Yes he's 10!

I officially have a 10 year old... wow, that makes me feel old!!  Last night we had a family party to celebrate Thomas' birthday.  He had so much fun... We all had so much fun!  I had a friend from work make him a most awesome Tank cake and I made him Spaghetti which was his dinner of choice.  After dinner we opened presents and than we took everyone to a trampoline park... what a cool place!  We jumped for an hour and I can definitely say that an hour was plenty long enough for me (I am a bit sore today). Trampoline jumping is by far the best work out I have ever had and you combine that with following around a very excited 2 year old who thinks she is one of the big kids and all I can say is  I'm tired!!  Anyway, after we got back we sang the loudest rendition of "Happy Birthday" we could sing and we ate the tasty cake.  After the grandma's left, Thomas and Andrew began playing with the new toys... i.e the air soft gun and the new fancy scooter with ramp.  At 10:30 I finally had to go outside and remind the boys that we still had to get up early and go to work and camp tomorrow so they begrudgingly put the new toys away.  I could see Andy drooling over the air soft gun and had to smile a little as I have already purchased one for him for Father's Day...  While putting Thomas to bed he thanked me many times for such a fun birthday.  What a sweet kid.  I am so proud of his accomplishments and am very happy he is a part of our family!

Times are a changin...

There it is... this is the hew house we will be building in Daybreak, Utah over the next several months.  Very excited to move out of my tiny little townhouses into something we can be in for a very long time.  Yay!!  Anyway, it will be 6 bedrooms, having a place for my parents if and when my dad is able to come home from the care center.  For him to be able to come home, my mom needed to have a place with no stairs and main level living - which this will definitely have.  It will also have pretty wood floors and a nice double oven  - which really were my only requirements...but the rest of the house will be really nice as well.  We decided to go for Daybreak, because we really liked the feel of the community out there.  Lots of activities and things to do which I feel is important, especially for my kids.  Anyway, I will keep you posted as things progress.  Right now, we are waiting for plans to get approved so that they can actually dig the hole.   Lots of fun, and really exciting!!

As for other news, my dad has been in and out of the hospital since his knee surgery in late January.  His  latest trip was due to a blood clot that went basically the entire length of his leg.  He was only there for a night because they were able to stabilize everything and send him back to the care center.  Poor guy, it seems to be one things after the other.  He is doing OK though, and things are stable for the time being.

Thomas and Kate finished school this last week - and all I can say is YAY!!!! This was a hard year with Thomas in fourth grade.  We had some significant issues with his ADHD and it created quite a stressful year.  However, he pulled through it and ended the year with a bang!  Kate did well this year and won the fastest addition award for finishing more levels in math than anyone else in her class.  We were very proud of this great accomplishment.  I am so excited for summer to be here - the kids love summer camp and when we come home, they are so exhausted that bedtime because a breeze for the next three months - love it!