Dear Family,
Wow, so much has happened in our lives in the last few months. I am happy to be writing this blog from our new office. Thanks to everyone who helped us move, especially mom and dad. We miss seeing you everyday and being with you. It is great to be neighbors with MaryAnn and Tracy. I am excited that the kids will have cousins to grow up with. Thanks also to everyone who came to Janey’s blessing. I know it was a rough week to be gone from your own wards. It was so neat to see her encircled by the priesthood. I am so thankful for her daddy, grandpas, and uncles who live worthy to exercise their priesthood in her behalf.
A new year has begun and once again my mind reels with all the things I hope to change, accomplish, conquer and begin. The trick is weeding through all the lofty goals to find those that are most important and fall into the best category rather then the good or better categories. I am loving the fact that it only takes 5 min. to get to and from school instead of 30 min. I am trying to make good use of that time in the morning with the kids and help them get into some better work habits. We’ll see how it goes. They are all doing really good in school thanks to great teachers. Emily loves going to the same school as the rest of the kids and loves her new teacher which makes me very happy. I love the quiet afternoons when the babies are sleeping to regroup.
Here is a little up date on each of the kids. Katy has decided to stop dancing and take piano lessons. I am thrilled. Piano is such a timeless talent and I think she will do great. She also really wants her dad to teach her tennis. Hopefully they can find some courts close by when things warm up a bit. Hunter had a great time singing in the Lehi Children’s choir. They had a great Christmas show and he even had a solo which he did great on. He got new glasses along with Jake, too many new pairs to count. They actually stay on his nose. He looks very handsome. His and Jakes favorite part of Christmas was that they got a game cube with Mario Doubledash. They have some pretty strict rules about when they can play but they love racing and playing together. Jacob will start playing basketball next week and is very excited to get on the court. He has a pretty good shot so we will see how it goes. Their favorite thing to do is play football indoors or out. Hopefully we won’t have any broken bones. Emily is the life of the house. She loves to have a friend and usually Alyssa plays the part. They love to dress up together and Emily is great to entertain and help out with things. She loves to set the table and help with dinner which I love. She is still in dance and enjoys sharing a room with Katy. Alyssa continues to make us laugh with her growing knowledge of the English language. She can now climb out of her crib at leisure so the toddler bed will be going up soon. She is showing all the signs of wanting to be potty trained I just have to get up the courage to do it. Janey is sweet as can be. She sleeps through the night and loves her new swing. She has rubbed quite a bald spot on the back of her head. She has found her smile which steals our hearts.
Jonathan and I just love being together. It is so nice not to be a single parent. There are still lots of little projects on our home but no rush to get them done. We are loving just being together as a family. Hope you all have a happy month.
Love,
The Brinley Bunch