january in review

calendar quotes:

"i urge you to examine your life. determine where you are and what you need to be the kind of person you want to be. create inspiring, noble, and righteous goals that fire the imagination and create excitement in your heart. and then keep your eye on them. work consistently towards achieving them!" -Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin

considering the incomprehensible cost of the crucifixion, Christ is not going to turn his back on us now. -april ensign 1998
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i still can't believe january is over, but it is! we have found plenty to keep us busy (even with our limited finances from christmas) brooke gave a talk in primary and did a very good job...she told me that now that she can read her own talks you don't need to come in anymore-i told her i would always come in and see her! she also finished her first semester in first grade and did very well: all A's and B's and one F on a spelling test, she liked to tell everyone i got an F-i think she thought it was good :)

kelsi kept busy with ski school every friday, she did the snowboarding...i haven't seen her but i am sure she is awesome and she had a blast! kelsi got straight A's in all her classes...her teachers all commented on how organized and on task she is-i love that kelsi tries so hard to excel in all her classes.

kaden also got straight A's and continues to love to learn...he read "the rangers apprentice" series(5 books) in december and "the hobbit" in january and is currently on the second percy jackson book "the sea of monsters"and can't wait for "percy jackson and the olympians, the lightening thief" to come to movie theatre's on february 15-i had to read the book too so i can take him to see the movie.
most of our january has been spent playing in the snow and my kids have been so happy to have enough to play in...
brooke wanted an ice cave "like aunt christy made" i still need a little work-we fit 4 kids in aunt christy's! a silly story: i was shoveling snow one afternoon and it was very heavy so i checked to see if you could roll a snowman and sure enough-so i thought i will build a snowman for my kids to see as they get off the bus...well i start building and as i'm building here comes the bus down the road...i forgot it was early out! well i looked around and felt a little silly building a snowman all by myself-so the bus driver opened the door and i said "oh good, you brought me some play mates!" she laughed and the kids hurried inside and all came out to help with the snowman and it turned into a whole family of snowmen: koy, kaden (harry potter), mom, kelsi (cool in her shades), dad and brooke (upside down-my favorite!)...
kent was out of town so when he got home from work they greeted him-he called the newspaper and they came out and put them in the paper, the kids were all excited except kelsi who couldn't believe that i put her name in the newspaper-how embarrassing!
we went to the snowfest and had absolutely beautiful weather, kaden really wanted to do the polar bear swim but i didn't bring any towels or swimsuits, i teased him he could jump in his undies...he said okay! i didn't let him...
i love that my kids love to be outside even in the cold-they don't get that from me...i am trying to be better.
i took brooke to the beauty school for a much needed haircut- we requested a girl and as we were sitting brooke noticed some boys working there and said "mom, do boys cut hair?" i said "yes" she said "i don't want a boy to cut my hair"-i hope she is always afraid of boys :)
after that a very nice boy named chad came over and said "hi, i'm going to be cutting your hair today" she looked terrified but still let him do it-a big step for boo...oh, the shampoo station-heaven!
this is exactly how brooke looked the whole time-she was so bored and was quickly losing all patience for holding still...*brooke says "remember aunt kara, you owe me a present"
but it turned out so cute! yay! she won't wear it with her bangs to the side like this-but they did cover up her "own hair cut" and it's so easy in the morning.
oh what january fun!