What's new with the kids....

Pyper loves to sing and pretend (Below she is pretending to be sad). She is also sporting a healing bruise on her head from hitting it on her brother's knee while playing around. Her favorite things to pretend are being a dog and a monster. She loves to hide and jump out and scare us. She just started a little singing class she attends every Monday afternoon. The other day at the park Pyper and two little boys found a worm. They took turns holding it. Then they took the worm down the slide and then put him on the swing and gave him a push. As they pushed him on the swing one boy yelled out, "Look mom this worm is having a good time!"
Riley is taking one on one voice lessons with a great gal named Anne-Marie. She has made many new friends. She got this great new hair cut and wanted me to put a picture of it on here to show everyone. She is an amazing help to me. I don't know what I would do with out her!
The only thing missing from this boy's life are the friends he left behind in Herriman. He has made new friends but misses Jackson and Chase so much! He started Karate a couple weeks ago and is very excited to start racing BMX. At recess the other day Preston was protecting a girl from being choked by another boy when a game had gotten out of hand and the boy lost his temper. The boy said to Preston, "You don't want to mess with a football player!" Preston then told me he said, "You don't want to mess with somebody who knows Karate!" (Preston has had a whole 4 classes) The boy then started to choke Preston. Preston told me he was able to roll him off and push him away. He said the girls started cheering out for him. He then smiled at me and said, "I think they were impressed." Here is the littlest Palmer. She is growing strong and loves to move and kick around. She kept hiding her face with her hands and arms. Then she even brought her feet up to her face. This was the best picture we could get. She is very shy and flexible. (This is a profile picture of her face. Her hand is up resting on her forehead.)

In the Local News

Here is Jon in the Salina Sun:
And here he is in the Richfield Reaper:

Look at the boy in blue! That is my Preston on his first day of Martial Arts class

BMX

A week ago we went to the local BMX races just to watch. Preston has been wanting to race bikes since he started peddling. Jon did it as a kid and has decided to join Preston and race too. Riley is also going to try it out. The first race they will be entering is this coming Friday. The three of them went out and practiced on their bikes yesterday after Jon got off work. I think it's a great family activity! Pyper, the baby in the belly and I are excited to cheer them on!

Above are the kids watching the race.

Below is Pyper on a bike I'm sure Jon would have purchased for her if I were not there to stop him.

Preston was so excited and was wanting to join the race that day so badly.

OH MY!

Preston came through the door last Thursday holding this paper out to me saying "I'm sorry about this mom." I scan over the paper and this is what I saw:

I asked him why he would write that. He just shrugged his shoulders. I asked him if he had ever done that before. He laughed and said "No!" So, we talked about how it was inappropriate.... and then I explained what inappropriate was after he asked what the word meant. I grounded him for two days and had him write an apology letter to his teacher. Later that night Jon came home. I had him come in our bedroom and shut the door. Full knowing what he was going to do. So, we both laughed together. I told him we had to get it out of our system before he talked to him. After talking with him we decided he is trying to impress a girl (Lexie) who sits next to him.

Feb 9th, Jon gets sworn in.

The kids and I went to the City Counsel Meeting to see Jon get sworn in. He is one happy guy! He loves living here and his job.

Feb 4th 2011 -Katie visits Central Utah

Katie drove down to visit a bit more with the kids and help out unloading a bit. She helped the kids make their Valentine Boxes for their school contest. Gangsta!

Preston won First place in his class!

Jan 29th 2011 -The Joys of Moving

I started to get sick this weekend. Most of my part of the moving was done. I had packed up the house and I could not lift much being pregnant and all. I can not thank the people enough who helped us pack up. We had about 15 men from our Herriman Ward help load up the UHAULs. Then we contacted our new bishop here in Central Utah and he had 7 men/young men to help us unload when we got to our new home. Jon's parents have been so wonderful! They are probably the sweetest most giving people I know. They have been there along the way helping us pack and move. Even driving a UHAUL down and back for us twice! I love them more then ever. I have been sick with something besides the pregnancy for a month now. I think it's trying to go away now. So, my house still has boxes that need to be unloaded (but only by me!) I will get to them.... someday.