Family Updates

 Joseph:

- Working turnaround. The freeze pushed a lot of work back. Rather than a three week turnaround, it will be about six if we're lucky. He gets one day off and then works 7-9 days straight. This week, his day off is tomorrow to run his marathon. Then he will work 7 days straight again. His schedule is from about 5:30am to 6pm or so.

- Running his first marathon tomorrow! He's been working hard at this goal since last year. One blessing of COVID has been more time for him to run.

- Excited about the new BYU football uniforms.

 

Casie

- Repainting the fireplace ever so slowly

- Teaching just one section. We're already at the end of week 9! I have a great class this semester.

- Trying to plan a somewhat cool spring break since we'll be home... again.

- Reading a bunch of books. Between Lydia's nap schedule and decent bedtime and only teaching one section, I am enjoying my free time more.

 

Ashton

- Cooking up a storm. Ashton loves to make dinner for the family. One chore of hers is to make dinner on Mondays. Each month, she picks a new recipe to make. Then she practices it over the four weeks. She did pork chops and roasted carrots in January. February was challah bread. March is waffles (she already makes eggs).

- Still taking piano. She is struggling some with virtual lessons. She really loves the time at the lesson and with her teacher. The teacher recently announced a very slow return to in-person lessons soon.

- Ashton was accepted into the GT program in our district. This means she is able to go with a small group of kids once a week for additional interaction with the GT specialist. Ashton loves this day. The teacher also gave me some great games and puzzles to play. Ashton is mastering cribbage right now and we may move on to SET next.

 

Tanner

- Loving life in preschool. He absolutely loves the environment there. His favorite part is the letter of the week and how many words their class can come up with.

- Playing sports. That boy is outside shooting baskets before breakfast and out well past dinner time. He loves all the sports. His requests from the library are just sports books. He is also very excited about the new BYU football uniforms.

 

Gemma

- We've had some park playdates with neighborhood moms and church moms. They all have girls around Gemma's age. With how much Gemma can talk, she gets along really with them. This morning, we spent time at the park with a bunch of little girls and Gemma was just in heaven. She never came to me for anything. That's a sign of a good time for a kid.

- Almost 3! Her only request for her birthday is a Frozen cake. I can handle that.

 

Lydia

- Walking all over the place. Climbing stairs, etc. She is quite mobile, much to the frustration of her siblings.

- Rocking two naps a day still. And a full night of sleep. Life is good.

- Starting to slowly open up to strangers/people that are not mom. She waves and says "buh" for bye. She enjoys being around other kids, just not adults.