February Family Letter

I write a family letter every month to keep in touch with our out of town relatives and friends. Just thought I'd put it on here too.
February 4, 2009

Dear Family & Friends,

I don’t know about you, but at our house we are so glad to be one month closer to spring! As fun as January was, I’m glad that it went by fast.
Jonah celebrated his 5th birthday last month on the 21st. He got to take treats to preschool where they gave him a special birthday hat, a bag of goodies, and let him pick out a stuffed animal to bring home. He picked a soft, green frog. We had a family party on Saturday the 24th. Jonah had a great time! A big “Thank You!” to everyone who came and spoiled our little man with gifts and love!
Also last month, Jonah’s preschool class went on a field trip to the Museum of Natural History up at the U of U. I was lucky enough to be able to get a sitter and go with them. We had lots of fun looking at the dinosaur bones and their new insect exhibit. Jonah’s favorite was the T-Rex. Jonah is growing and learning faster than ever! His teachers have been doing testing at school and tell us that he’s passing them all with flying colors! He’s memorized the 1st article of Faith and is working on the 2nd.
We had a fun primary activity in January. It was a missionary activity where all the kids got to go on ‘missions’. We had returned missionaries from our ward come and be mission presidents for the kids. Each child got their own call and badge and came to our MTC. Then they went on an ‘airplane ride’ to their missions where their presidents picked them up. They got to learn about what it was like to be a missionary and about the place that they were called to. Nate was off work and helped us out as one of our presidents. Jonah went to the Philippines, Baguo mission and Lilly hung out with Daddy in the Mexico, Monterrey North mission. Everyone had a great time!
Jayne is anxious to get moving! She’s learned how to roll over and now she won’t stay still! Whenever we set her down on a blanket, she’s on her tummy within a minute or two. She tries to scoot by tucking her knees underneath her and pulling with her arms, but she’s not quite strong enough to get that tummy off the floor. She can’t roll from her tummy to her back yet. She doesn’t like to be on her tummy too long and she definitely lets us know it. I have a feeling she’s going to be hard to keep up with in a couple months.

Jayne still has her incredible, untamable hair. She’s got a couple of thin spots from where her head rubs when she’s sleeping or playing on the floor. But for the most part, she’s still got all her hair. I guess the third time’s the charm when it comes to having a ‘not-bald’ baby. =)




As for Nate and me, it’s just business as usual. Nate is working hard. He’s going to be eligible to move up one level closer to management in April. He was going to have to wait one more year, but one of the head honchos came to the store and saw him working and told his manager that they needed to push him through as soon as he’s put in 2 years. What a blessing! We’re so grateful that his hard work is being recognized and rewarded.

I’m keeping busy with the kids, primary, and volunteering at Jonah’s preschool. I did our taxes last week and can’t wait for the refund to hit the bank so we can pay off our hospital bills and some other things.

That’s all for now! We love you all and hope the first month of this New Year was kind to you!
Love,
Nate, Ashley, Jonah, Lilly, and Jayne