the kids

Braxton is 11 now, just about to turn 12.  He will be a deacon in a month, wow.  He played football this year. He was a North Forsyth Raider.  They had a pretty good season and even when to the championships.  They came in second place, not to shabby.  It was a very time consuming sport and I was very glad when the season ended.  Braxton does really well in school.  His best subjects are Math and Science, boy he sure doesn't get that from me.  He's not only school smart, but he picks up on things very quickly.  Which can be annoying at times.  He is a fantastic big brother, always wanting to help me with the kids.  He is a big helper to me, always asking if there is anything I need for him to do.  If he senses that I don't feel well he will see if there is anything I need.  He is just a really good kid.

 So this was the sad year that Braxton broke it to me that he didn't believe in Santa anymore.  Apparently he felt this way lastyear, but didn't want to tell me.  It's little things like that, that I think are going to be the hardest for me with the kids, but I guess they have to grow up.  There was an upside to this....he took over the roll of moving the elf everynight.  And he was excited about it.  He did fun little things with him and it was fun to see Hailey's reaction when she saw the mischief he'd gotten into.  This is a picture of the elf getting into the cereal.

 One Sunday, Braxton and Hailey wanted to set the table for dinner and this is what they came up with.

 Little miss Hailey is 7 now. She will be baptized this year.  She is our little artist.  She loves to dance and just started piano lessons, along with Braxton.  She is so excited to go, and to practice!  I hope the enthusiasm keeps up.

 Hailey lost one of her front teeth.  She worked on it for weeks and finally just ripped it out after I told her I was going to take it out myself.  She was so proud she got it out.  Too bad her other front tooth has a big cavity on the side of it that you can see now.

 Mr. Logan is our little comedian.  He loves to be goofy, especially if he has an audience.  He is a funny kid.  When Braxton and hailey were babies they had a bearblanket that they took with them everywhere.  Logan never really became attached to anything, and then all of the sudden he was carrying this blanket that was made for Hailey as a baby, around.  He loves to snuggle it and nuzzle it, it's pretty funny.  If he sees it across the room, he'll run over to it and lay on it with a big smile on his face.

 Logan loves to dance.  Actually all three of our kids couldn't resist bobbing heir head if they heard music, when they were babies.  If any music is on, even the hymns at church, he'll start dancing a little.

 Logan is probably our pickiest eater.  Dinner time can be really difficult.  Once we were having crock pot chicken and asparagus.  He loved the chicken, but wouldn't touch the asparagus.  I had finally given up feeding him and started to eat my dinner, when Hailey started laughing.  I looked over and he'd put his asparagus on his head.  I guess that's one way to get rid of it.

Logan is a huge snuggler.  If you pick him up he will hug you so tight.  He loves to snuggle with Mike in our bed.  One night, Logan woke up crying and we happened to still be up, so Mike went to see what was wrong. He brought him back in our room and was snuggling with him to calm him down and they both fell asleep.