Christmas

This Christmas was wonderful! My sister (AJ) & her fam are here from TX and it is SO great to spend time with them! I just wish I had more time, work gets in the way. We spent Christmas Eve at my mom's house with the whole bunch, ate good food, went caroling at Hearthstone ( A local assisted living home) and opened presents. We also had a "surprise" visit from Santa, who brought us some fun games to play while we hang out at Nana's place. We've had LOADS of snow and my kids are sick of shoveling it. I don't think AJ's kids are tired of it yet though!
Christmas Day we found a surprise from Santa in our garage. A Huge stocking full of clothes and fun for all of us. We also were blessed with some wonderful souls that secret santa'd us prior to the big night. I don't know why people are so great to us, but we sure appreciated it!
Santa brought the boys BB guns, heaven help us, (they'll shoot their eyes out!), Morgan received a mp3 player that had more memory and is a bit more user friendly than the one she had. They also got a lot of needed clothes, and some other fun items.
I will hopefully get some pics up soon, Blogs are way better with lots of photos!
Happy New Year!

Broden at his chess tournament (2006?)

Morgan 2006

I've finally caved in to Morgan's pressure and started a family blog. Hopefully we'll keep it updated regularly since I'm terrible about writing letters, emailing, or calling people. :)
Currently our family is living in Utah, where we are originally from. Morgan is 13, Broden 12, and David 10. David was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome in 2006. Check out my links for more info on Autism sprectrum disorders(ASD's).
Morgan is enjoying life in Junior High and is involved in Drama & Shakespeare. Broden is in 6th grade and nervous about moving into Jr High next year. (So am I) He gets his kicks from Lego's and drawing pictures of Clone Troopers. David is also fixated on Star Wars, specifically the Clone Wars. He is in a Special Education class, a self-contained unit. We have started transitioning him into a regular ed classroom.
Blair was working at Convergys until he was laid off last summer, shortly after I decided to quit substitute teaching and began working at Maceys. ( the grocery store,not the clothing store.) I am still there working as a cashier. Blair is enrolled at UVU majoring in Environmental Sciences. He has a facebook page, if you use that site. OK, it's super late and I'm tired so this is it for now. --Alyssa

Silly David