Everybody wants to be a Princess

Courtesy of Rosie, I give you Princess Jac

They're getting ready to dance on the "stage".

Learning the moves.

Performing the piece.

One happy, mischievous big sister.

One happy innocent little brother who will one day be hoping his girlfriend NEVER sees these pictures.

The First Day of School

Today was the kiddos first day of school. We woke up and they were ready to leave for school in a snap!

Jac is in the potty training room as of this morning. Yes!!! Jac ate all of his breakfast and lunch, which is saying something. And he used the potty three times today! He rode on power wheels and played with cars a lot. He didn't cry when I left and got to be the line leader. From what I saw that meant he dragged the rest of the class on the rope. He's the biggest kid in his class and one of the youngest. Where did he get all that height?? When we got home all he wanted was to go back to school. The best part for me was the big hug I got when I picked him up.

Jac ready to go!

Rosie was a very good listener and got along well with everyone. Somehow someone mysteriously slipped her shoes into a trash can at nap time.When I got to her classroom she was sitting on a chair very upset over the loss of her princess shoes (sketchers with sparkles all over them). I think she got board and did it herself. Of course her favorite thing to do was play dress up. She also enjoys watching the class fish die. Her teacher can't figure out what's wrong but J is my father-in-law, so we are going to find some good hardy fish for her classroom. Rosie is well stocked on scooters (skirts with shorts under them) so she can be a princess everyday, but on the days she wears jeans she is welcome to wear a tutu over them so as not to be humiliated by the lack of princess attire.

Rosie excited to make new friends!

They both has a great day!They can't wait to go back!

Going with the flow

As many of you know we have recently relocated. The kids and I have moved to Ridgecrest Ca and are currently living with Grandma and Pop. Whilst Jeremy is renting a room from our good friend Dave. For those of you that didn't know all of this - SURPRISE!!!!

A lot of you want to know why. Good question. Sometimes the only answer I have is; it was the right thing to do at the time. How do we know that? We were working off of a religious hunch, otherwise known as revelation, that I should pass out some resumes around town while we were visiting Ridgecrest. Times are tough and we needed to act before anything bad or worse, depending on your perspective, could happen. I was asked to come in for a working interview within a few days so the babies and I stayed the following week. When Jeremy came that weekend the car broke down. We were stuck long enough for me to get a phone call from another dentist asking for a working interview. The kiddos and I stayed another week. I was offered the second job first negotiated higher pay than the dentist anticipated and will receive a 50 cent raise for each license I earn. I hope to earn another $2.00 a year by the end of December. I am still receiving phone calls for interviews which is something considering there were very few bites in Las Vegas. The job is fabulous! I love it!

It's hard for us to be away from Jeremy, but it's best at the moment as he has his heart set on journeying out of the union before joining us. Bev and Jay are very accommodating having cleared out a couple of rooms for us and helping us get settled and feel at home. We're working on it but being away from Daddy takes it's toll. It's nice for me to have them to rely on rather than being all alone somewhere that I don't know anyone for the first time ever.

Rosie and Jac are very excited to begin preschool at Immanuel Christian Child Development Center on Monday. They got backpacks (or pacpacs if you're Jac) for the first time. We met their teachers and classmates last week. Rosie is in the same class as one of my co-workers' son and Jac is up a level because of his vocabulary or something. We'll see how it goes because I may prefer him in a potty training classroom, in fact I do, but his teacher is excited to welcome him and intent on tackling the challenge. They will start gymnastics in a month and Rosie will go back to ballet too, She will attend the Sierra Dance Academy which works closely with the Nevada Ballet Theatre where she used to attend. Props to Grandma for picking her up in the middle of the day to take her to dance and back to school so she doesn't have to quit. The studio is very small. We hope to be able to put her in Suzuki violin in January so she can get the music stuff rolling to help with math and science challenges that will be coming her way next year in kindergarten and forever there after. Since pianos are big and pricey we'll go with the violin that is small and only kind of pricey.

Go ahead and say it. No, really i know what you're thinking; "That's a lot to do for little kids." Yep it is! We have great kids who are excited to make friends and learn. If we give them downtime they go nuts! Psycho! Bananas! They will get Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday with no classes scheduled. We live in a place that's within reasonable driving distance to mountains, fields, lakes, theme parks, and the beach. I want to make sure the weekends are free for family, church and pajama days! Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday are reasonable. So, really it's only three days a week and a little practice time on the others.

We're glad to be here and excited for Jeremy to join us within the next year. My intentions are to keep this updated with pictures and news, but you know what they say about intentions...

We love you all and will miss your faces. but good news we have Skype video chat!!!!! let us know if you do too! it will be fun!! Check back for the First Day of School post.

Love,
Jade