Cheerleader for Spencer’s soccer games…”Go Pencer! Yay!”

 ”My bike! my BIKE!” Josey insisted on wearing her helmet, which is hard to fit right with all of her hair, but she loves her new trike!

 Josey loves to read to Pooh Bear, no matter the book…in fact she asks to “read books!” all of the time.  She’ll gather a collection and scoot herself into your lap for you to read to her!

 My angel girl!  Josey is at such an amazing phase right now!  One minute she is sweet and loving and an angel and the next minute she is all emotions and sassiness!

Spencer’s Fall soccer season this year was so much fun!  His team was called the Cougars.  His team mates included: Cameron, Isaac, David, Treg, JJ, Morgan, Sam, and Taylor.  He did such a great job this year staying more focused on the game.  He was an amazing goalie and a great defender.  He came so close to scoring a goal this year and of course loved the treats after the games!  Here are some picts from this year….

Oh how I love and hate this time off year! I love it because of all the things that are coming off the plants in my garden…my cantaloupe has been so delicious this year and my raspberry bushes are still producing berries, but I HATE all the work this causes me in the line of freezing and canning. I did add several new items to my canning repertoire this year…spaghetti sauce, salsa, and canned chicken. It is really great when I have the end results sitting on my counter and I can see all the hard work from the Summer culminated there.
So here are the stats…
Plants planted: 4 bell peppers, 2 jalapenos, 1 zucchini, 1 acorn squash, 1 pumpkin, 2 cucumbers, 12 tomatoes of various variety, 1 cantaloupe, row of yellow onions, row of white onions, +all the spring stuff
Canned items:20 pts spaghetti sauce (10 for me and 10 for Melissa) 27 pts canned chicken, 4 doz jalapeno jello, 7 qts stewed tomatoes, 9 qts salsa, and only applesauce left to do.

Spencer started a new year of preschool. After much debate, a ton of research and prayers and fasting we decided to do one more year of preschool before Spencer goes into Kindergarten. When people find out he is 5 and ask if he is in Kindergarten, he says matter of factly, “Nope, I am doing one more year of preschool.” As a parent, I hope I have made the right decision to have him do one more year of preschool and go into Kindergarten as the oldest in his class instead of the youngest.

All that being said, he is so excited about school this year. He is going to ABC Preschool with his little buddies, Kira & Olivia Hutchings. Chris was home to go with us for his first day, which he loved, but Josey cried the whole way home wanting Spencer. It was really sweet! He is growing so fast I can’t hardly believe that he is 5 now. This year promises to be a year of adventure…can’t wait to see him learn and grow!