Im loving it

We finally got our computer fixed, and I am loving being in touch with the outside world again. I have truly missed my computer.

Our dear little Travis is 9 months old now! Wow where has the time gone? He is scooting backwards and rocks on his knees just getting the movement for crawling. I'm sure it will be any day now. Its so exciting to see him learn and he is such an amazing little boy. I have friends at church who come up to me and want to hold him so they can have a weekly dose of Travis. He loves people and I am so grateful for his fun personality. This last week our boys came down with hand, foot & mouth virus. It is a horrible virus, and I wouldn't wish it upon anyone. On top of that Travis got his two upper front teeth. So he now has four. He is eating solids like a champ and when we took him in he was 20 lbs! So we hope he starts crawling and can lose some of that.But I am so glad he is healthy. He loves to laugh and play, and we are loving this stage.

Cameron is doing great. He loves being able to have joy school twice a week and preschool for four days a week. He is so smart. He is recognizing letters all around him and all his shapes and colors. This week we went to the pet store in Moscow and had a field trip. He loves animals and really loved the turtle. He loves playing firefighters with Spencer and riding bikes. He is really liking books and puzzles and coloring. He is a very picky eater and lives on and loves yogurt, string cheese and crackers.He just learned how to fold his own clothes and loves being able to help mom that way. He loves saving everything he makes and he really likes outer space and rockets.

Spencer is finishing up Kindergarten! Crazy that my kids are getting so old. He is able to read almost all of the sight words,and is sounding out words really well. He tries writing words as he sounds them out, and he tries really hard and is doing great. He loves playing with his friends and riding bikes. His favorite subject in school is recess! And then its computer lab. He likes to help out at home and plays really well with his brothers. He is obsessed with Firefighters and plays that a lot with his friends. Like putting on snow pants and snow boots, using the water noodle as hoses, fire hats, and walkie talkies...... they have great imaginations. He is really into collecting things- anything from rocks to animal bones he found outside(Gross).

Scott has been busy this semester and we are looking forward to all his course work being done in MAY! I cant believe how fast vet school has come and is going. It is very exciting to us. One year from May he will be a Doctor! and we can move on and settle down. He is in a surgery elective and has really loved performing surgeries. The last one he did was on a goat. The next one will be on a cow. Did i mention he loves surgery?:)

I am staying very busy with sick kids (every other week it seems) and I also took on a babysitting job until the end of June. I have two kids in the day, and another on school holidays. So that's 4 kids for half the day and 3 the second half. Its so nice having some extra money and I am saving up to buy a really nice camera. I'd love to get into photography, so that's my plan. I have a new calling on the activity enrichment committee and its been a lot of fun.

So that's a little catch up. Oh, and we finally got our family pictures back, and I like them a lot. Here are some of them: