Dallas
*Favorite birthday present was a suprise gift from her dad, an awesome new fishing pole (Dallas is quite a fishermen and spends hours at the lake at Millmeadow)*Got to visit her best friend, Baylee, from Texas, over the summer *Spoke at her cousin, Yates', baptism *Loves Taylor Swift and sang one of her songs solo for Arts Night *Had her first trip into the Granddaddy Lakes and did an awesome job on her horse Sadie *Fourth Grade *Male teacher, Mr. B., which seems to be a good change for her *Dallas loves to write and just finished a 15 page report on Beavers *Devoured the Fablehaven book series and is eagerly awaiting the fifth book which comes out around her birthday *Started piano lessons *Entered the Reflections Contest at school with a song she wrote the lyrics and music to and sang. The song was titled Beauty and she won a medal and went on to Region. *Got her ultimate wish when I decided to let her have a parrot. We named her Cowgirl but, unfortunately, Dallas and I realized you don't always want everything you think you want. She has decided she isn't that interested in keeping the cage clean and we got an unhappy bird that needs alot of care and attention. So...our goal in 2010 is to sell Cowgirl.*For Christmas Dallas wanted a DS but I strongly encouraged her to ask for something that takes a little more imagination and physical energy. So, she asked for, and received, books, modeling clay, clothes, sled, money, Mario Cart Wii game, and western necklace and earrings with birthstone.
Jabin
*Jabin has enjoyed wrestling *Loves riding his bike and playing with any "buddies" he can find *Favorite gift this year was his scooter and having a special party at Grandma Robert's house *Spent a weekend with his cousins, Rowdee and Yates, going to the rodeo and riding a mechanical bull *First grade *Does really well on his homework, especially math *Loves the color brown and blue *Was my first child to have a visit in the principal's office but is trying his hardest not to get his name on the board every day *Has enjoyed playing the Wii and is so quick to pick up on the games *Got his friends 4-wheeler stuck in a mud hole while camping *For christmas this year he really wanted a 4-wheeler and is so happy to have one now, he also got legos which he loves and wants more now, wallet, clothes, a favorite hat from Grandma Bonnie, basketball hoop w/basketball, sled, Wii games, G Force movie, and money.
Hadden
If only I would have wrote down everything you said in 2009 Haddy! *Quite the imagination and love to play school all by yourself reading to your imaginary students and getting quite strict with them *All day Kindergarten *cute friends, Radolfo, Angel Alice and Laura *Thinks she is bilinguel speaking Indian and Spanish by rolling her r's *Loves to play with her cousin Hayzen with Grandma Marianne's purses *Favorite toy for her birthday was a baby that can crawl and a playpen with some gum *Loves pink *has a permanent bubble toe from an accident in the recliner at Grandma Bonnie's house *Has a scar on her face from a not so loving touch by big brother *Is enjoying watching Herman the worm grow longer and longer with site words *Loves to help mom cook and be the taste tester *Wore a home made ant costume I made her to the school parade and was not happy about it *Got a pet shop house for Christmas, clothes, sled, money, horse necklace, Snow White,an awesome purse with keys and a phone, and a dot coloring set.
Matt and I have been busy and time has flown by even more so then usual. *Celebrated our 10th anniversary on the Henry Mountains *Matt has been working out of town six 10's *We have had some awesome rides this year going down the Muddy in the spring and the Lakes and the Henry's in the fall *I got a new calling as YW Pres *Taylor Reunion *Roberts Reunion *Barton reunion in Monticello over the 24th, stopped at Wilson's Arch and hiked Double Arch on the way home *Had our first Luau with our (Riley and Kristina's) cute little twin's Maile and Joni turning 1 *Got a new addition to the Robert's side, little Max (Jesse and Bekah) *My brothers had to put Sassy down after she broke her leg *My youngest brother, Tadd, just left on a mission to Iowa *I did a Century Ride and a couple of small races and hope to do more this coming year. *Our family got a 4-wheeler for Christmas which we will have a great time with on all our camp outs in 2010 *Sadly, we lost our dear neighbor Terry Hardy. Terry and Paula have been the very best neighbor's we have ever had and we have gotten so attached to them. We will truly miss Terry.
We are so blessed to have the things we do. Especially, our health,our wonderful family that is so good to us, and the knowledge of the gospel that keeps us grounded in the craziness and extremely busy times. My children are so lucky to have loving grandparents and extended family. I cherish the time they get to spend with them, not just because I get to go horse riding, but because I remember the times I had with my grandparents and cousins growing up and they are some of my fondest memories. I am noticing how old my kids are getting and I hope to be a better example and pray that I am instilling in them a desire to stay close to and live the gospel and learn for themselves that it is true and it is the only thing that will bring them true happiness and contentment in their lives. I really liked what Jabin said just the other day when we were spending the day alone together, and I think he was feeling especialy spoiled, he said, "It does feel good to be good." I will be lucky if my children will always remember that. :) I'm sure I forgot some important things that happened in 2009, but at least I remembered this much. :0) Happy New Year!
