Amazing!

Hello there! It has been awhile. We have had an amazing summer. My kids are amazing. My husband is amazing. Right now life is amazing! I haven't blogged for a while now, so why don't I do some updating.. Paige: I have lost just about 25lbs. I was diagnosed with Bells Palsy, and it is still hanging strong :/ Nine months with it on Saturday. It is draining me. I get discouraged. Most of my friends say it's hardly noticeable, but I notice is.. especially when I say words like spinach. I would say it has improved, but seriously I would do almost anything to get my smile back 100%. While on my road to weight loss, I took up running. I made it up for 3.5 miles and then it became summer and got too hot for me to run, so I stopped and I do Zumba at home. Ray: He has gone from working in Thermopolis, Wyoming to working about an hour away from home so he is HOME EVERY SINGLE NIGHT! Yippee!! He studied his little heart out and passed his 4th year Electrical Apprenticeship. Soon following he tested and PASSED his Electrical Journeyman test! He is officially a licensed Journeyman! Not just that, but he got promoted to Electrical Foreman for Elkhorn Construction contractors for Solvay Chemicals. He is awesome! In just a few short years he will be testing for his Masters. We have lots and lots of studying ahead! Now, here comes the bragging.. the kiddos Daxton: He is now a Sunbeam. He turns FOUR years old on Saturday! He is such a good helper. He loves his baby brother so very much. He is so smart, and he is starting preschool tomorrow. Wow, where does the time go? I can't wait to see what school helps him blossom into. He is such a sweet spirit. (A little story..) We were at the play ground and there was this little boy there playing by himself. Well I am unsure what all happened (I maybe heard that he kicked Dax, or that Dax kicked him they are 3 so who knows what really happened..) well they little boy started to cry. So I asked Dax what was going on and then I asked him if he was crying what would he want someone to do too/for him? Well I glance away and look up and Dax has his arm around the other little boy. The next thing I know is that they are playing and having a blast. Later Dax tells me that he is his new best friend. Ryker: A lot of new things have happened to this boy. He started crawling about 8 months at first it was army crawling. Then in July he broke his collar bone (he fell out of the truck..) and it must have irritated his collar bone to army crawl so he started "official" crawling. He turned ONE!! He is a monster. A cute monster. But seriously he is into anything and everything and loves to put it all in his mouth. He stands up for a few seconds by himself and loves to cruise along furniture. He would also spend all day long walking with your hand. He is little. Not on the charts for his weight and head, but they are both showing a nice curve right along side the "chart" line. His height is in the 20th percentile. (16lbs & 28in) He says "Mama" a lot, "dada" "dax" "ball" and "kitty" Nothing is slowing him down. He is a champ.