Blackham Update (October 2007)

October 12, 2007 (Blackham Update)

I haven’t written a Blackham update in a while ...

Landon is on the student council for the school. Tuesday they had an all day training down at BYU. The bus broke down on the way home, making them over an hour late. He needs to maintain a B average to stay on the council, and his first report card and parent/teacher conference was all good.

Callahan just finished up soccer season and is looking forward to basketball. Soccer was a little tough, with the team only winning one game, and getting creamed in several others. Callahan was the best player on the team and did score several goals throughout the season.

Keaton had a fun season of soccer too. He is growing so fast, as the colder weather sets in and he pulls his pants out, they are way too small. We just had to get him some new shoes as well (he was wearing his soccer cleats everyday to school). Keaton had a really good review from his teacher. She said he is doing great in math, reading and spelling. He and Callahan love word searches, and I make them one each week with their spelling words.

“Cooper”man ... our little superhero. His standard outfit has him with his blanket “cape” hanging down his back, a hat, sunglasses, gloves ... and don’t forget the horseshoe around his neck. He’s been very into coloring lately. I had to download and print out SO many pictures, all which were filled in with a rainbow of hues. He loves preschool and is doing good going to his class on Sundays, but other than that, he’s likes to just be at home.

Colton is such a sweet baby. I love putting him down to bed, because he’s so darn cute. He has to kiss everyone (they all love that part too, even though they are rather damp and messy smooches) and then we read our story, then he is so good to just lay right down and go to sleep, both for naps and night-time.

Same stuff going on for me. We invested in an elliptical machine and that has been a fun addition to the exercise repertoire. The weather has been nice and we’ve (the babies and I) have enjoyed taking walks. I often break up my exercise into 15 minute sessions spread out throughout the day.

Gray is also exercising and eating right and has lost over 25 pounds. The current housing slowdown has created a bit of stress and uncertainty at work which has been hard. Hopefully it will all work out.  While derby (pinewood) season is usually in the spring, Gray has had several derbys, four scheduled for this month!