Three The Same, But Yet So Differant!!

Chance celebrated his 100th day of school. The school made a big deal out of it, the kids loved it. We had parent teacher conference on February 10th, got good reports on Chance. He is doing really well. He is above average or within average on every category. He is reading and does a really good job. They are starting to spell, he loves it. He sees something on TV or anywhere for that matter and he is asking what it spells, or he is sounding it out. He had his Valentine’s Day party on the 12th. I was able to go help Mrs. Valdez that afternoon. As badly as I want to be a teacher I don’t know if I could handle 18 five and six year olds. It was pretty fun. I love to see my kids in other environments. The PTA at La Jara Elementary put in for a grant to fix up the playground. They received the grant and now have to raise $20,000.00 to match funds. The last week in January kids took spare change to school for the “Build a Playground on a Penny” project. The goal was to raise $1,000.00. The kids were able to raise that and then some. The PTA had chili supper and has made donation cans and placed them around the community, feel free to donateJ. Most of the local businesses also made cash donations. We are in high hopes to see this come to pass. It is going to become a community thing. It will be open to the public and become a town Sports and Play Complex I guess. We are pretty excited and hope we are able to get it finished in time for school next year. It will also include a fenced playground which we don’t have along the back side so it’s a worry. It will better the football and baseball fields that are pre existing.

Logan is Logan, what more can I say. He is going to keep me busy. Last week Ray spent ½ a day with the boys while I attended Aunt Lizzy’s funeral. The boys were playing outside, Logan ended not only falling in the mud but rolling in it. He came in the back door into the laundry room and Ray heard Chance say “O YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN BIG TROUBLE.” Ray dreadfully walked to the laundry room, found Logan height on the wall and the washer and dryer mud caked all over. Guess he just rolled against the wall (I would have loved a picture.) Apparently it was pretty thick all over. Good think daddy had it cleaned up before mommy got home. Ray said it took quite a few buckets of water to get it all cleaned up. My laundry room walls have not been washed and look great!! Thanks Ray. My mom always said. “When they do something you could beat them for, take a picture you’ll laugh at it later.” I have found this is very true. By the time you get a camera you can laugh at it. Just today I was nursing Dakota and Logan wanted some milk. I explained to him that he was going to have to wait. He started crying and told me “don’t do this to me.” It was so funny. I never know what is going to come out of his mouth. A couple of weeks ago in Sacrament Meeting, Ray was playing with him and hurt him and Ray asked him are you mad and Logan yells during the sacrament no less YES!! Ray says I’m sorry buddy.. Logan looked up at Ray and tells him.. “NOT SORRY ENOUGH” It was so funny. People that sit by us get entertained. Ray took him out one Sunday and Logan yelled the entire way out NO DADDY NO DADDY. Everyone got a laugh at that. I on the other hand was embarrassed. He is going to be a handful. He is a ton of fun and keeps us laughing. Both he and Chance are very good big brothers to Dakota.

We have finally been able to get Dakota started on his shots. We took him last Thursday. He was so grouchy the rest of that day and all day Friday. The other two boys were fussy babies anyway so I hardly noticed shots. Dakota has been such a good baby that I was shocked at how fussy they made him. He loves to lie on the floor and watch the ceiling fan or sit in his bouncy chair. He is so happy. Really only fusses when he needs changed or hungry. He is growing so fast. He was three months old yesterday. He weighs 12 lbs 6 oz already and is 23 ¼ inches long. He weighed 6 lbs 10 oz at birth and was 20” long. So he’s gained a good 6 lbs. I wish it would slow down some time is going by so fast. I wish he could stay little. I love having a baby around. He is starting to smile a lot. He coo’s a lot. He really gets vocal when is it watching the ceiling fan. He loves his mommy. I am eating that alive because the other two are daddy’s boys, although Chance is starting to like his mommy more.

As for me, I don’t know if I mentioned this but I am no longer at the Bank. It was hard to not go back but would have been a lot harder to leave Dakota at 6 weeks. I do miss the girls from the Bank but we go visit them often. It was only one day a week but it was one day of adult conversation. I am able to do more this way. Maybe my sisters and I can travel now. HAHA. I am able to help out at the school more don’t have to be tied down with work. I have a lot to do at home. Plenty to keep me busy. I get board some days there is only so much you can clean in a day. Logan is pretty entertaining. Can’t get into anything too big with a baby but we keep busy with the little things.

Ray is working like crazy. The City keeps him busy since his promotion. He works all day and still has work to do when he gets home. Here in about a month his goats are going to start kidding. This is my favorite time. I hate them and cuss them the rest of the time but I love to watch the babies play. He’s keeping his fingers crossed that the weather will stay nice. He has sheds to put up so the goats can move out of the horse shed (I think that is the plan) and a few other odds and ends to do. He would like to get this all done early so he can take the boys and go fishing more. Chance loves to fish and Ray would really like to be able to take him more. Chance has decided to be a professional fishermen when he grows up. I think it is safe to say Ray, Chance and Logan have a serious case of SPRING FEVER.