the christmas/new years/probably valentines card for 2012

Top ten ish moments of 2012

(if I say ish after ten I can do more or less and no one will wonder if I have mad counting skills or not...)

1.       We welcomed Creed to our family we could not be happier. He is so happy all the time and we really scored with such a cute fun to be around kiddo. Not only is he a completely pleasant kid, he is the one and only that gave Amy the pleasure of hearing a “Mama” before any other word (Dada).He is walking and talking ish and that has made a busy year for him (and us).

2.       We went to Yellowstone in June for a Weight family reunion. Jocelyn’s favorite animal is now officially buff-a-low and no one was eaten by the bear lurking unseen by the Cabin. We saw old faithful blow and sat in the hot tub at night with cousins. We froze in a snow storm in June and loved taking the new car on a road trip…which everyone survived-some better than others (ie…ask Creed about the shoe he took to the head when Jocelyn was done being in the car).

3.       Had a Rice family reunion here in St George in July. We played at the lake, hiked, crafted, slip and slided, and had awesome fire works. We also spent a day in pine valley with the extended family and had fun riding horses, chasing chickens, eating watermelon, and enjoying weather less than 100 degrees…

4.       Got a new swing set and TV to alleviate frustration for Amy and the kids. The old TV was so jerry rigged that no one but Brent could turn it on and the swing set was so well loved it was falling over and could have poked someone’s eye out or damaged a spleen.  Now life is good in the weight family entertainment business.

5.       Watched lots of dancing and soccer and piano.

Cami played competitive soccer and her team did awesome.

Both Cami and Taryn have been taking ballet and Taryn did a stint of tap and now jazz. Jocelyn  joined the dancing crew last fall and is very devoted so far.

 Cami  has made big strides with piano and it is genuinely fun to listen to her play. Creed’s favorite past time is wobbling over to the piano and playing away for as long as I will let him.

6.       Brent got spend a lot of time up north helping his parents this fall time while his mom has been sick. It is nice for him to have a flexible work schedule and location so he can really be supportive. He has spent a lot of time being a good kid and we are all thankful he is and Grandma is out of the hospital finally.

7.       Jocelyn pretty much potty trained herself with very few accidents! YEA for only one kiddo in diapers now and YEA for a fairly drama free potty training. What a good girl!

8.       Taryn is done with speech therapy! *(more or less-at least until she is a little older/has more mature mouth  muscles and can anatomically make the r sound…until then we love hearing w’s in its place and she is glad not to miss class every week for speech)

9.       Cami chose to be baptized into the lds church and we are really proud of all the good choices she makes. She has a great sensitive kind heart.

10.   Everyone improved swimming skills this summer and Jocelyn is basically a fish. She was a little nervous the first day but basically kicked bum despite the tubes in her ears getting infected…She (and Cam and Taryn) spanked the pool this year and we are starting to have greater confidence that one day we can be around water without stressing.

11.   Taryn, in a feat of great perseverance and amazing work ethic, completed a “great brain project”  at school. This was an extra assignment filled with research, and field trips, and bibliographies, and papers, and a TV show made all by herself…She studied germs and I cannot believe what a good job she can do when she is interested and committed…Remember she was in kindergarten at the time.

12.   In May Cami and Taryn ran the iron man kids race. It was a mile long and they were super proud of themselves (and so was I). Cami is all about doing more races and Taryn is all about not getting too sweaty again…Good times.