What's up...

Hey. I can't believe it's almost Wednesday! The week has just flown by. On Friday, Jake went to a screening. I have been worried about his speech for some time now. I did it through the school district (cause it's free). They determined that he does have a speech problem. He goes to another assessment on May 1st, where they will determine if he qualifies for the program. I really hope he does. The program is a special preschool where he would go and they would work on his speech, but have it be a fun experience for him, and there would be no fees involved. I have always been a little bit worried about his speech, and didn't want to be the kind of mom who just assumed it would get better with time. They determined that outside (of the family) people could understand 80% of what he says. Example: snake sounds like "nake" and the sn sound is one of the first sounds that kids say that should be understandable. (Kristin says it really well.) So, that's the update on Jake.

Kristin started ballet again on Monday. I have really struggled with finding her a little ballet class here. I wanted her to go somewhere and just have fun. I want her to love dancing, for the sake of dancing. My other concern is modesty. I don't want a place that has them wear recital dresses that would make my 3 year old look like a $2 hooker or wear make-up that makes her look like Jon Benet Ramsey. With the help of Cherice, I found the perfect place. It is called Wasatch Dance. From what I understand, a BYU dance graduate started it. They have to wear capped sleeved black leotards. For the recitals, they wear their leotard, and then have a costume that goes over the leotard. They also only have 1 recital a year. She loved it on Monday. She really loves watching herself dance in the mirror. The other day, Kristin and I were dancing in the kitchen, and she was moving her shoulders. She asked me, "are my hips moving?" I told her no, and then had to show her how to get them moving. She sure is cute. Here is a picture of her and Kinlee at ballet. Those 2 girls are becoming fast friends! It's great! You'll notice that Kristin is looking at herself in the mirror...

Jake got to do a special thing on Sunday night. Jake's absolute favorite thing to do is stay in hotels. Don't know why, but it is. For my dad's work, he has to drive all over Utah. He had to go pick up a check from someone on Monday morning, so he left Sunday night, took Jake, and they stayed in a hotel. They picked up the check, stopped in Moab, and brought Jake home on Monday night. Jake had a blast climbing on all the rocks. Here are a few pictures they brought back:

Here is my favorite picture of him:

Apparently Jake ate straight junk food. Oh, except for the bacon (aka beef jerky)! :)

Kyle has strep throat. YEP, again! This is ridiculous! I hate when he misses school! This is his 3rd strep in 2 months. Our doctor here is awesome though. Kyle hates when they do the strep test on him, so the doctor said, how 'bout you do it to me? Kyle said, OK! The doctor said that no one had ever taken him up on that, but he got Kyle a swab and a tongue depresser, and told him how to do it. Kyle swabbed Dr. Good and Dr. Good gagged and got watery eyes. Kyle thought it was the greatest thing ever! What a good doctor! We love him. Kristin calls him Brian (his first name) and he loves it when she does! I'm sending Kyle back to school tomorrow. He's watched way too much TV today, and with all his whining, he's better off at school than at home with me...I can't take it anymore! I do feel bad for him, cause he is sick, but he's the WORST sick person EVER!

Haley is 4 months old today, and weighs 10 lbs. She is just now starting to fit into Kristin's old 0-3 month clothes. It's great, cause they're summer clothes. She still wears size 1 diapers and is the cutest thing ever. Last night we caught her doing this:

It was the cutest thing ever. I took a picture, and then we immediately removed her thumb. For those of you who know me well, know that I will do EVERYTHING in my power so that my kids won't suck their thumbs...(only for the reason of how do you ever take it away?)

Here is Haley before church on Sunday. On Sunday night we had a dinner party. For the occasion, I got a new kitchen table. Well, I didn't get it just because we had a dinner party, I have been wanting a new one for awhile, I just had a good excuse to finally go and get it. (It matches my house so much better too!) Here is a picture of the table. It is as tall as a counter top and is square and seats 8. I wanted it tall so that I could use the chairs for bar stools as well. I love it. Troy is still irritated that I bought it, but I work hard too, and he wants 1/2 of our backyard to be a basketball court...so I thought it was a good compromise! I'm all kinds of crazy about my table. I wash it constantly. And I keep it clean! (For those of you who know me, know how huge that is! Usually I am doing some sort of project on my kitchen table)

Oh, the dinner party was awesome! We had Sam and his family, Scotty and his family, and James (aka Miller) and his family come over. We loved it! It's so much fun to hang out with those guys! Those are all guys Troy grew up with and we all graduated from Copper Hills in 1996! I really hope to hang out with them more! It was so fun having friends over. We'll have to do it again. Oh, and since we were making fun of the Nell's not having a blog, or high speed internet for that reason, I told them I would post their picture on the blog...here it is: love you, Nells!