christmas

Hey everyone it is almost Christmas time again. Man the year has flown by. Our plans for the holiday are flying to missouri then to utah on christmas eve then back home again. We are excited for the trip I wish it was tomorrow. Brett and Karen we have you for christmas can you please share some idea's with us of a wish list:) I tried calling the other day but no answer. Hope all is well with everyone.

Isn't She Lovely?

Thought you might enjoy seeing Kikki's before and after photos. She loves her new hairdo, which scares me to death! Hopefully she learned her lesson. So far when asked she says that next time Mommy will cut her hair. We'll see how it goes!!

Baby Walking!!!
Jaxon has finally decided that walking is the way to go! It is now his main mode of movement. It is funny to watch him wobble after the cats saying "meow" like he expects them to stop and have a conversation with him. It is even funnier to see him stop mid walk and start dancing because he heard some music.

Mason went missing on me Thursday night. After searching his realm of comfort, I started to panic. The whole neighbourhood helped. He was with his little buddy that lives 3 houses down and neither of them had ever done anything like this. Just before I was about to call the 911, Raven called and said that they were at a neighbours house, a place that Mason is allowed to go to, but that no one had answered the door when Raven knocked previous. The mom brought the 2 missing boys to their moms as we were weeping uncontrollably. All Mason said with a confused look on his face was, "I was at David's". Talk about a scare me to death experience. I kept telling myself that he was okay and probably warm in someones house that he was allowed to be at, and he was. The newest rule in our house is that the kids have to call home when they get to their friends house that they have asked permission to visit. Mason was really concerned when he saw me crying. He had no clue what was up. The moms in the neighbourhood have decided that we will call the parent when their child shows up at our door and again when we send them home.

Sidnee is thoroughly enjoying kindergarten. She can hardly wait until she goes all day. She is getting good at taking care of her own hair and gives herself homework. She is already telling me that she is bored. I will be spending 1 day a month in her class, hopefully more.

Raven is doing well and enjoying karate as well as school. She is still the social butterfly. She loves to help in the kitchen. She made our peach freezer jam and then made the custard for our peach custard pie.

Steve just started a new shift at work. He is now M,T,W,S from 11:30 a to 10:00 pm. We will see how this goes. He is testing for his for degree black belt in October and still teaching karate. His new schedule is going to make teaching a little harder.

I am still enjoying my home. I enjoy having space to cook. I just finished putting up 4 bushels of peaches. They are so good. Now I am on to apples, I hope. I need to make more pie filling and applesauce. Some of my neighbours are wanting to join me in this adventure. After canning season then it is on to painting the kids rooms. Wish me luck.

Life Comes At You Fast

Hey! Things are still crazy here at the Brett Moore house. We've had an interesting couple of weeks. Treyton received a Blue Ribbon at the State Fair, but we haven't heard where he placed over-all. The judge checked off "Excellent" in every category and gave him very positive comments, but didn't let him know what to improve so he could do better next year. We asked our local leaders to try to find out where he placed over-all, so we could at least know how much improvement he needs in order to compete better next year.

Two weeks ago Brenlon jammed his left thumb while tackling someone in football practice. He kept it taped, and the coaches didn't let him play as much so it could heal up. A week later he hurt the same thumb when someone tackled him during practice. This time it seemed worse, so I took him in to the ER for x-rays. 4 1/2 hour later we found out that it was fractured. The doctor put him in a half-cast, told us to take him to the Orthopedic Surgeon in a week, and told him that he couldn't play football till then. Brenlon was pretty bummed, till the doctor told him that if he played and hurt it again it would probably need surgery. We saw the Orthopedic Surgeon yesterday. The fracture isn't too bad. It is through the growth plate, but he didn't think it would cause him any problems. It wasn't displaced at all. He put a cast on it and said he could even keep playing football if he padded the cast and didn't do anything stupid. He'll be in the cast for about 5 weeks. Brenlon's coaches are glad he's back. They want to try him as quarter back, but I'm not sure that will work too well with the cast.

Treyton is amazing on the football field this year. He is really loving it, and very aggressive out there. He is on the starting team. He plays the entire game on defense, and more than half the game on offense. The coaches are just amazed at the changes and improvements he's made since last year. In his last game, he made several great tackles, and even recovered one of the other team's fumbles. He's really fun to watch. I've been calling him "Rudy".

Kierra gave us our last bit of excitement. Sunday morning she came into my room and she had cut her own hair--all of it, except for a little mullet that she couldn't reach in the back. I couldn't believe it. We were growing her hair out to donate like Kindra had. She only had about a half an inch to go. Apparently she was tired of waiting! She now looks like our 5th boy. We keep getting her mixed up with Landon, as does everyone else. She looks like a totally different person. I had to give her a "Boy Haircut" to try to fix it. She left just enough up on top to do a comb-over and hide most of what she scalped.

That's been our excitement that last couple of weeks. Otherwise, we are doing good. Jayden is enjoying Select Soccer. He is getting a lot of playing time, which is great for being one of the youngest on the team. Treyton and Brenlon's team is playing really well. Their last game, they beat Imbler 52-24. We are all doing good. We sure love hearing what's new with all of you. Take Care!

Yipppie

Thanks DeLana, I finally get to sign in and Write something. Not that I have any thing special to say. I sure do enjoy the up dates you kids are putting on about your families. The Pictures are just great. Today is Saturday, oops really since it is 1:45 am I guess really it is Sunday. I can't sleep so thought I'd look around oon the net. We are busy like the rest of you, rush, rush, hurry, hurry. Always something going. We had our first freeze on Thursday nite I think it was, see I even loose track of the days. The green beans bit the dust any way and I need to see if I can salvage any thing from them. The new strawberry plants were loaded with berries. Darn any way. I should have good crop for those grandkids who come up next summer. Well hope your week next is a good one. To quote
Pres Ezra Taft Benson, "Some of the greatest battles you will face will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul"

Raven's Baptism

Raven's baptism was Sept. 2. She and her best friend were the first ones from our ward to be baptized in our new stake center. She was very particular about how she wanted everything. She picked her witnesses and the men that she wanted in the circle to confirm her. She called every one individually and asked them to stand in the circle. She was even particular about the songs that she wanted to be sung. I said the closing prayer. That was a mistake. It was very hard for me to keep composed. We made Raven read a bunch of different scriptures so that she would understand what she was doing and how to build her faith and testimony. It was a beautiful day and we ended with her favorite meal of Taco Salad at our house for lunch. It is hard to believe that our baby is 8. Next milestone is Young Women's. Thank heaven that I have almost 4 years and another baptism before then.

finally

okay I finally got pictures now I need to figure out how to put them on. Bo and dad are loving coaching football. The first game is tomorrow. Taedyn can't wait to play football though. Hope all is well with everyone. Look close to the little one in the picture of both boys. Bubba jr. man does he have a temper like Bubba. he has the biggest fits to.

Trip to Salem

This weekend we headed to Salem, Or to the State Fair. We left on Friday morning. We stopped at the falls just before we got to Portland and ate lunch. We went downtown Salem to the State Capitol building. We toured the building and grounds around it. It's a beautiful place. Treyton and Brenlon needed to tour it to get their Citizenship in the Nation merit badge. They got to sit in the Governor's chair, and learned quite a bit about the history of Oregon and it's Capitol buildings (2 previous buildings burnt down). We then went to Riverfront Park and rode the old Carousel.

On Saturday morning we headed to the Fair. Treyton gave his Presentation at 10:30. He did a great job. We are anxious to find out how he placed. We spent a few hours seeing the sights at the Fair. We got to watch some Open Class hog shows. There were a lot of really nice looking pigs there. It was fun to see which Boar won, as well as which Gilt and Barrow. The 4-H kids had shown the previous days, so we didn't get to see that. After we left the Fair, we came back home. It was a long way to go for such a short stay, but it was well worth it.

School starts up tomorrow for us. Landon is hardly able to contain himself! All the kids are pretty excited. Treyton and Brenlon have their first football game on Thursday. Jayden has his first Select Soccer game on Saturday. Kindra and Landon are competing in the Elks Soccer Shoot on Saturday. Last time Kindra tried it she won, went to Districts and won, then went to State and got 2nd place. She is excited to try it again. Kindra got her hair cut a couple weeks ago. She's been growing it out for a long time so she could donate it to Locks for Love. They take donated hair and make custom wigs for kids who lose their hair due to cancer treatments. She loves her new hairstyle, and had a neat experience giving to those in need.

We are doing good around here. We are busy, but doing really good.