A Moment of Silence

Wow! While I have a moment, I'll try to write a quick update:

Treyton and Brenlon are now playing basketball. Treyton is working hard, and has earned a starting position on the A-Team. Brenlon is starting on the B-Team. Football ended well--they crushed North Powder (our rival) 64-24. It was an awesome game to watch. They are both on the Lego Robotics Team, and will be competing in the local tournament on Saturday. They both got straight A's on their first quarter report card.

Jayden and Kindra are doing well. Kindra competed at the State Elks Soccer Shoot in Salem, Or earlier this month. She received 2nd place! She scored 34 points, which is a great score. She won the District Shoot with a score of 28. Jayden is excited to start basketball next week. Brett started up an AAU Basketball program here in Cove a few years ago for the 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. Kindra is nervous to try it, but I'm sure she'll do great.

Landon is still having problems with his ears. He failed his 3rd hearing test recently. He has slight hearing loss in one ear, and slight-to-moderate hearing loss in the other. Monday we went in to see about getting his ears tubed again. They were infected again. We are setting an appointment with the specialist to tube them. This will be the 3rd time. They found during his hearing tests that his ears work fine, they are just constantly full of fluid so he can't hear well. It is starting to affect his daily life, so we are hoping tubing them again will help fix the problem.

Kierra is doing great. She is just a little ball of fire. She misses Lanny terribly in the mornings, but seems to enjoy the alone time with Mommy. I think she just misses fighting with Lanny, as that's what she starts doing as soon as we pick him up from school! She loves her short hair, but reminds me all the time that only Mommy can cut her hair now. Thank goodness!

We stayed home for Thanksgiving this year. This was a first for us. We've gone to my parents house every year since we've been married. It was such a nice, relaxing weekend! My parents came to our house Thursday and left Saturday. I think they enjoyed it also, so maybe we can do it again next year! After my parents left we went up the mountain and got a Christmas tree. We decorated it Sunday, as well as the inside of the house. We've never gotten the decorating done so early before! It feels so nice. We got 6 inches of snow Monday night and Tuesday morning, and now it's turned cold. It's supposed to warm up tomorrow, so I'm hoping to get lights and decorations up outside. I love the snow, but wish it wouldn't get cold right afterwards. The roads are just packed ice, as there was no time to melt them off.

Well, that's about it around here. Brett starts Tithing Settlement this Sunday. He's really looking forward to it! Ha! Ha! I've been having some health problems, but the doctors are working on figuring out what's wrong. Otherwise, we are doing well around here! Take care everyone!