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Monday, July 27, 2009

Here is a little update on our family. Part of this I just copied and pasted from a reply I made to one of my friends on facebook so if you have read this before I am sorry.

We are doing well. Our new ward is really a wonderful ward. I am the Primary Secretary...that keeps me hopping. And Matt is the Elder's quorum secretary. We are destined to be secretaries I guess since we have both been a secretary at least 3 times each. The boys are doing well. Grant can't wait to start 1st grade. I on the other hand can not believe that my oldest son is going to be in the 1st grade--he will be gone all day long. It will just be me Spencer and the pups. He is pumped to have "hot lunch" the first day of school and as far as I can tell doesn't feel sad in the least about leaving me all day...imagine that.

Spencer is getting big and claims that he is "6 and 1/2" and not two. He is his big brothers shadow and adores anything that has to do with super heroes, Lego's or Pokemon.

The summer is flying by too fast. I went to Target the other day and almost starting crying when I saw the fall colors out and the summer stuff on clearance. Seeing the back to school stuff out almost sent me completely over the edge. Because of that rude wake up call we are trying to hang on to what is left of summer and live it up. I feel like if I hadn't gone to Target that day I might have just woke up one morning and poof it would have been the first day of school without any warning. I hate to sound redundant but, is it just me or does it seem like summer has been here for like two days.

I'd still love to get to the beach this summer, see the San Diego Zoo and visit my Cousins wife Amanda and her kids then swing by and see Sarah Matt's sister and John Matt's brother. Not to mention getting to Iowa to see my family then back out to Salt lake to spend some time with my brother Joe and sister Mary. How do ya fit it all in.

This summer has been a dream summer though. I really can't complain. We had a great fourth of July weekend with Matt's family. My only regret is that I didn't get down to see My sister Mary and my brother Joe. I really do feel badly about that. I was kind of hoping to have them come up to Matt's parents house for a little bit to go swimming and stuff. I have big sister guilt about dropping the ball on that one. I love those guys so much and don't really get to see them all that often. I'll do better next time guys sorry. Big Kris loves you! Don't you forget it! (You better be reading this) :)

I feel badly that I haven't posted as much as I would have like to. I have plenty of pictures but it takes time to get it down...soon, I hope to have summer up on here.

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Ford Family said...: Hi- just to let you know, we have definately booked! We will call you soon to talk about it!! We are so excited!!; August 2, 2009 at 12:39 PM

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Grant 13

Grant is in 7th grade now! He chose to study Mandarin this year as his language elective and his teacher has been really impressed with his talent for picking it up. He loves to play basketball and football whenever he can get a chance. He his currently working on 3 Eagle scout merit badges and continues to love learning. He is a great big brother and plays with his siblings a lot. He likes having his own room and keeps it really clean. Its fun to watch him grow up and talk to him about life and his goals for the future. Grant is very determined and sensitive to doing what is right. I am proud of his efforts to do the best he can in his current circumstances. We love him dearly.

Spencer 8

Spencer is in 3rd grade and loves his teacher Mrs. Lunt. He is in Gate and shares the riddles he gets from Mr. Boring (the gate teacher). He loves to read, especially Harry Potter. He plays well with his friends and siblings and loves to be at home more than anything else. His asthma is very well controlled this year and we are so happy about that. He is being followed by a specialist and takes a lot of preventative medication to keep it from flaring up like it has in years past. Spencer works hard at everything he does and tries really hard to follow the rules. He is excited to be able to attend the temple when he is twelve. He is a happy guy and we really love having him in our family.

Joshua 3

Joshua is PASSIONATE and very tenderhearted. He feels things very deeply and brings a lot of life to our family. He enjoys saying every single family prayer and is working on taking turns. He likes to sing Everything is awesome for every single family home evening we have. He has perfected the jump tumble and is very much in love with his brudders and sister Kate. His family means everything to him. He likes to play with his friend Jake and go to coop. He will eat most things and still takes a nap every day. He likes to play basketball with his brothers and is always wanting to get money to buy candy. He loves candy!

Kate 19 months

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Ethan 2 weeks

Ethan continues to sleep a lot. He has started waking up a bit more in the evenings and we all enjoy watching him look around. He seems to be focusing in on people a little more now. We have noticed that Ethan has what is called tongue tie. Where his tongue is still attached quite a bit to the floor of his mouth by a cord. He doesn't have a lot of range of movement. We will have to see what the doctor recommends we do at his next apt. It doesn't seem to affect his ability to nurse so that is good. His umbilical cord fell off when he was like 10 days old but it still has some stuff coming out of it so he hasn't had his first bath yet. I have given him a few sponge baths though.

Monday, July 27, 2009

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