Monday, February 7, 2011

The Long Trip......to Utah!!!



We went to Utah this weekend so we are late getting this posted. We were able to spend Friday with the Trappett family and play with the cousins. We went down to Herriman on Saturday for Eli’s Baptism. Eric spoke at the Baptism on the Holy Ghost. We are excited for Malia to be baptized in December. She is looking forward to it and spends a little time each Sunday with Daddy to prepare for baptism. We had lots of fun playing games with all the families. It makes us long for a bigger family. Aidan came away from the weekend with a new favorite. He was up this morning running all over the house wanting a “gogurt”. Guess we can add those to our grocery list! Malia started gymnastics again for a six-week class and was really excited. She picked up right where she left off. No worries. And her favorite color is no longer rainbow – it is now blue – but not just any blue – cerulean blue!!  We started her on a new morning chart to hopefully make mornings not so miserable. She is old enough now to get up and ready by herself without us constantly calling after her. We will see how she does. If she can do it for 10 days in a row she gets to go out for ice cream.  Hooray!! Mommy is still trying hard to do Zumba two times each week. She loves it and has fun, but sometimes it’s really hard to go. Daddy started his third business and hopefully one of them will eventually pay off.

Aidan's Song



Sunday, January 30, 2011

New Year's Resolutions!

The Graybill Family has set a new goal to publish a journal entry at least once a week about our comings and goings! Just to give a little idea of what is going on in our life.

Aidan has been down this last week with Hand, Foot, Mouth Disease (HFMD). It is horrible. I hope no one ever gets it. There is little to do to help him. He has sores all over the inside of his throat, mouth, and lips. He can't sleep, eat, and for a few days didn't even really play. He is slowly getting back to his regular self. However, they say to keep him away from everyone for 7-10 days. He is turning into quite the talker. I love to here him say "polka dot" and thank you which he says "welcome".  He loves to watch Transformers and I think we have seen it at least 25 times this week.

Malia is busy as always with piano, school, and ballet. She is quite the popular girl at school and everyone wants to play with her and be her friend. She is learning to make good choices, be a good example, and be kind to everyone. Malia got the reading award for her class this last semester.

Our family finished the Book of Mormon in 90 days for our Primary Challenge. It was some very long reading days. Aidan learned when we picked up the scriptures he was ready to say "NO!" We have since slowed down and he reads along with us.