We finally have one

Jaxon is no longer a deprived kid. We got a Wii over the weekend. Now he can hang his head high and be like the other kids in his class. Because as you know Jaxon and Phebe have a rough life, ha ha, living with their mean parents. So what has the four of us been doing all week? Guitar Hero and the sports game. Brian and I have been trying to out do each other playing golf. I was winning with +4 and he had +5. Now he is at a -1 but I got two eagles and a chip in. He can't beat that. Jaxon is getting good at GH. He's starting to rock out like he is playing in a rock band. If I was computer savvy I would put a video on here of him rockin'. But I am not. Phebe is so cute when she's boxing. She really gets into it.

Christmas with Grandma & Grandpa

Grandma and Grandpa Loghouse where able to come up and visit with us the last weekend in January. We had our Christmas with them. Grandma made Phebe a cowgirl outfit and Phebe did not take it off for three days. She even wore it to church. Jaxon got a chair for his room and all he wants to do with it is swirl around and around. We went up to see the elk and the mountain sheep. Grandma and Grandpa were able to watch Jaxon play at his game. We had a good weekend with them and the weather cooperated with us, that was a plus.

Basketball

Jaxon started a new sport this month. Basketball. He had his first game on Saturday. He did pretty good for his first time. The rest of his team all played last year and knew what to do. I have decided that I like basketball better than baseball. It's warmer, shorter and inside. Hopefully, this year for baseball the weather won't be as wacky as it was last year. Here are some pictures I took at the game. I thought I put my camera on sport but found out later that I had it on night vision. Jaxon and I thought these are some cool pictures anyway. Hopefully, I can get some better ones in the next few games.

Pinewood Derby

Jaxon had his pinewood derby the other night. He won two out of three races. He improved over last year. Last year, he only won one race against the Phantom car which is suppose to be slow. He came in second place with his car at 2.763 seconds. We are so proud of him. Brian really got into it this year. We got a book and figured out where the weight should be and Brian fixed the wheels so the could spin better. Brian and Jaxon are already talking about next year's car and what they can do. We are thinking about entering in the local scout district pinewood derby in April. Jaxon had fun racing.

Out of a 4 year olds mouth

In closing exercises, yesterday, in Primary, a 4 year old girl told me that I must be a crazy person with all that weird, wild hair. I don't think she has ever seen curly hair before and I was having a good hair day. It was calm, no lion's mane just my ringlets.

Our winter break

I just checked my calendar and realized that I haven't blogged in 3 weeks. Sorry about that. We've been a little busy with some life changes added to it. We had a wonderful Christmas. The kids loved everything the got. I always worry that they won't like what they get especially Jaxon. They kept saying it was the BEST Christmas ever. Jaxon got a motorized scooter, some Lego's and a Harry Potter book. Phebe got a new bike, some clothes, a doll and a bear cub that moves, cries and wants to be feed. Jaxon is trying to learn patience about his scooter. You can't ride it when the temperature is below 32 and in the snow. We took him to the church building so he could ride it in the gym. Now he wants to do it all the time. Christmas night Phebe went to bed with her new doll and bear cub. The next morning she woke up and said she didn't sleep at all because her bear kept waking up and wanted to be taken care of.






After Christmas, my brother and his kids came down to spend the weekend with us. We went sledding behind my Dad's tractor around the yard. It was fun. We haven't played in the snow because it was to cold. That day we had a warm spell of 25.
We spent New Year's Eve with my parents and grandparents playing domino's. Phebe lasted until 11:30 and Jaxon was up until 1 am. We always have sparkling cider at midnight. Usually, we have Martinalli's cider but my mom couldn't reach them in the store and got a different kind that's made in Sweden. The Swedish don't know how to make apple cider. It tasted like the glue on an envelope. Yuck!
We woke up to more snow falling on New Year's Day. That meant no Grandma Loghouse and Grandpa coming to visit. The kids were sad about that. Phebe keeps asking when we're going to see them. Hopefully soon if the weather will cooperate. Brian had a good birthday. The theme for his gifts this year was DVD's. I think he got 5 plus the last season of Seinfeld. We haven't watched all of them yet. Brian and the kids watched the Seinfeld while I was doing inventory at the quilt store I used to work at. Jaxon is back at school. He started basketball this week. He really liked it. This is the first year he's played basketball. Luckily, Brian is home and he can take Jaxon to his practices. As you can tell, we had a wonderful winter break.

I forgot to tell you about our car. The day after Christmas we were stopped at a light and were hit by a teenager. She scratched the paint on the bumper. We just got it back from the shop. They had to take the bumper off and repaint it. This is the second time we had to fix the bumper. Last week, we went grocery shopping and while we were unloading the car a cat got in and peed in it. The cat was in the car for over 12 hours.

Christmas Peformances

Jaxon had 2 Christmas performances last week. The first was at school. It was only the 2nd and 3rd graders. Jaxon's group did a good job. They sang a few songs that we didn't know. One song they sang, all they needed was some robes and they would have been a Southern Baptist choir. The kids really got into it.



The second performance was at the mall on Saturday. Jaxon joined a group at school called the X Jam. He practices twice a week during lunch recess. He is enjoying it. He likes playing on the xylophones and of course, he's able to play them. The kids did good. Jaxon's favorite song of the night was Carol of the bells.