This Christmas was quite fun at our house. Rylee is just at the age where she understands that presents are pretty cool. It is January and she is still asking about presents and where Santa Claus went. This Christmas, we were visited by our friendly scout Elf, sent straight from Santa, to watch and report how the kids were behaving. Every morning we would wake up to see where Elfie (our Elf) had landed after his trip to Santa the night before. We found him in the Christmas tree, on the mantel, on a lamp, in Zach’s room, in the bathroom and on top of the refrigerator. It was so cute to watch Rylee each morning realize that Elfie had moved and where would we find him next.
Roy’s basketball keeps us busy. Seems like January will be extremely busy, with games on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nights and every Saturday (this month only). It also seems that most of the games this month are on the road to far-away places like Malvern and Little Rock. It’s crazy at our house from October to February (and we like to think March because that means we’re in the playoffs), but we love the action and blowin’-n-goin’!
Brittany is in 6th grade and Zach is in 3rd Grade. They are also involved in lots of activities. Zach just finished a basketball league – at the old white-side gym, no less – where he showed real quick that he has his father’s attitude and unwillingness to lose! He hates losing and has no problems showing this after a losing game! I heard Roy tell him one night on the phone “It’s just a game”. I said – yeah, right! You’re a fine one to be talking!
Brittany is on a competition cheer team in Redwater, Texas. She has had one competition, last month, in Dallas, but we did not go. It was a two-day competition and we decided to wait until one was closer to town! She will compete in Shreveport this Saturday, so hopefully we can make that one. She really enjoys it and is in with a group of really sweet girls from Nashville, which makes it even better.
Rylee turned 2 in October and she continues to bless our lives. She is a very independent child! She loves to put on her on clothes and do everything by herself. She has recently gained an interest in puzzles. I bought her some little wooden puzzles with five or six pieces (the ones with the knobs on each piece). Nope – that wasn’t challenging enough. She wants the ones that make a picture! HA! She will sit for hours putting those puzzles together. She has also become very fond of Spongebob. We have one episode recorded on our DVR and we have watched it OVER AND OVER AND OVER again during our Christmas break and I am SICK of Spongebob! She moved up to the 2-3 year old group at church and she loves playing with her little buddies: Walker Chesshir (Bryan and Kayla Chesshir), Mercy Hagler (Rusty and Lisa Hagler), Rayne Morris (Rodney and Annah Ray-Morris), Natalie Nolte (Jason and Stephanie Staggs Nolte) and Banks Ray (Paul Wayne and Andrea Ray). She loves to get in the car and go – she doesn’t care where, just as long as she is going. (I wonder who she gets that from?) She especially loves her BecBec and Nan (my parents) and thankfully, they are where they can help me transport her to and from the babysitter’s every day. She loves watching for them every morning! She has blessed us and I can’t wait to watch her grow during this new year.
I am still teaching 3rd Grade at Ashdown and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my job. I look forward to going to work each day. I work with some really awesome ladies and have some spectacular kids! It’s worth the drive every day, that’s for sure! I am still going through the Non-Traditional program, but this is my last semester of that! I passed my last paper exam for the Praxis series in December and will now have to pass a classroom observation in order to be fully certified. I hope to get that scheduled and over with as soon as possible! I am also working on my Master’s in Education. I have 6 hours so far, with another 24 to go…..it won’t be long, I keep saying!
So……that’s an update for now. Hopefully, I can keep on top of my blog and this won’t happen again! Here’s hoping you have a Happy New Year. We certainly hope that 2010 will continue to bless us in happiness and health……we’ve certainly been lucky, so far, thank you Lord!
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