I am so proud of my kids! There will be bragging in this post.... so be warned!

Last week (sun. the 22nd) Dan and I were asked to speak. When I asked how long and if there were youth speakers the Counselor presiding said that there wouldn't really be any youth speaker..... "instead, isn't Tanner getting pretty old? (uh, 9 almost 10) We were thinking that he could be the youth speaker for that day. Do you think he will do it?" So, the nice mom that I am said OK.

Long story short. He wasn't nervous until he was sitting up in front of everyone and then it sunk in. Dan just told him that it was ok to read his talk word for word and that it isn't any different than speaking in primary- instead of kids not listening , it's adults not listening- he, he. He also told him it would put hair on his chest and make him a man. Needless to say he did a great job! I am so proud!

Another proud moment is my little miss smarty pants Jayla. She is in a gifted and talented program called Destination Imagination ( Rising Stars is what they are called in 2nd grade) Her and her group wrote and did the sets for a play they came up with. They will be in competition this Sat. with other groups from Colorado. They have been meeting weekly, since Jan. putting this together. She has LOVED being involved in this! It has been so great watching her bloom.
She is also having such a great time playing basketball. She is one of the littlest one's out there but she is really starting to catch on. She still has moments where running down the court ends up with her racing the girl ( she is the fastest, but then forgets to go after the ball).

Can't leave the other 2 out so..........

Zachary is doing so well in pre-school. It's funny because I have had a couple moms tell me that their little girls have crushes on him. He is learning so quickly and I can't believe that he will start kindergarten next year! He wants it to be spring.... right now..... so he can play soccer again. Of course he thinks he can keep up with the big kids. So every once in a while we have to "hold" him back so he doesn't kill himself (or others).

Jake is just Jake. He is FULL of spunk (and other things I will not name). Being the last, he gets away with a lot more than the other ones did. He is too smart for his own good. He can talk WAY too much and likes to use words that aren't allowed in our house. Even after all the "scoldings" his gotten it doesn't detour him, not even a little. I have to hand it to him..... Maybe that stubbornness will come in handy sometime. He sure is cute though. That's benefited him more than once.

Those are just a few things about the kids lately.