5-11-09

Happy Mother's Day yesterday! Hope moms got some relaxing time - Jim was sure good to me, let me sleep in (in between all the work calls :-) and he and the kids made cards and brownies and let me have some alone time - it was just what I wanted :-) This past week the work van was in the shop again - we're ready to change mechanics, the problems are just not getting fixed. Also, Gwen went to a food storage class at the cannery and John hung out with daddy and they got Reagan. Tuesday Jim had Elder's Quorum night and Gwen and the kids went to Pack Meeting. It was pretty chaotic and then home to bed. Wed we had something but I can't remember. Thursday was John's jumping beans class - only 3 boys showed up so we built towers with foam blocks and destroyed them over and over! That afternoon we spent time at Cara's house and then Gwen had Roundtable that night and afterwards went for ice cream with her old Webelos partner. Friday morning Reagan's class had a tea party for all of the mom's. Reagan picked out pretty clothes for each of us and we had cake, punch and the kids sang and showed us a few things. It was fun and Reagan was so excited! Saturday Jim cleaned the church and spent the day mounting the tv above the fireplace. It sure looks good, a little different to get used to. Gwen did a cub scout orientation and that night the kids had a babysitter while Gwen and Jim played games with other couples in the ward. Sunday was a busy phone day for Gwen, church, and that night the Petersen gang and Thornley's came to dinner. Hope everyone is well, starting to look forward to all the exciting summer events. Too bad it's getting completely hot here!!!

5-3-09

Welcome to May! Monday and Tuesday we waited for candy orders in the morning. Jim took John on work errands (John made friends with a dog that is at a supplier's business) Tuesday afternoon we went to Cake's house and the kids played while Cara dyed Gwen's hair. Tuesday night the kids played with daddy while Gwen had primary leadership meeting. Wednesday was pretty mello, except Gwen scurrying to get company quarterly reports done. Thursday we had John's little "jumping beans" class and he loved doing tumbling that day. In the meantime, Reagan played in the rec center's "kid's club" and she enjoyed dressing up there. That afternoon the kids had friends come play and they had alot of fun. Friday the kids played with different friends and then John went with Jim and Rusty (single guy in our ward) to Father's and Sons. They drove up, had dinner, hung out and came home around 11:30pm. They had a really good time and next year they might even spend the night :-) We had girls night with Cara and we went to the mall and did each other's errands together and then had dinner. Gwen did some cleaning and then watched a girl show. Saturday was more errands, we bought a sink and faucet for the kitchen and then had another single guy over for dinner and the girls were off to a wedding reception for Gwen's friend that cuts the kids' hair. Sunday was full of meetings and now it's time to wind down to begin another week. Only three more weeks of school for Reagan and then let the summer activities begin! John's new thing is changing clothes 2-3 times per day and being VERY opinated on what he wears (dirty or not). And Reagan is reading! She is doing very well at reading the little booklets sent home. Reagan also lost her second tooth on Saturday! And she got in the pool - it's too cold for the rest of us but she was loving it!

4-27-09

Hi all! Hope everyone is well and healthy...we are hot and hopefully healthy (we never know if the "nursery" bug is going to kick in until Tues/Wed :-) This past week was a super busy one for Gwen's work phones and Jim kept busy with church stuff. Monday Jim bought a new toy with some of the tax return (flat screen tv) and Tuesday Reagan and Cara had a date to buy more school pants. Wednesday was cannery day for Gwen and Thursday Jim helped someone move something and then we went to dinner with someone from our ward at Fuddrucker's. Reagan's school has these nights once a month where if you go to the restaurant, part of the money goes to the school and who ever's class has the most go to the restaurant they get a cookie party. We have only done this twice during the school year, so it was nice to do it as a family. Friday we had a friend over to play with the kids and Jim helped set up for the ward preparedness fair. Saturday morning the kids had a babysitter and we went to the preparedness fair - Jim also had to do a short presentation on the employment center. The fair was pretty good, kind of long though, but we learned some things and are hopefully motivated in some areas (i.e. better gardening, gwen to make bread :-) that afternoon we had a baptism for someone in the ward and then Jim went to Jaren's house for a night of UFC/fellowshipping :-) Sunday was meetings, home teachers, movie night for the family. We hope everyone is well, and are looking forward to seeing everyone for the wedding! Love, Jim Gwen Reagan and John

4-20-09

Congratulations Jake and Kenzie!!!! Very exciting :-) That helped decide when Gwen took her trip to UT for the summer - good thing the swimming lessons are earlier in June! Monday we had a family bowling day. The kids did pretty good and the white-haired's next to us were entertained by the kids bowling. Tuesday Jim had the day off (we have had a hard time getting the mexican candy needed for Jim's business) so Gwen worked in Reagan's classroom while Jim and John ran errands and took the van in for alignment. That night Jim had EQ Employment night at the Stake Center and Gwen and Cara went to the sealing for cousin Carol Crandell and Shon. It was a very nice evening and they had a lot of support. Wednesday morning Gwen had a long presidency meeting. Later John didn't feel so good and he layed around abit, so after school Gwen and Reagan planted the garden. Sure wish dad were around to give some helpful hints, although this arizona planting seems to be alot different than UT! That afternoon John complained of a hurt stomach so we got to the doctor before closing and found out that John has strep - yippee. It was a really rough couple of nights. So Thursday we stayed home. Friday Gwen got the kids signed up for swimming, after lunch her and the kids ran a couple of errands, including getting "summer fun movie" tickets. It's 10 movies (one movie a week) throughout the summer for $7 per person! Hopefully this will get us out of the house but somewhere cool too! We were going to head to Pinedale this weekend but that night Reagan complained of a sore throat so, sure enough, she had sores in her mouth. Saturday at the doctor she said it wasn't strep, but like mouth blisters - yipee. So we stayed in this weekend. Jim went to priesthood on Saturday afternoon and Gwen went to Stake Conference on Sunday. We are now on the mend (except for those darn allergies) and we hope everyone is well. Love, Jim Gwen Reagan and John p.s. we have really entered the sibling fighting stage. The pattern seems to be, John poking or scooching really close to Reagan to bother her and she yells/cries like she is dying, yeah.

3-13-09

Hello all! Monday was busy, we had a large candy order delivered and Jim took Grandpa to get his hearing aids adjusted. Tuesday Gwen was able to go help a little in Reagan's classroom and that afternoon was a little busy with someone coming to look at the countertops, Jaren, Jenny and Hailey came for playing and dinner and then Jim was off to church stuff and Gwen and Kim went to a bridal shower while Cake watched the kids. Wednesday we probably went to the park after Reagan's school (I can't remember) and Thursday Gwen started feeling really yuckky with a doozie of a sinus infection. Friday there was no school and so Cake took Reagan on a "date" to the park and Target. Gwen and John did mini errands. That afternoon Gwen went to the doctor and Jim was home early enough that he could watch/play with the kids. Saturday was rainy all day which Gwen loved, but she wasn't working on the church farm in the rain like Jim - he got to play in the mud! Then he came home and the van had a flat tire so it became a frustrating family outing to Sam's tire shop. First, we wandered around for an hour and went back and he said he couldn't find anything, but at our urging said he would look at it again. So we went back inside and had pizza for lunch. We went back to the tire shop and he said he couldn't find anything still so we went to the van in the parking lot and Gwen HEARD the air hissing out of the tire, so we went back in (at this point Jim was sure the guy hadn't done the proper testing in the water tank) and he came out and listened to it himself. So we hung around some more and when Jim went to check, the guy was having lunch! ugh! Soon after we were on our way - ugh! Saturday we also colored easter eggs-the kids ended up having green hands. Sunday we decorated our bunny cake, hunted a few eggs before church and then church and home to get ready for Cake and some of the Petersens for dinner. It was fun, but the kids were so crazy with sugar and tired that it was early to bed for them. Have a great week! Love, Jim Gwen Reagan and John