What Wonderful Life

I sure many of you think I am being completely sarcastic here but I'm not, it is wonderful, even though the white van is out of commission again. Thanks to Steve for loaning us his truck and Ben Marshall for trying to fix it. Yes, Ahonora fell off the top of the ramp on the back porch and broke her left collar bone, but it is healing well. Over all things are well.

Things we have done this month:


had a Hollywood birthday party for Fionna at Mann dance


backyard BBQ at Grandmother and Granddad's

went to the pumpkin patch


learned about leave no trace and met big foot


went to a pampered chef party
put together Fionna's costume of Renessme
bought Naya's fairy costume
built Dreigan's Gargoyle costume
broke Christi's sewing machine making Ahonora's ginger bread costume
had dinner with Grandmother and Granddad
had our annual scout Halloween party


Plans for Halloween
Mann Dance Halloween costume parties during kid's classes
Masquerade Carnival Fri
San Juan College Carnival Sat
Down town Farmington trick-or-treat Sat
Boogie Man Ball Sat
Bloomfield trick-or-treat Sun
Emanuel Baptist trunk-n-treat Sun
maybe depend on energy and the kids



Ahonora has a new word "Baff"=Bath she uses when she wants a bath and when she needs the potty. Yes that's right she is potty training she does not make it very often, in fact there have been many puddles on the bathroom floor but she is trying.


Naya grows very excited for Halloween and is learning her letters and their sounds in leaps and bounds. She recognizes about 20 and knows the sounds to 15.


Also if you read her book she now memorizes it and then"reads" it to herself.



Fionna had a fantastic birthday party with 8 little girls. She also is the star of the week in her class and just finished her very first presentation poster on bats.



Dreigan is doing great he has made two week straight in school which is a record for this school year. It seems the root of much of what was going on was anxiety over unfinished school work. What concept if he does it the he doesn't have to worry about it.


Christi has found part of what is wrong with all her headaches it seem that it was the anti-depressants making her migraines worse which seem to severe enough to cause micro-lesions on her white matter. That being said the change in meds has made a huge difference and now she is feeling more like herself.



Nick continues to work alone in the warehouse but was told there should be someone else soon. He is once again singing in the Christmas Cantata at Bloomfield United Methodist Church and has join the regular choir as well.



The kittens continue to grow at a rapid pace. The adult cats have decided to spend more time inside with the cooling weather.



Heske just hangs out a lot. He did get to go visit Gracie (Steve and Cathy's dogs) the other day which he thought was so much fun he could barely move the n