Moving part B

So we are moved into our Kennewick Apartment (I have one more box to unpack). We enjoy being only 10 minutes from work and 10 minutes from my moms. We enjoy having the space. It's nice that Kaylyn has her own room--and Kaylyn's room is bigger than the one all three shared in the last place. Todd loves that the living room isn't the toy room. We enjoy the ward although with my work schedule, we haven't gotten to know anyone really well yet. The girls have made friends with two little boys who live three doors down. It's nice to have friends so close.
We miss our yard. We miss having our neighbors just a little farther away. The girls miss our old home and are already asking when we will get a HOUSE. We also have worse cell phone reception here than we did in the last house. We are working on getting a booster. We were told this house was a bus place, but the school changed that--and I'm going to miss being able to just put the kids on the bus, but this way, I get to know their teachers better. Kylee gets full day Kindergarten--I'm not sure how I feel about this. But she is ready. I remember two years ago, I felt strongly that I should put the kids in preschool (even though at that time I was against preschool. Don't our kids have to grow up fast enough as it is? They will be fine just starting Kindergarten.) Because I followed that prompting anyway, Kylee is ready and will do great! Thank you Lord for giving us what we needed more than giving us what we wanted. The Lord has been very good to us.

Norwex Rocks

While my sister was in town, she brough these Norwex cloths with her. They are all the rage in Las Vegas these days. So she let us try them. The cool thing about these cloths are the silver that is in the fibers--it works as a disinfectant. SO these cloths work with simple water. I am not big into green, although these cloths are green. I AM big into saving money: I no longer buy windex, all purpose cleaners, or clorox wipes. I AM also into safer for my kids. My kids love to mop and wipe a whole lot more than they like picking up and putting away. With Norwex I can hand my kids the cloth and know I don't have to disinfect behind them or worry that their cloth will go in their mouth over their eyes!! All the girls love cleaning with Norwex. They even mop their own bathroom after most baths all by themselves. The third point I AM into is that it cleans my house faster!! Stains come up so much easier with my Norwex cloths than with my wash cloths and cleaner. Plus I go from one job to the next without worrying about cross contamination or having to go get a different cleaner for the new job. My house has never been so clean!! When my sister took her cloths home, I had so many instances where I said "I wish I had my Norwex cloths."
Having said that, there are no distributors in the Tri-Cities. Hence, I have become a Norwex distrubitor. For me, it's not about trying to make money. I am into because I have to share this incredible product with my friends!! So if I haven't talked to you about Norwex, call me, and I will come clean your house. This way you can see for yourself what I'm talking about. Then you can decide if it's right for you or not. Better yet, everyone in Las Vegas decided to have a party. Their hostess rewards are incredible. So we have a fun night out together plus you can earn free products!!
In the meantime, you can check out www.norwexrocks.blogspot.com and learn more about it!!

Emma

I missed this picture! This is Emma. She was in Karla's preschool class and just missed the cut off for Kindergarten--so she was in Kylee's preschool class too. They weren't up to walking a second year of preschool, so she hired me to drive her to and from preschool. It wasn't much, but it gave me a little spending money, and we were going anyway. The girls became very good friends, and we enjoyed many play dates. Now that we don't live close to Emma anymore, the girls miss getting to visit. Good luck Emma!!

Unfortantly none of my videos are uploading at this point....maybe later.

Kylee's Graduation

Dad and Kaylyn waiting for Kylee to come!!

My big girl!

Her class!

Kylee groving and singing!

Some of her friends.

Kylee getting her notebook from Ms. Lara!

This was Kylee's speech teacher this year: Ms. Amy. She did a good job, but Kylee missed getting to see Ms. Sonya. Kylee has made great progress this year, but she doesn't do it unless reminded. Ms. Amy said to just stick with it and she'll come around.

Ms. Lara!! In the past two years we have come to love Ms. Lara. She has been a huge help, cheerleader, and support. I was against preschool--these kids have to grow up so fast anyway. Let them be kids a while. But Ms. Lara has shown me what a benefit preschool can be--and was for my kiddos. Thank you for all you have done. We miss you already!!

Ms. Carol was the family Liason. She has been a cheerleader and help in our journey to get Todd back to school. Ms. Carol has truely become a great friend and was a joy to work with. And we wish her well in her upcoming plans.


Kylee got to announce one song: one of her favorites!! It was body rock. But the videos aren't downloading right now. Hopefully I can get them to down load in the next post. They sang the wheels on the bus, where is thumbkin, Body rock, and bring home my babybumble bee. We are so proud of her!

Cousin Pictures

My mom really enjoys getting pictures of all her grandkids when they are together. So while my sister was up, we took pictures. We got there and this poor gal's camera only worked 80% of the time. She lost so many cute shots because she clicked but nothing happened.

I love this shot with the 5 of them in a roll. But we needed to tell this poor photographer "We want the dog in ALL the pictures (I guess we didn't get that across as well as we thought). "And these are 5 squirmy kids. You get ONE pose maybe TWO. After 10 minutes they are DONE and you will not get any pictures after that worth taking. But here was the best of what she caught.

Also while Cyntha was up we had one night where we put the kids to bed and played Apples to Apples. We enjoyed each other's company and chit chatted more than played. It was nice. I love game nights!! And I love my siblings and mom. I can't think of a better combination. We are so glad the Brady's could come and visit. And we talk about our next visit often. Thank goodness we have phones and unlimited mobile to mobile to get me through until the next visit. (Not to mention facebook and blogs :) and pictures.)