Happy Birthday Tyson!

Happy Birthday to one awesome stepdad!  We are so happy to have you in our family!  Hope your day is the greatest!!!

Happy Birthday

Just wanted to wish Kale a Happy Birthday today, and hope that all you love birds out there had a great Valentine's Day!!!!

Kids say the Darndedst things!

I thought for this month it would be fun to put a quote, phrase...anything funny or outlandish that our kids are saying with their pictures this month.  Let's see whose kids are saying what!

For example....we were doing a family activity and Kale did something...don't ask me I don't remember....and I asked him why they would do that...he said, "Well because we are afraid of their mother!"  So I asked the kids if they were afraid of me....and you get that "Noooooo!" that they might as well be nodding their heads yes to.  And Ender not even skipping a beat after they had said that, spoke up saying, "Well only a lot!"

McKell and Deron

Just wanted to get a photo in of the current two cutest Wagner kids!

I guess we shouldn't exclude the caboose either though!

Wagner UPDATE

We finally figured out how to get it!!! yay!!!!!.  Update: measuring 33 weeks, Almost there!  Tyson is banking on Bentley Wagner for baby name.  I'm adding Autumn as a middle name.  So plan on seeing little Bentley Autumn Wagner before the end of March!!!!

I hope I get the hang of this!

Well I don't know if any of you know, but we are not
bloggers!  I hope this will help me get a little more organized with our family and help keep everyone up to date of our crazy lives!
There isn't much happening with our family this month.  We continue to work on things around the home.

Quincy is, as you all know, quite the handy man!  We have a few things to finish up on the new floor, but we are very pleased with how they turned out!  (this was during the processes!)  We do still have baseboards to to get and paint, and put up, but we love the the new floor.  Quincy also refinished our kitchen table.  We still have the chairs to do, but it looks very nice with the floor.

Quincy continues to work hard at the prison.  He doesn't get any vacation time until after May, so it will be a long few months.  Hopefully we will be able to get away to a few places this summer. He is a teacher in Elder Quorum, and for the most part I think he enjoys the calling.  He had a fun time helping Keaton shot his 22 last month.  I think that will be a great past time for the both of them as Keaton continues to get older!

Jamie (me) is still working hard.  Sometimes it doesn't seem like there is a break between work and family, it gets jumbled together most days.  I am now in the Primary and get to teach Kendylls class.  It has been a blast so far.  I was extremely sad to be released from Young Women, but after having my Tuesday's back, it has made life a little less crazy for me!

Kendyll continues to love Kindergarten.  She seems to be learning and enjoying almost every minute of it.  She was Student of the month in December for Kindergarten, and got to have a picture with the Principal.  The teacher seems to be very pleased with how well she listens and participates.  She continues to get prizes and praises from her teacher and principal for being well behaved and doing good in school!  She is very colorful in choosing her outfits each day, and it shows her bright personality.  I am hoping to put her in dance or soccer, not quite sure which ones she wants to do more!  (also I am a procrastinator in getting her signed up for things,)  Nothing wrong with flowers, plaid and stripes, and snow boots RIGHT!

Keaton is a crazy little 4 year old.  He loves going to pre-school.  He has made a lot of friends, and his teacher continues to tell me how much she enjoys him, and has to remind herself to call on other kids, because Keaton is always raising his hands first, and almost always has the right answers.  He is the little leader out of his class and always a big help!  He loves to play Call of Duty with dad, and he is actually getting pretty good for a 4 year old!  He loves to play with his lego's and build things.  It is fun to see how imaginative he can be.  He is still very sweet and love to cuddle with mom, and will quite often still say I love you!.  Melts my heart every time he says that and smiles with his super cute dimples!  He is going to be a heart breaker someday!  This picture was taken on Christmas Eve and we did candle's for the cemetery!  It was freezing! But we enjoy that tradition each year!

We will try and be better at taking pictures.  This will hopefully help us be more aware of that, and snap away more often.  Love you all!  Quincy, Jamie, Kendyll and Keaton!

Haps in P*Town

Here are some highlights from January for the Adam Rindy family:

* We have read The Book of Mormon every day ALL YEAR LONG. (We're not sure how long we'll be able to say that, so we're taking advantage of every chance we get.)  Misty has worked out a fun new reading schedule, and we're already on chapter 17 of 1 Nephi.  (We didn't make it much past that through all of 2012, so we're feeling pretty good.)

* We've arranged a Kid Swap so we watch kiddos while their parents go to the temple and then our kids go to their house while we go to the temple.  It's a stroke of genius, since it takes care of the kidlet situation and we have extra forces encouraging us to get to the temple.  We took advantage of Human Rights Day (when Adam had the day off) to go for the first time this year and it was great.  The new movie invites a lot of pondering, and we both came away with some new lessons.

* We've started this rice experiment that Misty heard about at Time Out For Women and the kids have had a blast saying nice things to the Love Rice and grumpy things to the Hate Rice.  We're hoping that our little experiment turns out the way it's supposed to, but so far it has made a big difference, particularly with how the kids talk to each other.  It's awesome.

* AJ & Aaron have read 1,000 books with their first grade class and got to have a 'D' Party.  Their teacher encouraged them to come to school in a disguise or dressed up and our boys took that to mean they could wear their Skeleton Halloween Costumes from 2 years ago.  They thought it was the greatest day ever.

* Melia has also been having a blast at school.  They are working on their Pirate unit in her Preschool and her treasure hunt was last week.  She came home looking like the real deal.

* Adam took his Praxis Test for his Reading Endorsement class and rocked it.  After 6 years of endorsements, he's taking a small break, much to Misty's delight, before he begins his Technology Endorsement next year.  It is great to have him home on Tuesday nights.

* Melia's dance recital was last weekend and she did a great job.  It was wonderful especially to have Grandma Rindy come support her (and bring GummiBears for AJ & Aaron - bonus!).  Melia loves dancing and performing and thought she was hot stuff when she got flowers from her uncles after the show.

* Our Wednesday nights have been busy with Mutual for Adam and volleyball games for Misty, but that helps us enjoy our commitment-free evenings even more.  We love spending time together at home, doing puzzles, playing games, and relaxing without having to rush around.  Life is good.