August-December 2009

Well where to start! Its been a while since I have updated our blog....



August.....
Well AJ started the first grade this year, he was so excited for school to start back up. He has already received his first progress report and is doing wonderful. His reading level at the beginning of the school year is where they expect it to be at the end of first grade. We are so proud of him!!!

AJ has also started Cub Scouts, he is loving it. Aaron and AJ went on there first camping trip at the end of August to Fiesta Island.

September......

AJ and his Cub Scout den took a hike in a local canyon to view different plants and track some different animals. They were also lucky enough to see a beautiful rainbow.

Also in September Eli started AWANA's with our church, he absolutely loves it. Its so great to see him get involved in something! He loves going every week and loves memorizing his bible verses.

October....

October brought us the AWANA's grand prix race. Eli had so much fun with this and loved building his car with daddy. The best part was the look on his face every time his car won a race. He placed 2nd in overall he also won an award for best time, guess it pays when daddy knows how to build a race car...LOL!
Halloween was so much fun this year with all the kids really into trick-or-treating. AJ was Tony Stewart the NASCAR driver, Eli decided he wanted to be Lighting McQueen, and Isabella was a Dallas Cowboy's cheerleader. They had so much fun going through the neighborhood and trick or treating. They hit more houses than I thought they would but they had a ton of energy!

October also brought Bella an early birthday present, Big Nanny and Big Papa came out for Uncle Marks birthday and helped us get Bella's big girl bedroom set. She LOVES it!!

November.....

Well November brought us Bella's 2nd birthday and Thanksgiving.... Along with the flu..... We were all set to celebrate Bella's birthday and 3 days before her party AJ got the croup and was admitted into the hospital for a night, then I ended up getting sick with the H1N1 flu along with Eli and Aaron also catching it. Wow it was fun, Rhonda flew in the day AJ was released from the hospital and was such a big help because I was so sick. Because of this we just had a small party for Bella at our house with just us and Gigi.

That weekend also brought us AJ's Rain Gutter Regatta with his Cub Scouts. He did really well for having the croup and his lung capacity not being at its normal levels.

November also brought our 7th wedding anniversary. We spent Thanksgiving day at my parents house watching the Dallas Cowboys kick some Raider butt's!! WooHoo! Thanksgiving day we also were able to celebrate Bella's birthday with my parents and brother. Bella made out like a bandit from October till December..LOL

December...

Well we started out December with AJ receiving the citizen of the month award for Respect, we are so proud of him for being so respectful and doing so well in school.

December was a very busy month for all of us I started working again for the toy store to help out for the holiday's. It took a little while for the kids to get used to it but they did well. We spent Christmas Eve at my Uncle Mark's house. The kids had fun running around and playing pool. Here are a few of this kids from opening there gifts on Christmas Eve.

Christmas Day was spent at our house, we had a quiet morning opening gifts and eating cinnamon rolls while watching the Disney Parade. Later in the afternoon my parents, brother and grandparents came over to have a late lunch/ early dinner of enchilada's. My best friend Kevin also came over to watch the Charger game with us. The kids love when Uncle Kevin's in town and he comes over to play with them. Here are some pics of our morning and the kids opening their gifts.

We hope you all had a wonderful Holiday season and a Happy New Year!
Love,
The Bohannan's