Diversity Means...

As I posted earlier, Kadence won 1st place in Reflections at her school. It went to regionals where it was up against all the Kindergartners in Carbon and Emery Counties. She places 3rd at regionals and we are so proud of her. Last night she got to go to an awards ceremony and read her story. She was too shy to read her story to the group, so Nana Kelli read it for her.

This is her story:
At our house, we have lots of animals and they are all different colors and they get along with each other. We have turkeys, and we have a dog, and we have one cat, and we have 2 rabbits. They all eat together, sleep together, and play together. They swing together, dance together, and sing together. The animals are welcome to play with each other, they don't care about the other animals being different colors, they are just friends forever. I hope all the families can learn that some families are black, white, brown, and they still can like each other, they don't need to hate each other.


Connor started another fun filled basketball season. This year he is playing for Wellington Rec and with the 2nd graders in Carbon Rec. He really enjoys it and is getting really good.

We had our first snow day of the season. Kinlee was in heaven. She was obsessed with the snow and cried every time I tried to take her inside. We tried to build a fort, but just ended up with a big pile of snow. Oh well, we had fun anyway.

Rory has been a drug tracker for Carbon County for about 3 years now. He loves it and I really enjoy the hours. He has had weekends and holidays off and we have become so spoiled. Well, they are short handed on road deputies, so they put Rory back on the road for a couple months. I have been so stressed. I worry so much when he is on the road and I hate that now we only know his schedule a month in advance. Let's hope it doesn't become permanent and he can go back to his drug tracker position soon.

Happy 2012!!

2012 is off to a busy start! On Dec. 30 Connor had to get a semi permanent tube in his left ear. This is the 4th tube in that ear. I didn't even know he was having problems, he never complained of it hurting, but he failed his hearing test at school so we took him to an ENT to see what was up. The ear drum in his left ear was deflated, so they needed to put a tube in to strengthen it so it will eventually stay inflated on its own. He did really well with the surgery and was such a trooper. He couldn't eat anything after midnight the night before his surgery and they didn't take him back until 2:30 so he was starving. He never cried though, he just kept asking when he could eat. We took him in for his follow up today and he passed his hearing test- yay! Hopefully this will make a difference and we can correct his ear problems for good.

This years reflection theme was "Diversity Means..." Kadence decided she wanted to write a story and enter it in the reflections competition. She wrote a story about our animals. She explained how they are all very different, but get a long great. Well we found out today that she won 1st place in her grade. We are so proud of her! She gets a trophy and gets to read her story at regionals. She is very excited and can't wait for her trophy.

We waited, and waited, and waited... and finally... on Christmas.... Kinlee got her first tooth! Yay for teeth! Then yesterday, another tooth broke through! She looks so cute with her 2 little teeth and is getting so stinkin big. I keep telling her to slow down and she keeps telling me, "No!"