This year has been a crazy, emotional roller coaster. It's been hard for me to blog, trying to put into words all the things we're going through. But, here's to a new blogging season! I guess a Christmas letter is a good place to start.
So like I was saying . . . this year has been challenging: selling our house, moving, having a baby, Braydan starting in a new office, Kaleb in kindergarten, and figuring out life in a new state. Even though my heart still aches for my friends and neighbors we left, life is finally starting to settle down. Kaleb's school routine gives us some structure and Jane is easing into her own schedule too. It's nice to have Braydan home more and the house is very nice and roomy. I really like Boise-- the mountains, the farms around, the fall was gorgeous! It's almost always warm enough for the kids to go out and play.
I love how pretty our neighborhood is and the park close by. I've loved being close to my cousin. I love that it's sunny most days and that Kaleb made a good friend, Belma (she's our Bosnian neighbor). I wish that for Eliza too, but she's gotten kinda shy.
My cousin has been so kind and invited me into her playgroup. It's like I instantly made 5 friends. There's a fun book club once a month too. My neighbor and I started running in Oct. and we're supposed to do work out videos in the mornings at her house (it's hard to get up sometimes).
I get to volunteer at the school and it's fun to see Kaleb working at his little desk.
Miss DeMarco says she loves Kaleb and her class wouldn't be the same without him. It's still hard for me to watch him walk across the big field to school. Sometimes I have to pull over and soak it in. He seems too little to be going to school!
He and Jace (a boy we carpool with) crack each other up, which cracks me up. He says they play zombies at recess. His favorite "special" is computers. He is slowly learning to read. He and Eliza go through stacks and stacks of paper at home. They draw me all sorts of pictures. They love my closet and they've turned it into their personal fort, much to my dismay.
He and Jace (a boy we carpool with) crack each other up, which cracks me up. He says they play zombies at recess. His favorite "special" is computers. He is slowly learning to read. He and Eliza go through stacks and stacks of paper at home. They draw me all sorts of pictures. They love my closet and they've turned it into their personal fort, much to my dismay.
I didn't really want to start teaching piano again, but I couldn't say no to Carly. She's a sweetheart 12 year old that babysits for us almost every weekend. She brings a whole tote of crafts and fun things for the kids to do! They are spoiled!
Jane is still the easiest baby. She loves her jumperoo. She loves spitting and squealing really loud. She loves rolling over! One day I laid her on her back to play on the floor and the next thing I know she had rolled over and scooted to the Christmas tree and was eating one of the presents! She is so cute! We all can't get enough of her and fight over kissing and holding her.
Cooking and cleaning up after this crew occupies most of my days, but it's happy, fulfilling work. I love our Sundays together especially. We have our Sunday tradition (passed down from Grandma Blodgett) to have popcorn and smoothies. We love it and the kids get out games and we munch and play until it's time to call Grandma and Grandpa Barrett on the phone.
Cooking and cleaning up after this crew occupies most of my days, but it's happy, fulfilling work. I love our Sundays together especially. We have our Sunday tradition (passed down from Grandma Blodgett) to have popcorn and smoothies. We love it and the kids get out games and we munch and play until it's time to call Grandma and Grandpa Barrett on the phone.
We've really been so blessed and I know I need to keep working hard and have more faith in what the Lord has in store of us here. I'm so grateful for all of you and hope you have a wonderful Christmas!
