Back to School

So the kids were so excited to get back to school this year. We have moved into our new house in Rexburg and we are loving it! We will love it even more though in a few more weeks when we get the basement finished and I don't have sheetrock dust on everything. He He, I don't mind because it will be wonderful to have it done. We are currently painting walls, then we will hang doors, do trim, and then the carpet will come. YAY! The school district had a back to school party for all of the kids ages 0-18, it was really great they had a whole bunch of vendors there who put together free games and activities for the kids to play. They had a free book for each child, a raffle for prizes for each age group (and they gave away really nice stuff), free dinner for the whole family, trolley rides, popcorn, a climbing wall, etc. The kids really had a good time.

Matthew started 5th grade which is in the middle school. He is starting to play the violin and really enjoys it so far. Andrew started 3rd grade at his new school and also really likes it there. They have both made lots of good friends. Austin started preschool this year and he absolutley loves it. He gets really mad at us on the days that he doesn't have preschool, he insists that we take him anyway. I guess that's a sign of a good preschool teacher. He is learning to write his name and how to write and identify letters. He is really doing well with it.

Austin has also made a new friend next door. Her name is Megan. She is just a little younger than Austin but they are joined at the hip. He drives her around in his little power wheels sports car and they love watching Gummy Bear movies together. Lately their favorite game is playing Doggy. Austin is the doggy and follows Megan around on his hands and knees with his tongue hanging out and barking. Megan instructs him to sit, stay, rollover, come, etc. it is really cute to watch them. Just today we took some cookies over to their family and as we were leaving Megan called out to Austin "Bye Austin! I love you!" Austin replied "Bye and I love you too!" I just had to laugh, it was so sweet.

Katie is doing really well now too. She recently had a Dr. visit with her cardiologist and they are very happy with how she is growing and developing. Her murmer is very small now (she will probably always have one though) and the valve has very little backflow now. They tell us they couldn't be happier with her progression. We have now graduated to checkups at every six months instead of 3. She is really growing too, she started to roll over and now she is all over the place. She rolls to get places to pick things up so we have to be more careful now about what is laying around. I just love her little chubby cheeks, they just call out for kisses.