Awesome kids

Today I have been feeling so blessed to have the good kids that I do.  They are far from perfect, they are not the top students in their class, they are not the best athletes on the field, they are not the best behaved (oh we have so much work to do) but they are enough. . .  to make me smile and be oh so proud of them.

A few of 2012's achievements

I will add pics and video later, I can't get the camera to work right now

In January, Luke was awarded student of the month in 3rd grade in the area of Science and Social Studies.
In February, RJ was student of the month in 1st grade in the area of Math. (Gigantic achievement for him.)
 Today Tanner came home with a first place medal for his painting in the talent contest "Daydreams and Dandelions". (so excited for him).
 In January, Khloee started Gymnastics.At the end of January, the teacher approached me and told me she thought she needed to move up a level.  So we moved her to the next level, after being in that class for 3 weeks, her new teacher told me, "She is just this little ball of energy and muscle and I think we need to move her up to the next level."  So here is my cute, timid, little, just barely 5 year old, in this class with 3rd, 4th & 5th graders. She acted intimidated, even though she said she wasn't scared.  But she held her own and did awesome! Her teacher is great and told me she thinks Khloee will learn and progress really quickly and I am happy to see her get challenged a little bit more.
Luke just finished his season of basketball.  His dad was his coach this season, which was tough for him at times because he felt like he had to sit a little more than the other kids did and when his dad gave him pointers, he felt like his dad was upset with him and was getting after him. (does that sound familiar dad?) But after his last game on Saturday, Kory and I were talking about how much his little team had improved over the season and how much Luke's game had come along.  Kory was glowed as he talked about how Luke hustles all the time and never takes a play off.
I told Luke after the game how much his defense had improved and how much better he did this game. He looked at me and said, "Mom, I didn't even score one point". I was shocked because he was all over the place.  And I told him he rebounded like crazy and caused them to turn it over so many times, he didn't need to score any points! Somebody else on his team had to do SOMETHING.
We signed the boys up for soccer (because they all wanted to play) as well as baseball (because their dad said they have to play. . . . not that they were sad about this at all).  So Tanner and Luke have been going to try outs for the past 2 weeks. Tanner will be in Majors and Luke is actually supposed to be in Machine pitch age wise, but the rest of his friends are going into minors so we told him to go tryout.
They both did awesome!! Tanner did really well the first night of tryouts and Kory had one of the coaches tell him Tanner was amazing and probably one of the top 5players on the field. Well it must have gotten back to Tanner and went strait to his head because the next night he couldn't hit the ball to save his life.  But he still did great and made it on a great team. We are excited to see him improve.  We don't know if Luke made a team yet or not, but he says he is ok with playing machine pitch this year if he didn't.
RJ gets the privilege of having his mom be his soccer coach and his dad be his baseball coach.  Lucky little guy, I feel bad for his coaches though. He has a tendency to get his feelings hurt easily and can dig his heels in and refuse to do anything until he gets his way.  (We are working on that)

Like I said, they are awesome kids, just not perfect yet.

I can't forget our little scooter, who is no longer scooting, but walking and occasionaly running. . . and then face planting.  She is the cutest dang thing and the only perfect one amongst us, just ask her dad!

Lainee turns 1

 December 30th we celebrated Alaina's first Birthday. And I am the worst mom and didn't even make her the traditional cake that she could dive into all on her own. But after Christmas and RJ's Birthday on the 28th, I was caked out and just didn't want to think about it. I am going to have to figure out a better system of birthday celebrating in the future because I can't get away with being a slacker birthday thrower forever.

We had a few family members from the Wright side over and unfortunately we didn't even include the Turek side because Kandice's family had a busy time with Carters blessing and Sealing right around the same time we decided we had seen enough of them. Not really, we just decided to keep it low key and simple for Laine.

Lainee loves her cousin Ellee. Every time she sees her she has to scoot over to her and lean on her and give her a little "hug". It's so cute.

I told everyone they had to hula hoop in order to get any ice cream. So here for you viewing pleasure is one Hot Hula Hooper.

I didn't want him to know I was videoing so I just set the camera on the counter while I was dishing up ice cream so they counter top is in the way a little, but you get the jist.

And then I also wanted to never forget Lainee's little Booty Scoot. She doesn't crawl, she just scoots around on her booty. It is so dang cute and I could sit and watch her all day!

She is beginning to walk and and I can't help but be so sad to have the little "scoot" disappear.

We like to call it "The row" because it reminds me of rowing a boat. It is always right, left, right, left.

None of the other kids ever hit their first birthday without walking. She is the first and might I add that it is awesome!! She is so good and content, without being into everything that toddlers are into. She can scoot around on her bum for the rest of her life for all I care.

Just a bit behind

Has it really been that long since I have posted? 

Here are a few scrapbook pages I have done that will cover the last couple of months here at  this circus.

 Luke and Tanner finished up the Football Season

 We celebrated Halloween a bit more joyously this year. (It's not my favorite holiday, but this one wasn't so bad)

Lainee just keeps growing no matter how much I squish her.

 The Wright Granddaughters went for a photo shoot.

And because I am going on past performance, I may as well wish everyone a Happy New Year because who knows how long it will be before I post again!

Only because the day's are whizzing past me

While Mom is away . . .

                                                 We're not sure what dad is doing, but Lainee was busy painting her fingernails. . .  and her legs and arms and face and tummy and the carpet.



I was at a scout meeting and I had taken Alaina with me. Kory was so nice and texted me when he got home and asked if I wanted him to come and get the baby from me.  I was so thankful and thought, "what a good husband I have"!

I received a text right at the end of my meeting that said, "You need to come home!"

I walked into a house that smelled of fingernail polish and a baby that looked like she had lost a paintball war.

Kory had given her some fingernail polish bottles to entertain her while he was doing a few things in the garage. She got a little excited and banged them together and the redish/orange one "exploded" (in Tanners words.)  Tanner even got a little bit of the fingernail polish "shrapnel" on him.

Kory met me in the garage when I got home and said, "you are never going to let me keep the baby again". I think that was wishful thinking. 

A little fingernail polish isn't going to get me too excited and fire him from that position, perhaps a little cut in pay.

Fall Break

The Sunday before Fall Break I made the kids a deal that if they could get along with each other for the week, Friday I would take them for a surprise "adventure".  It is hard to say but a bribe was necessary at this point in our happiness at home quest.  So they did pretty good about remembering the deal all week and keeping themselves in check.  Needless to say, I think I may have had as much fun as they did at 

Antigravity. 

 All the other "sophisticated" moms came with their kids, all dressed up and looking cute and sat on the couches and read their books, while I bounced around on the trampolines in my shorts and t-shirt and got completely sweaty and made a fool of myself many a time. 

 Was it worth it? Heck yes, I had so much fun with them! 

Khloee showing her Stuff

Lainee was super good the whole time we were there too.

Lainee Shake

I put together this short little video of Lainee doing her best back stroke kick.  It is so dang cute, everytime I lay her down she get her legs just a going. But I couldn't get it to load so all I can get is this little clip that I used as part of the video.

She is so dang cute! You would think with moves like that she would want to move somewhere, but you would be wrong about that.  She is perfectly content to lay and kick her legs or sit and twirl her feet around.  What a funny babe!

A Late September Swim

A few weeks ago I finally got the park pass I requested from the library back in the spring. I tried my hardest to make the most of the week that we had it and see as many parks as we could.  We, in true Wright fashion, made it to only 1.  And it is the State park that is only a measly 10-15 min. from us. 

Sand Hollow.  Loser-ish, I know.  But the kids still had a blast and I am so glad that we got to go . . . for free at that!

 Lain, enjoying the unrestricted play in the mud.  Who am I kidding, I let her play in the mud at home too.

 We quickly lost our summer tans and moved easily into our September "GLOW"

 We were lucky to have some friends, the Dutton family and Kandice, Emmie and Carter join us at the lake.

The sand was great for digging, the water perfect for swimming and the company perfect for chatting. The only bummer was that the sun set too soon.

New post

Some day soon I am going to post something new since the Turkey Hunter . . . That day is not today.

Turkey Hunter

Tanner had the chance to take Hunter Safety in February, which made him eligible to hunt small game. He was so excited to go on his first Turkey Hunt in April. The hunt was a couple of weeks long and so I thought he and his Dad would hit the hills a couple of weekends before he got a shot at one. I was wrong.

Kory, Tanner, and RJ left here Saturday Morning at around 5-5:30 and they were back home by about 10 with a turkey in hand. Unfortunately it was super cold that day and so he didn't get the full experience of getting out of the truck and getting to call the Turkey in. They were just driving along and saw the Turkey on the road.

When he shot it, it flew off the road and tumbled down a big long hill. So he did get the chance to hike a bit as his dad sent him down the ravine all by himself to retrieve the bird.

RJ was just as excited as Tanner was and his retelling of the story to Luke and I when they got home, had Luke and I rolling on the floor with laughter. He had all the squawks and flapping of wings and gobble, gobbles in all the right places. (according to his memory).

The only bad thing that came out of this is that we have officer "know it all" at our house now. When it comes to hunting or guns or gun safety, Tanner is the master of all. Who knew a Turkey could do this for your ego!

Baseball changes

After a few games of T-ball, RJ decided that unless a machine pitches to you, it isn't considered "real baseball". So, thank goodness the machine coach likes me and I convinced him to let RJ move to his team.

But that left me coaching a T-ball team that my child wasn't even on. And since we had the shirt and the hat already, we threw it on Khloee and let her have her first experience at baseball. She was so fun to coach and so easy.

What a great baseball season we had.


And just when we thought it was over and I was jumping for joy, Tanner got picked to be part of the All Star team. He was so excited and is loving the extra long season. He doesn't have games until July so we will see if he changes his mind about his love for the games as it is just going to get HOTTER!

Take me out to the ball game

Baseball season is officially underway! Yahoo.

Yesterday this big guy

This middle sized guy

and this little guy all had games.

This big guy is playing in the minor leagues. He played first base for 2 innings and pitched a couple of innings. And did a bang up job I must say. He hit and got on base every time up to bat. Impressed I was.

This Middle sized guy is playing machine pitch. He is lucky because his dad is his coach. I missed his game due to the fact that I am coaching the little guys T-ball team but this is the word I received from him and his coach. He started the game out a bit shaky by striking out his first up to bat but ended the game strong with a smashing triple.

This little guy is playing T-ball (as before mentioned). He likes T-ball but doesn't consider it real baseball because his mom is the pitcher. But he endures it. He started the game in the outfield at second base. He soon digressed to throwing his glove on the ground in a fit of rage, plopped himself behind second base and put his head between his knees and cried. (His team mates do not know how to stay out of this all stars way and it can be very frustrating). What did his coach do when her sweet little T-ball er showed his frustration in this way? She did what all T-ball coaches would have done, she ignored him and walked over to first base to help the non crying player. He perked up when it was our teams turn to bat and came to the plate like Babe Ruth. He has a good batters stance and a great swing coupled with a very determined face, he had the other kids worried about how hard he was going to hit. Lucky for them he still hits like a 6 year old.

The little girls got to be cheerleaders and a suckling little calf (because that is what Alaina did most of Tanners game, what a muncher!)

Picture day with the GIRLS

It's weird for me to say girls plural. I am so used to saying the boys and Khloee but now that we have Alaina it's an adjustment for me to hear girls. Kory's mom was insistent that we get some pictures of these girls (which I am glad she is because other wise I probably wouldn't have any.) Unfortunately Lainee was not very fond of pictures and wanted nothing to do with it. Luckily we still got a few good ones out of the adventure. Now I just have decide which of the 20 of Khloee that I am going to have printed. Thankfully, she was EASY!

I know I am biased but I think I have the most BEAUTIFUL girls!!

Alaina

Alaina has been part of our family for 3 weeks now and I am just getting around to posting some pictures of her (pathetic, I know) but I have a hard time putting her down. She is so fun to snuggle with. We can't get enough of her around here!!

Khloee's Halloween dance recital

Khloee has been taking dance from Martha Gubler for the last couple of months. She loves it even if she has her Dad's rythm. (We are just going to blame him because he will take the blame.) She had her first dance recital at Halloween time. She was so fun to watch and she did great for being only 3, I thought. Until her dad leaned over to me and said, "She has the attention span of a nat. Why did they put her right in the front?" I was busy videoing just her so I didn't notice that she wasn't completely keeping up with the other girls. Next time I will hand the camera to Kor and he can put on the blinders and think that his little girl is the best one out there.

Lucky for Khloee she already has her dad wound tightly around around her little finger so there isn't much she can do that he doesn't look at her with stars in his eyes.

(If only we all had that same power.)

So much to blog about

The 2010 Deer hunt was a great success! Kory and I both filled our tags as did most of the hunters that were with us. Khloee and RJ got to experience first hand the gutting of a deer. What 3 and 5 year old don't need that kind of an eduction? RJ couldn't take his eye's off the deer as his dad was gutting it but he kept saying, "Oh I'm gonna to puke"!We enjoyed our time together even if it poured rain the first couple of day's and the kids' clothes and shoes were a big muddy mess.
Luckily Khloee came prepared with her swimming suit for the great weather we were experiencing. The rest of us bundled up in our sweats and blankets and watched Khlo run around in her swim suit. (unfortunately there were no pictures taken of the beauty in her half naked state, although there was plenty of opportunity.)


While we were gone hunting, Luke missed the last games of his flag football season.
He loved his first year of playing football and did a great job for being his first year.

This is his first interception.
I was more impressed that I got a picture of it than I was of the actual interception. But good job anyway Luke!

After the season was over he informed me that he would be paying his way through college by playing football. Thank goodness, I can stop putting money in his college fund. . . wait, I never started his college fund. Even better, one less thing that I start and fail miserably at! Awesome, THANK YOU LUKE!!

7/11

Our computer is having issues and I can't upload any pictures (GRRRR) so as soon as we get it fixed I will have to add them in.

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I didn't want to let this day go by without writing a few thought and feelings, about this day. Today marks 1 year since our little Danny was born. I was looking back out my blogs from a year ago and there was not a single mention of him or of being pregnant. And even though I felt that my feelings were too private to written in a blog post, I still feel guilty that there is absolutely no mention of him anywhere. (Thank goodness I write in my journal occasionally.) Anyway, today has been a special day for me to just be grateful for the time that Kory and I got to spend with him. He wasn't born alive and he was only developed 20 weeks but he was perfect and all of his parts were there, just not completely developed. His little eye lids were still fused shut and his skin was translucent but he was a complete baby. I can't help but be so thankful for the nurses that were there(Kory's mom included) that treated him like a real live baby and let me treat him just like I treated my other newborns. They weighed him, measured him and dressed him and then they let me hold him and sleep with him and keep him as long as I wanted. Even though we were heartbroken over him, I am SO SO thankful for the time I got to be with him.

And now here we are 1 year later and we are thankful to be expecting another baby! I love my pregnancies starting at about month 5 so until then you may hear a lot of whining and complaining from me. I'm sure Kory wont mind if I spread that around so it's not just him that is listening to me cry about how sick and tired I am of feeling sick and tired.
Anyway, we are excited to add another body to this chaos and thankful for the things that we have experienced and shared in this last year.

Little Baby Wright due to arrive January 2011

(were shooting for the New Year Baby,

mine as well finish it with a party.)

RJ graduates (with honors)

After 2 yrs. at SUU Headstart, RJ is finished and on his way to kindergarten. YIPES!! HE has changed so much in these 2 years. Many thanks to his very patient teachers, Miss. Taura and Miss. Melissa! On Monday night they had a little end of year program to show their parents a few things they had learned. RJ is such a goof ball it is hard to get a "normal" picture of him.


Here is one song that they performed for us. It was funny to think of the difference in him from last year. Last year he just kind of stood there and sang a few words.

Way to go RJ. Onward and upward!!

All in a day's work

Monday morning Misti called me and said she wanted to get some sand for a sand box for the kids. Kory told us we could go out to Sand Hallow and get the dirt off the side of the road where it always blow across the road. (It would save him some time later so he didn't have to do it for the city). So we loaded up our shovels and some sand toys for the kids and headed out to Sand Hallow. Lucky for us when we got out there, was a big loader moving the dirt into dump trucks and being hauled off. Misti asked if we could shovel some of the dirt into the sandbox she had in the back of her truck. He said we could have some dirt and told us to back the truck up and he would just dump it in. AWESOME!!!

We were so excited about our dirt and the little amount of labor it took, we quickly drove home and jumped in Kory's truck and drove back out there to get another load.

Our men were impressed with our abilities before they knew it was a tractor that did all the hard work. We did still have to unload all that sand from the back of the truck.

Misti now has a sweet sandbox and sand under her swing set. She also has awesome sand all over the sidewalks, thrown at her bedroom window, in her couch from the kids' pockets and all over her floors.

Yep, all in a day's work!Check out the back tires on the truck. I think it was about as heavy a load as it could handle

Utah Summer Games (offical) Commercial

Check out my 1 minute of fame!

Last summer a girl called me and Misti to be a part of this commercial for summer games. We laughed about it but agreed to do it. We had to go to Zion to do it and then when we got there, we had to pretend like we were playing a real game with these gold medals dangling around our necks and we were spaced about 4 feet apart. So we were playing real close together and then my medal kept hitting me in the head. We thought they were going to add some computer generated images to put a net in the picture and make it look real. But NO, we are just playing pepper in the park. The least they could have done is enhance that hit and make it look like I could jump. I mean come on people, use your skills. (Cuz I don't have any).

"7" Luke "7"

Dear Luke,

I want to say I can't believe your 7, but I actually CAN believe you're 7. You act so grown up and are such a big help to me. Of course you still have your moments when you act your age which are important because if you grow up that means your mom has to too.

Since the day you were born, you have been an easy going kid. I remember that when your dad blessed you in church, he blessed you to be a peacemaker in our home and I think of that often because you are such a great peacemaker. You are sensitive to others feelings around you and are not afraid to stop and help a friend that needs help.

This past year when I was pregnant with Danny is when I saw you change the most. You stepped up and helped with Khloee, often without me having to ask. You were so sweet and patient with her and I loved hearing your voice in the other room trying to keep her happy and getting her whatever was making her upset. I loved when you would draw me pictures to hang by my bed so I would have something nice to look at as I lay there.

You are such a good example for RJ and he will always be looking at his older brothers and follow your and Tanner's lead. He needs your example and your friendship.

You are very responsible with your school work and your teacher's have loved having you in their class because you are a great worker and do what you are supposed to do.

You have yet to lose your top front teeth. One is loose and I hope by the end of the week it is out (or I may just have to pull it while you sleep cuz it is buggin' me). Your favorite color is green right now and you want to be a police officer when you grow up. Your eye's are my favorite thing because they are so dark brown and they tell me everything about how feel with just one glance.

Luke, you are amazing to me and you make my job as a mom so easy! I hope year 7 is just as great as year 6.

I love you.

Love, Mom