Growing up

Joanie turned six a week ago. I can't believe my baby girl is six. She has always been such a big helper. I don't know what's happened, but she's started having a terrible attitude. Throwing a fit over every little thing. We tried to stay away from toys for her birthday and instead bought her a desk and chair and a lot of art supplies. She loves drawing and being creative.
She has started to read and loves it. She brings home books everyday from school. It's great. She does love to read too. She is still shy and refuses to talk in front of large groups. However, for our Primary program she is willing to play the song "I am a Child of God" instead of talking. I'm really excited that she's willing to do anything in the program.
Starting in January she will be taking violin lessons. I'm excited that she shows an interest in music and reading. These are two very important things in my life.

On a side note: Hunter is doing awesome too. He's learned to count to 100 from listening to Joanie practice. He is so happy.

My first blog

K, I'm not a genius so I hope this works. My family is amazing. We have a lot of fun. With Halloween this past week we were extremely busy. Joanie was a cute witch and Hunter was a fireman (which is what he wants to be when he grows up). If I remember correctly they dressed up like four or five times throughout the week. By the end of the week I was ready for Halloween to be over. We went up to Granny and Grandpa's twice this week (my mom and dad's). For some unknown reason they decided to purchase a seven-seater teeter-totter. The kids love it. Joanie had fun playing with her friend Isabella.
Thursday we ended up going down to Utah Valley University in Orem for 3A state volleyball. I'm working on a story about it. We were able to see Ryan's niece Melissa while we were down there. Joanie was especially excited because Melissa is her favorite Palmer cousin.
We're just staying busy and missing our family and friends we don't get to see on a regular basis.