First Win

Bruce's soccer team finally had their first win of the season. It was a long time coming for these boys. They were so excited. They won 3-2. Way to go Bruce! It was a good lesson for Bruce on not giving up and working hard. We celebrated at Shakey's pizza. Bruce was one happy kid running off of the field at the end of the game. He ran over and gave me a big hug.:)

Rogers Scholar

The kids and I did a quick one day trip to Palm Desert. We left Wed. after school and came back Thur. afternoon. The kids were great on the drive and we had fun.
Wednesday night my mom, Suzanne, my daughter Linda, and I attended a scholarship dinner for my mom. She is currently attending Cal State University. She graduates next year! This is her 2nd year receiving the Rogers Scholarship. It's a very prestigious scholarship and she has worked very hard to earn it.

She gave a great speech. We're so proud of her.

Bruce's 8 year stats

Bruce had his 8yr. check up today. Only concern was that his vision was borderline for maybe needing glasses. However, it was borderline last year and so it hasn't gotten worse. I might take him in for an eye exam just in case.We'll see. Other suggestion was to get him to drink milk. He doesn't like it, but since the Dr. said to drink it maybe he will now.
But, for now, Bruce continues to grow!

HEIGHT: 4ft. 3inches (74th percentile)
WEIGHT: 58lbs. (54th percentile)

Jane's 5 year stats

Jane had her 5yr. check up last week. She is doing great. Her arthritis has not been an issue this entire summer. We're starting to have colder, more damp mornings now though so she has had a few mornings lately where her knees have hurt. I haven't had to give her any strong medication for a long time though. It's a huge improvement from last year and I feel confident that she'll grow out of it soon.
Other than that, she is healthy and strong.

HEIGHT: 3 feet 10 inches (95th percentile)

WEIGHT: 41 pounds (59th percentile)
                  

Random Stuff from KD

I'm tired of doing dishes and laundry. It's like postal work...like postal work USED  to be anyway.

Robert thinks we should rename Relief Society to Craft Society, since that's what we usually do. That being said, I am really looking forward to Super Saturday, there are about 6 super cute things I want to make.

Bruce's soccer team still has not won a game. Bruce does well, but it's hard to watch the team lose every time. Robert and I are definitely the loudest parents on the sidelines...and proud of it. :)

Get my cpr/first aid done this Saturday.

Jane LOVES school and I'm happy with all she is learning. Loves homework. Likes to spend free time on the computer playing games. I asked her what she wanted to be for Halloween and she said, "Darth Vader". Gotta love it.

Claire and I have very quiet mornings at home. She really misses the big kids. Spends a lot of time on her bike and playing tea party. Talks your ear off. Loves to eat. She has the habit of twisting her hair, especially when she's tired. I'm trying to break her of it but it's hard. She pulls a lot of hair out that way. I told her if she keeps pulling hair out she'll look like grandpa. Wrong thing to say. She was really excited to look like him.

Bruce looks forward to CubScouts every week. Great program and he has a great leader. He loves when he has free time, which is pretty rare these days, to play his video games, legos, watch cartoons, write in his journal and play soccer with Robert.

Linda is enjoying her new bedroom downstairs. She loves the big bed and isn't scared at all to be down there at nights. Spends her free time sewing, singing, dancing, and creating things. Such a good girl. She is getting very smart.

I really love the girls in YW and hope to impact their life for good. It's been great insight for what I can expect when I have 4 teenagers. I love evey fireside and meeting. I just am trying to learn as much as I can to be prepared.

Homework

Jane got her first official homework today. She was really excited to do homework like the big kids. She's already learned so much at school and has loved every second. 

I'm going to show her this picture when she's a teenager as proof that she actually did love homework at one time in her life. :)

LINDA: Linda doesn't mind homework at all. She really loves writing stories and her strength is printing and spelling. She always takes her time. She does get a little bored when there is a lot of math.
BRUCE: Bruce is good at doing his homework without complaint...as long as it is math. He loves figuring out math problems. He doesn't like writing long stories because it takes up way to much of his time. :) He is getting good at his cursive.