He wanted a bank he could lock-this is all we could find.

Jack's birthday

This is Teddy-Matthew's best friend. I found about 20 pictures of Teddy on my camera.

Home 9 weeks (tomorrow)

We have been home now for nine weeks. I can tell you it has been hard, but the boys are starting to learn the rules. They have stopped fighting as much and their English has improved a lot.

Yesterday was Jack's 15th birthday. I think he enjoyed it except for the fact that he sprained his ankle really bad last saturday at a wrestling match. He is hobbling around because his crutches hurt his arms. Last night we had cake, ice cream and presents. He was all smiles. I have some pictures but I have a cold and am too tired to post them right now.

Jack didn't finish wrestling because of his ankle but Alex got third and my Nephew Ben (who is 5) got first.

Monday I took Alex to his eye specialist appointment in Omaha-the weather was not good. But my Dad drove us (me, Alex, Matthew, my sister Angie and two of her boys who had appointments in Omaha also) down and back. There isn't anything they can do for Alex's right eye. He is to old so we are getting him so glasses without a prescription in order to protect his good eye. If something happened to his good eye he would be basically blind. Next Monday all three boys go to the dentist-that should be an adventure.

Matthew's abc's-he put the entire alphabet in order on the fridge

Christmas morning
Ryan and Diane

Ryan and Baby Cody

Jeff, Alex and Matthew fixing a computer

Matthew at his Christmas program

This wasn't what I forgot. But Matthew just came into the room and said
"Mom when Alex gets grown up and lives somewhere else, I will miss him Mom."

How sweet is that?

We had a nice New Years Eve. We went to our good friends Randy and Trish's. They have a grown daughter and two daughters around Jack's age. They are sweet hearts! We took my two neices (9 &6) and my nephew (5 months)along with us. We had lots of fun-even though it is getting hard to stay up past ten o'clock-but we made it until one.
On Saturday Jack and Alex wrestled in a Pee Wee wrestling meet. Jack will be to old for these next week when he turns 15 but it is good practice for him. Matthew was supposed to wrestle too but he refused. In fact we pulled him out of wrestling practice too, he doesn't like practice but maybe next year when he is in Kindergarten. Jack wrestled the same guy three times, the kid weighed 12 pounds more than Jack but noone else his age showed up. Jack won once so he got second. Alex wrestled five times, he never got pinned. He got fifth place, he is really strong but needs to learn a few moves. He is wrestling kids who have been wrestling for 4 or 5 years. I love to watch the little guys wrestling-the 5 and six year olds. They are so cute! My nephew Ben and our neighbor boy Luke are adorable to watch. Ben got second and Luke got first.
The boys started back to school today, I was happy. I was able to finally get back to my work. Matthew will start a new babysitter on Wednesday so I will be able to work full days instead of half days while he is in Preschool.
Matthew said a couple of cute things, maybe I can remember them..................
We made Cinnamon rolls (you know the kind from the can) Matthew called the boys to eat " Boys the casserolls are ready!"
I know there was one more I wanted to remember..........Oh well maybe tomorrow!