We are preparing for those tween years and can already see the attitude creeping in every so often. It should be an adventure...

This year was the last year Reese decided to play soccer. I love my daughter, but she is not a runner. She is more of a sprinter, so soccer was not her sport.  Adam and I had many a conversations about her walking or not paying attention on the field. I think that her long legs play against her in that department; she's just still is a bit awkward when she runs. She'll figure it out some day, but until then, she's decided to pass on soccer.  However, in her final game of the year, literally in the final second of the game she ran up and kicked the ball as hard as she could scoring the winning goal! Her coach said she just kept saying, "I've never scored a goal before!" and the coach told her, "Reese, you didn't just score a goal, you scored the WINNING goal!" She was so excited. We were so happy for her, and honestly, in a bit of shock.

In addition to all the other wonderfulness that is Reese, she is also a great big sister. She is always looking after and playing with Camryn. I am so grateful to her, because sometimes I don't feel like it is possible to keep up with Liam and Camryn and Reese is right there to take Camryn to play Barbies. Reese and Noah have a little bit more of a love/hate relationship. She has kind of hit that point where sometimes she just doesn't want to play with Noah, which is hard for me to explain to him. However, they still can laugh harder than anyone and play like they are best friends. If only it could be like that all the time. Reese is so sweet with Liam. She loves to talk to him, try and teach him how to do new things, and above all make him smile.

NOAH

Noah, Noah. He is one big ball of energy. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Reese and Noah could not be more opposite. Reese never had a problem playing on her own; Noah is constantly asking for someone to play with him. Reese was fairly even tempered; Noah's emotions are always at the surface. Reese is very shy; Noah will talk to anyone and everyone. Reese is terrified of a lot of the rides at Lagoon; Noah will go on anything. And the thing about Reese and Noah is that they are either best friends or cannot get a long to save their lives. Anyway, Noah is a great friend to others. We constantly have his friends' parents tell us how much they love Noah, that he is the sweetest boy, and they could just keep him for their own. Luckily, this wonderful little boy is mine.

Noah was able to play soccer for the first time this year and he absolutely loved it. He is small, but man does that kid have fire. He always tries his hardest and really improved in the Spring games. He also got to play coach pitch baseball this year. He did so great! He did get a little restless when it was his team's turn to be in the outfield, but I say it was par for the course at this age. 

Along with Noah's energy comes his zillion questions. I mean, Reese asked questions, but Noah is just non-stop. And I spend most of my day answering his many questions or hearing, "Mom! Mom! Mom! Mommy! Mooooommmmmyyyyy!!" At least 3 times a day I hear my self say, "NOAH! I heard you the first time! Once is enough son!" I have a feeling his many questions will lead to some interesting conversations (i.e. how does the baby get out of your tummy?).

I think the general theme when it comes to Noah is that he tries really hard at everything he does. He is struggling with his reading, but he really wants to read and he works hard at it. Another example is him practicing his running. He is so funny; to practice his running he has us time him running down the hallway that is the length of our house. I must say though, he has improved his time greatly since this began. And now my favorite example: one day when I was picking him up from primary, the chorister stopped me and said, "Your Reese is just such a beautiful singer, she does so well. And Noah...he just tries so hard." Adam and I still giggle about that because it is so true of him. Whatever Noah does he is trying to his best.


Well, seeing as the post literally took me months to finish (as since I wrote about Reese and some about Noah we have sold our home and we are living at my mom's while our house is being built), I think I'll post and come back to Camryn and Liam at another date. So much more to write about, especially about my two youngest and craziest. Those two certainly keep me on my toes!

Sorry again for the novel, if you got through it that is. :)