It really is crazy how fast time flies! I have been so terribly lazy regarding my blogging. I have been busy, but that really is a lame excuse. So here is the update for this last month.
Ryan is as busy as ever. This is his last semester of his Rad Tech program. His grades have been incredible throughout the whole program which totally amazes me. All semesters of his program he has received a 3.90 or higher. He is ready for graduation in May and taking the summer totally off! He has applied and been accepted to Weber State, but we are waiting to hear whether he has been accepted into the MRI program for fall or if he will need to wait another year to start that one. If he has to wait, he thinks he may continue to go to school to get a degree in Hospital Administration. So many unknowns right now. We should find out about the MRI program at the end of March or early April. It's been hard having him gone for such a long time. Many times I have felt like a single parent and I know there have been many times that Ryan has felt so sad not being able to be here. It will be nice when school is done and it's just work.
I have been doing several different things. I continue to do daycare. Right now I have 5 part time kids that I watch. 2 of them I only watch one day a week and the rest are just a few times a week. It works nicely that I'm usually done with daycare by 1:30 in the afternoon so I have my evenings available. I have also had several successful stamping classes with my friend Tammy. We also have 2 shelves down at a local boutique that we keep very updated. Between those two things, we stay very busy and stay in our craft rooms a lot trying to come up with new inventive ideas. It's quite tiring, but very fulfilling at the same time. For some reason I guess I thought I wasn't busy enough, so I decided to accept the roll of President elect in the PTA at Alex's school. That means I will be following the President around next year at all the PTA activities learning everything that I will be doing as President for the 2011-2012 school year. I am excited and very overwhelmed with this new responsibility. At least I do have some time to get used to the idea and really learn what I will be doing. I also have my two callings at church and will soon be coaching soccer again in the Spring. I am really looking forward to the summer. We already have 3-4 camping trips in the works, a trip or two to Park City, a trip to Nampa, Idaho to visit my Grandparents, hopefully a trip or two to St. George and hopefully a trip to Island Park, Idaho. We are getting our passes to Lagoon again this year because we had so much fun with them last year. We're just very excited to have some fun family time together.
Alex has been doing excellent in school. He excels in pretty much every subject. His favorite subject in school right now is art. But he is extremely good at math and reading. They haven't really done the level testing, so I'm not sure at what level he reads. But he's definitely in the top 2 or 3 in his class. The one thing I was so happy to see on his report card was that he is kind and tries to be a friend to everyone. He is a good listener (most of the time) and really truly loves his friends. His best friend right now is Reilly. He lives 2 houses away from us, so they spent every possible moment they can together. Alex continues to love playing with his friends, video games, computer programs and especially his little brother. He insists now that he only wants brothers and no sisters... EVER! It cracks me up. I know he'll love any child we have, but he sure has a special bond with his little brother.
Which brings me to that special little brother, Darek. Oh Darek. There is not one word that could ever describe this little guy. Darek is so full of energy right now. He learns so much on a daily basis. His language is incredible for a child his age. He can say well over a hundred words now and can probably recognize word to object for about 50-60 things. He loves giving kisses now. If he does anything wrong, he will immediately come up to you and kiss you on the lips. I think he knows that it will melt that person instantly and all will be forgiven. :) Darek has a very strong opinion and really likes to share that opinion. He recently has begun with temper tantrums. I think part of that is related to a really bad flu/cold that he had for over a week. I'm hoping it dissipates in the next few weeks, but I probably shouldn't hold out too much hope since he is approaching that 2nd birthday. Besides the kisses, one of my favorite things Darek does is singing to rock/pop songs. He has been singing little bits to Bon Jovi's "Livin on a Prayer" for a while now. But he recently has started singing little bits to Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi". I am not as proud of this one, but it still cracks me up. When he recognizes a song on my ipod, he'll start dancing and try to sing to it. I love how musical this little guy is.
Alright, well that brings us up to date for the most part. I'm going to start trying to take pictures more often again so I have some to post. We are still working on getting some family pictures taken. I'm hoping that will take place in the next 2 weeks (depending on weather). And hopefully my blog updates will come a little more frequently. But thanks for stopping by and waiting patiently for updates!
