Turkey day fun!

We decided as a family to go to the Turkey Trot here on post. They had a 5K and a 2 mile walk. Braxton really wanted to participate in the 5 K like he had last year and went for it with Brandon. Braxton was the youngest participant his year. His age group was 15 and younger. He came is second to a kids who looked to be in high school. We are so proud of him and how determined he is to compete in these events. Isaiah and I walked and we sometimes ran. Isaiah was so funny after about a mile he was ready to be finished. But then he looked back and saw that there were a few kids behind him and kept on going. He was the youngest kid and came in first but somehow they put the tags in the wrong order and the girl that he was determined to beat took the trophy home. He and Braxton both came home with teddy bears and all were happy. Then we went to stuff ourselves with goodness on post. This year they decided to add King Crab to the Thanksgiving meal and Braxton was one happy boy. Maybe this will be a new tradition. Crab with trukey! Yum!

50 Nifty!

This month Isaiah's multi age class have been working on state reports and Isaiah was given the opportunity to have Utah to work on. He keeps talking about how all of his grandparents live in Utah and so his teacher just assigned him this state. He worked his little tail end off night after night completing the assignment. And finally got it done. The first and second grade put on a wonderful program for the parents along with a little feast from each of the states. Being from Utah we were supposed to come up with a special food that state is know for. Hummmm! Green jello, I think not so I went for the beehive state theme and put honey butter on crackers. Isaiah was perfectly pleased with the brownies that someone else brought in. He had three of those. And they sent him home all sugared up. One funny fact about Isaiah is that he has a problem with wanting to be in the front of each line. It doesn't matter where he is. It can be getting on the bus each morning or getting in line for our branch's potluck dinners. He somehow makes it to the front. I took a picture of him standing right behind his teacher ready to head for the food! So proud of my little first grader.

Star Kid!!!

Braxton was awarded the Principal's Honor Roll Award this past week. He was under the impression that he was getting an award for his grades and didn't quite know what he was getting. They had called all of the Honor Roll kids (A's and B's) from the fourth grade and hadn't called Braxton's name. He was getting very worried and you can see it in the first picture. He was worried that they had just forgotten about him until after the fifth grade Honor Roll kids they then talked about how each of these students they were about to call had gotten all A's on their report card and so he has an extra special honor. We are so proud of him and all that he is working so hard on in school. His teacher has really helped him to grow and develop these past few years. He has had the same teacher since we have been here and she is so willing to work with his need and his special talents. Yay us! We don't know what we will do next year when she doesn't move up with him. But I bet we'll manage!

Boom! We're Yellow!

Braxton had an advancement test in Taekwondo this past weekend. He was so nervous and wouldn't talk the entire way to his test. When we got there, we found that he was the only white belt that was advancing and so he was having to do a lot of the steps and moves by himself where the other advancements had others passing off the same belt and they all got to go together. He did so well for his first time and we are so proud of him. When it came time to break the board Master Song told us that the board Braxton was going to be breaking was for a student who was a little more advanced than he was but that he knew that Braxton could do it. Braxton broke right through that board and we could just see the relief on his face. It was the part that he worried about the most. He has been practicing and helping his brother out at home so that he can become better. Way to go big guy!