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Thursday.  Wyatt woke up this morning sick, sick, sick!!  Ugh!  I made him a little path from his bedroom to the bathroom.  He is a very good sick kid!!

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Wednesday.  Should I take down my Christmas decorations?  The house feels so naked after I put them away.  The kids will come home from school and say, "Ohhhh mom, you took down Christmas! :( "   A little sad, but also a fresh start to a brand new year!!  I love that part!!

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Tuesday.  Brenna and Dad playing catch.  They both love this!!  That Brenna has an arm on her!!  Vince told her she could get a scholarship to play for Uof A softball someday!  Go girl!!

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Monday.  2011 planner - a.k.a. my plan of ATTACK!   This is me being organized!!
My dear friend Camie sent me a Christmas planner similar to this.  I liked it so much I made one for myself for the new year!  2011, watch out!!
I taught RS this past Sunday on our theme for the new year... "Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing..."  D&C 88:119.  I have thought of this subject for a while now and it really is true, just organizing my thoughts (writing them down), has really made a difference.  I can clearly see my goals for the year, what the priority is right now and what can wait until later from my to - do list.  Now to put it into ACTION!!  :)
And YES, I do have a section for "December plans"!  A place where I can gather ideas and things we want to do and a plan of action for that very busy time of year.  I have learned the last few years that if I wait for December to hit to make a plan... it is already too late!! 

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Sunday.  This is my big boy Bryant.  He was so excited to get his CTR ring from his new primary class!  I took this picture after church when Bryant snagged Wyatt's clip-on tie and wanted to show me his ring!  Cute.

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Saturday.  Riley was asked to watch a neighbors dog while they were out of town.  Make that 5 dogs and 2 cats!!  Yikes!  Riley has been very responsible, going over to their house several times a day to take this dog out or put that dog "down for a nap".  :)  This is a picture that I took from the boys window.  It over looks into the Depillo yard and then into the Lund yard.  I kinda felt like a paparazzi!

couple things

*Time is just FLYING!  All of last week is a blur!  Seriously!  I need to s-l-o-w down a bit.  Do you know that we went to Disneyland the middle of September and I haven't even LOOKED through the pictures I took!!!!  Now that is just SAD!  I almost forgot my password to check on to my own blog... because it has been so long since I have written anything!     --I will never catch up.--    Maybe if I just make peace with that, I can quit feeling behind.   NEVERTHELESS...  a couple things tonight, so I will not forget these precious days!

*Fall Break is this week.  Yep, a week off of school.  I personally am looking forward to NOT getting up at 5:30 am to get Riley off to seminary.  --I was really excited until Riley told me his football practice schedule.  7-10 am, which means we leave at 6:30AM!  Ugh, oh well... too good to be true! 

*During fall break, Preston will be studying the location of each state in our Grand United States of America.  He had a test the day before break and did not do so hot!  His teacher called me and said he could take it again the Monday after break and average the 2 grades.  He just needs to spend some time.  --Another fall break agenda item... Preston and Wyatt need new Sunday pants, and Brenna needs new Sunday shoes... in a bad way.  Items that are essential this week!

*Tonight Bryant came upsatirs to ask me for a snack.  I was in the middle of something and asked him to ask dad (Vince was downstairs).  After a few more minutes of whining and asking for me to pu-lease make him a snack...  I said, "Bryant, why do you want ME to do it?"   He then looked me square in the face and with puppy dog eyes said, " Because you are my Best Friend!"   Ahhhhhh!  Of course I will make you a snack, best friend!!  :)

*Vince is giving the kids PPI's tonight.  My parents did this when I was young.  Kind of a "how are things going"  interview.  Both my parents sat down with us individually and chatted for a bit.  We could ask questions, talk about what was important to us, anything really.  Well, I was thrilled when Vince wanted to do this.  But...  he wanted to do it by himself.  I'm not invited.  What?  He thought the kids would be more comfortable with only one parent.  He also doesn't get as much one on one time, so this will be his "thing".  I'm glad.  I'm glad he will fill me in later, I'm glad he gets to have this time with the kids.  I'm really glad our kids have such a loving dad who wants to spend time with them and cares about each one individually.  We are all lucky!