-Jeremy discovered the cause of his sleep problems and was able to get medication to help. He is a new man!! Wishing we could have discovered it sooner!
-Federal Way proved to be a horrible place to educate the children. We enrolled at four schools in our short 2 year stay there and where not at all impressed.
- Maya brought a sweet spirit into the house in a way that only babies can do. She learned sign language and how to talk very early. Her Vocabulary continues to impress us.
-After the schooling situation had pushed us to look harder we began looking for a new community to build a life in. The criteria; good schooling, low crime, easy commute, high member population.
-Not to far into the search Maple Valley came into the equation. Maple Valley was top five in the nation for their high school and got a 5 out of 5 for the whole district on great schools. It was rated the third lowest crime rate in Wa. and the Stake is the biggest in Wa. Our search was over Maple Valley became our home March 2010.
- We first rented a home in Maple Woods so that we could sell our home in Pasco, with in a month our home in Pasco sold and I began the search for our new home.
-The girls attended Glacier Park Elementary and they loved it....every minute of it. They had friends in the neighborhood, friends on the bus, friends at church. Finally I felt like we gave them their childhood back. They were on their bikes till bed time and eager to go to school. Life had never felt so on track.
-I was called to serve in Young Womans which for me was a pretty big deal because I had never been to YW before.
-Emma was Baptized. Friends and family came to celebrate Emma's choice to be baptized.
-Jeremy and I celebrated our five year Anniversary with a trip to Hawaii.
-Jeremy started his own year round indoor soccer team and they have played four seasons so far.
-We did Great Wolf Lodge two years in a row in February, a new family tradition.
-Cousins week now included little Kailee she is a total Aunties girl and loves to dress up with Maya.
-Molly and Emma play fast pitch and are loving it. Molly plays left field and Emma plays catcher.
-Maya loves all the play groups and spending time with her friends.
-December 2010 one week before Christmas we bought our home in Maple Valley. By far the most stressful Christmas but also a very memorable one.
-Jeremy and I signed up for the Ragnar Relay and I took up running.
-I got called to serve as Camp Director which has proven to be quite a task. (Having fun with it though;)
Mollys favorite things; Her Cell phone,her dog Daisy, xbox kinect, her bf Alex,
Emmas favorite things; her little sis, her bike, playing math games
Mayas favorite things; DORA, Barney, backpacks, shoes....oh and her daddy!!
Well you are all caught up and I will do better this go around and eventually load some pics!
