I want to get on here to fill you in on some things that have been going on around here. It's been awhile!!!!
1. Gavin and Tanner are in soccer right now. They love soccer, and i LOVE watching them play. I hope Gavin sticks with soccer for the rest of his life. He really excels at it, and is always a top player on his team. I really love watching him play games. He makes goals for his team and is such a good asset for the team. Tanner has also made some goals. He is a great defender. He really tries to use his strengths. It's very interesting watching him and his strategies. I think he realizes his strength isn't running and kicking the ball, so he lies in wait as a defender. And he is great at stopping the other team from making a goal. He has been like that since he has started a few years ago. I remember his very first coach telling me that Tanner was good at scanning the field, seeing where the ball is going to go, and getting in place to stop it. He doesn't chase the ball. They both do really well. They play soccer inside the house all the time too. Even when we were recently locked up in the house due to a typhoon, all of us played a game of soccer in our house. It was fun. :)
2. Gavin has accomplished quite a few things so far this year. He was one of the top three in his class to reach having read 1 million words so far this year. And he was also voted by his classmates to be the first student of the month for the school year. He LOVES reading, and reads and reads all the time. I am glad for that. Reading is a GOOD thing. He just became a member of his school's Firebird Drummers Group. He will learn up to 21 performances doing taiko drumming. Tanner is a good little reader too. I mean, i know if he can read the Book of Mormon then he is doing really well. He was already reading from the Book of Mormon in his kindergarten year(towards the end). The reading level of the Book of Mormon has got to be a Z. I was very surprised when he first started reading to us out of the Book of Mormon. He can pronounce most of the words in it. It's awesome. He is also doing the 100 mile club again this year. He really likes to accomplish things. It makes him feel good.
3. Jaydon is my little pill. He really likes being at home with me, which i am glad about. Now that my pregnancy mood swings are kicking in he is driving me up the wall a bit more than usual. It's not him. It's me. Poor guy. I noticed myself being grumpy with him the other day. I stopped and said, "Jaydon, is mommy nice?" He said, "yes, you are the nicest mom." I smiled. I said, "Do i ever get grumpy with you?" He quickly replied, "NO. you don't get grumpy." haha! I was surprised. I think he loves me so much he just doesn't notice my grumpy moments, AND those moments must not phase him. He just blows it off. I love that. He can certainly get VERY bossy with me, MORE than i like, but he is so sweet to me. He often tells me he likes me, and cuddles me, and tells me im beautiful. I love that. He is a good good boy. He has playtime with a few friends every thursday for 3 hours. He really likes it. Plus i have scripture study class i go to every tuesday, so he plays with the kids in the nursery for that. Plus we see friends during soccer practices and games, and at church. He definitely gets plenty of interaction with friends.
4. Shane is doing great. He was picked as the 1st alternate for the pediatric program. So, we need to know by February wether we are getting out of the military or staying in. He just finished a program called the C to B program. It ups his yearly bonus a decent amount. We are thinking we should take advantage of it, stay in a few more years to pay off our loans, and then seperate. We will see what happens. I know that whatever is supposed to happen, will happen. He is still in the branch presidency.
5. I am good. I am getting over the nausea, mostly. BUT the headaches still persist. I had major food aversions during the first trimester, something i didn't have with my other pregnancies. I mostly ate Inari sushi, a tomato, pickle and onion sandwich, soups, crackers. Those were the things i could eat mostly all the time. Everything else was on a day to day basis. One day i liked something, the next it made me gag. Or i thought i could eat something and about a fourth of the way through i couldn't eat anymore because it made me sick. I had a hard time eating vegetables. I couldn't do it. Now that im feeling better, ive been craving vegetables...and hummus! yum! And my appetite is crazy! Ive forgotten the hunger pains! oh my gosh. Ive done a good job over the past years learning to control my appetite, learning what real hunger pains are versus emotional eating. Now, i feel like a slave to my hunger pains. I have to do what my body tells me to do. :) I feel like im eating something every 1-2 hours. I was released from the RS presidency and put in as a CTR7 primary teacher. I miss RS. But im excited for a change.
6. Shane and I took a trip to South Korea recently. Im hoping my next post will have all the pictures and details of that trip. It was lots of fun. AND our TEN year anniversary is coming up very soon!! woah!!!
7. I can't believe our time is coming to a close here on Okinawa. It has flown by. We have less than 10 months left here. That's insane. We are having a baby in April, and probably 1-2 months later we will start packing up our house. crazy. We don't know what we are going to do yet for a job. I can see us getting straight out next year. I did some chatting with some friends last night and learned about a few options we have for getting out next year that won't make the transition so scary. I could see us getting out. BUT i could also see us staying in for another 1-4 years. Decisions , decisions.
8. For halloween, i think we are going to be zombies. That should be interesting. I get to put my makeup skills to the test. :) haha!
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