Before November

So I guess I should get a token October post in before it's November--ALREADY!

Time has flown by that's for sure. Ella is doing great at school, really loving it. We had parent teacher interviews last week. She is struggling in a few areas, we walked away thinking, Yikes didn't know you could 'fail' Kindergarten. She totally isn't but just defiantly has been a transition for her. And as the teacher pointed out, they've only been in school for 20 days so far.

Keera is really loving to color these days. She's actually a better color'er that Ella, I think it has to do with the patience thing. She also started speech therapy at the end of September. She has mild to moderate speech problems but the therapist thought a 6m course of therapy would get her back on track. She really enjoys going and does quite well. We've done "h" sounds and "F" sounds so far, she has the H down pat, but we're still working on the F sounds. I think she quite enjoys the time with out Ella, as she gets to 'be the boss' though Jett holds his own and does his fair share of being the "pesky younger brother".

Jett is still made about cars, trucks and trains. LOVES them. He has one in his hand 90% of the time. He play on his own quite contently if he has some cars. He often likes to "tow" things with the cars/trucks. Today it was a bun. He is really starting to talk more too, can get his point across with out much problem. He's also gone from calling me "ma" to Mommie, which I love. He does the same with Jay.. "da-deee".

We just got back from Calgary for thanksgiving and then we went to Jayme's parents where Jayme stayed with his Dad and the kids while I had a girls weekend with Jayme's Mom and Sisters. We drove to Salt Lake where his one sister Alisynn lives. We shopped, shopped, ate Mexican food, and shopped some more. It was a ton of fun! We also went to Temple Square and they had a miniature display of the Salt Lake Temple, and the interior! It was neat to see it in that perspective, and I'm sure answers some questions for those that have not been in a Temple, what they generally look like inside. They had a beautiful video to accompany it that generally explains what happens in each room. Defiantly worth the visit. I 'borrowed' this picture off my SIL's blog (thanks KD)

Jayme has been working as a supervisor since September. It's a temporary spot but we really hope it turns in to permanent (covering for a supervisor that has a ton of vacation days accumulated). This means that he goes to work about 7-8am (instead of 4:30-5am) and can take Ella to the bus stop in the mornings she goes to school (huge help!) sometimes he is home for lunch (never happened before) and is home for supper more than before, but sometimes does work a bit later. (but doesn't have the later nights like he would before). He is really enjoying it, as am I.

I'm just plugging away with the usual. Laundry, dishes, meals, cleaning ect. I'm still sitting about 58lbs lost.. haven't lost anything for a month (thanks to thanksgiving, girls weekend, and a lull in my motivation these days.) I"m trying to convince myself that I'm back in the game, and making a push to lose so more weight before Christmas. It is such a BATTLE. uhg. but I don't want to let go now.. got. to. keep. going.

Sorry there are not many pictures (I love blogs with pictures) but someone (Ella) dumped/spilt water on our laptop and it's in dry out mode till tomorrow. (it's where all our recent pics are).