First Day of School

Here is Simon on his first day of Kindergarten.  He was so excited and not a bit nervous.  By day 2 he even told me NOT to walk him in.  He just wanted to be dropped off at the gate and walk in by himself.  He did awesome and is so excited to have 5 other kids in his class from church that he already knows.
Getting ready to leave.

Simon at school, before the bell rang.

Simon with his friend Makenna(the one in yellow).

This is Simon with his friend, and our neighbor, Paige.

Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice!

Sorry for the delayed post, but I couldn't post it on my blog until I saw my sister Kim in Coeur d'Alene. We all (Kate, Whitney, Emily, Amy, Tabitha and myself) flew up to see her and surprise her for her 30th birthday. That was how I was going to surprise her, by telling her that we were having a girl! We are all so excited. I would probably say the same thing if it was a boy, but my boys wouldn't. They for sure wanted a baby sister and are thrilled about getting one. I was happy to find out that as far as they can tell, everything is perfect! My sister Kim already loaded me up with one travel bag full of 0-3 month clothes. I can't believe how cute all of them are!!! I'm so excited to get painting and make things a little more girlie around my house. Thanks to all of you for your congrats texts! It was so fun! Many of you may ask if we have a name picked out....maybe. Am I going to disclose anything before the baby is born? Absolutely NOT! Don't care for y'all opinions on why I shouldn't name her that. And you never know, I might just change my mind. I will definately be thinking hard about using some family names though, one of them being Hulet!:)

What a great day!

It was such a fantastic day. Max had an appointment with the hematologist. His platelet count went from 77 2 weeks ago to 142!!!!! Yipee!!!!! 150 is the bottom of the normal range. It almost doubled in 2 weeks. I know it might be too early to have high hopes but it has been almost 10 weeks since his last WinRho treatment and 142! So exciting. We are all so happy, no one more than Max. Thank you for all your prayers. They must be working!

Birthday boy!

Here are some pics of Simon having his birthday breakfast. He requested french toast with strawberries and ice cream. As soon as the ice cream started to melt (he hates soft, melting ice cream) I had to fix him a 2nd plate with just strawberries, syrup and powdered sugar. He is so excited about today, and as many of you know, his smile and energy is completely contagious. 99% of his life is spent with a huge grin plastered across his face. He is such a happy boy and is the driving force in our family for smiling and laughter. Even when he is naughty he is funny, so Jeff and I have a really hard time punishing him. We usually end up burying our face to conceal our real emotion, when it should be anger. What a lucky family we are to have him here with us. We love you Simon!

Happy Birthday Simon

Simon is 5 years old today.  I am having a little bit of a hard time with it actually, seeing how in a week and a half he will be starting kindergarten.  Where does time go?  It seems like just yesterday that we had his 1st birthday and moved to New York.  My baby really isn't a baby anymore.  Good thing another one is in the oven!

It actually happened.

Can you believe it! I got a new camera! Thanks to my family and their generous birthday money, I finally went out and got an up-to-date camera. I love it!  Here are some of the first few pictures taken.

What happens when your kids get hold of the camera...

Girls Camp

I'm sure you are all wondering why I haven't updated my blog with Girls Camp pictues and stories. Well, I've been too tired to even get on the computer and do anything, and because I'm in the middle of Breaking Dawn, of course.  Everything goes by the wayside now that I have a great book to read!  I don't have any pictures of my own, so here is the link to Brittney's Blog that has some pics on it.  Camp was so much fun!  I am so glad I am home an in my big comfortable bed with a toilet that flushes and that I can more easily control the smells around me.  Would I do it all over again, in a heart beat.  Great girls, great leaders, beautiful mountains, fantastic weather.  I missed my kids and husband, for sure, and what a sight for sore eyes it was when Jeff pulled up into camp Saturday morning (which left me shocked and speachless).  The only reason I could consider leaving for the week was because I knew my kids were well taken care of.  Thank you Les, Ginger and Riley for giving Max and Simon such a great time, and thank you to Kate and Zach for having Marshall all week.  Marshall had a hard time not "thinking about his brothers" all the time, but he managed just fine and things here are in full swing and back to normal with the fighting and teasing.  Thanks again for the help, family!  I know there isn't much, but I'm only on page 452 and Marshall has an awards assembly today!  Have a good one!