catch up time... pics to follow

Well my dear blog you have been neglected. So much has happened since May of last year. We finally moved into our house... it was a very hard move bec we had twice as much stuff and very small space. What did save us was our 4 storage sheds in our backyard.
We did the whole Disneyland thing with our kids this summer. It was everything I hoped it to be with my kids. Within the first couple of minutes Samuel ran off bec he saw a Mickey bench. Every few seconds he would scream Mickey. Eliza has lived in fantasy land so long with all her princesses... she was in awe of disneyland as well. Dale made these shoes with inserts to make the kids taller to go on all the rides. Needless to say we didn't need them bec most of the rides they could go on anyway. Also by the time Eliza got to the Indiana Jones ride the foam inserts they shrunk enough to not to make her go. Bummer! We also did a cookout on the beach. The kids had fun digging in the sand and finding treasures. Once the sun started to go down .... oh man it got too cold. It went down hill from here.

One big thing that I almost forgot to mention was Eliza and the start of Kindergarten. She is going to Benjamin Franklin East and is in Ms Willis Class. She is doing well. She has learned a ton. So far she is getting pretty much straight A's. Luckily she is pretty smart.... so it is easy for her. Which makes homework time go really quick. If we could get her to concentrate and pay attention. She is kind of a space cadet with her attention. Who could blame her it is ALL DAY Kindergarten. So it was a huge step for her. She is learning all her phonics, adding, subtracting, and learning to get along at school. She can make friend and lose them just as quick. It is a great learning experience for her to learn to give a little to get along. She is also turning 6 this year! She went from NOT eatting too much to eatting us out of house and home. Samuel as well! They must be going through a growth spirt. I am already buying her 6T pants which is weird bec she usually stays in her 5T till she is 6. So he is getting big. I can't wait to start her in piano, karate, and possibly dance, gymnastic, voice and swimming. There is so little time and money so we will see. She enjoyed swim team this last summer and got to be really fast! But on the down end it was everyday. So I am not sure I want to put forth the effort to do it again. She also did a singing group with Athene and Kassie... Dale's cousins. She loved that as well! She is still young! So there is time!
Samuel turned 3 on Oct 30th! Chuckie Cheese quick party was all the energy we could muster up. He loved the CHOCOLATE cake.... he is obsessed with chocolate. Ever since he watched that video on Percy Chocolate. Everything must have chocolate on it. So he picked out his chocolate cake at Costco. It doesn't take much to impress a 3 year old. Thank goodness! Rachel and kids came, Brooke and kids, Reanne and Gabe and family... esp a new adopted baby! Karleen and her clan of 4! She was a trooper to bring them all with her new baby! Carolyn and Craig and kids, Becca and kids, and my parents all came. It was a good time. Samuel got a ton of toys! Now Samuel is getting ready for preschool. Can't wait. Also we are fine tuning his potty training abilites. He is trying to learn to enjoy Sunbeams... which can't be too much fun when you had NURSERY. Poor kid misses nursery!
He enjoys torturing his sister, and playing with trains! He is a lot of fun. We are glad he is growing up and his immune system is up to date. He got sick for about 6 months off and on from Jan to July 2010. Also when he was one he was sick for 4 months straight. This year is already looking good!
Halloween was fun! Eliza was a mermaid and Samuel was Thomas the Train! We went to two trunker treats. Halloween was on Sunday this year so we didn't do all the festivies. So on Halloween we went to Christian's house and had a bonfire. It was a ton of fun!
Christmas this year brought us a trampoline! WE had one in the past that fell apart bec it was used. Dale is now having fun making some play equipment from all the parts. We will see ... and post some pictures when it is done. The kids had a bunch of fun of course and loved all their toys. Wed was my mom's house Christmas, Thursday was Dale's family Christmas, we did Grandmas's as well. Then Christmas Day was just our family. It was relaxing. Hopefully we get caught up with our bills so we don't have to be so stressed for money. It takes a bit of the fun out.
New Years was going to the snow! We got great snow in Payson. So we loaded up and played in a great park with hills. The kids had a blast with their snow suit, sliding down the hill, and making snow angels, and snow fights. We left in just enough time to go to Christian's house for the new Years celebration. Good times!
Samuel and Eliza was so cute... they couldn't stop talking about snow!!! Glad they got to finally play in it again.
This week has been the barrer of bad news. We got an ultrasound last wed and found the baby had no heart beat. Yesterday I had surgery at a D & C clinic and it went well. It has been an array of emotions for the long awaited baby. I was 16 weeks pregnant. The baby died at 14 weeks. Hydrops was suspected. We are very sad for our little one, and can't wait to see our little one again. This has been the 4 miscarriage in a row. So we are off to the specialist once we can get our insurance squared away. Eliza has been drawing pictures of our little one.. she says is a girl. Then the day I found out about our baby she came home with a picture of our baby girl as a angel. It was so amazing to me that she felt like to draw that. I will post the pictures on here soon. The cord to my camera has been missing since we moved. I think I will order another one online!

Well hope to talk soon!
Raina