Long Over-due Update

Wow! I guess I hadn't realized how long it's been since I updated the blog! Let's see....Thanksgiving Ryan had to work...so Brynnah and I wen to Salt Lake to his sisters. We had a great time and of course lots of good food! Ryan said that they had a good thanksgiving dinner at the jail too.
Ryan: has just been busy working. He's getting ready to change shifts so he will finally be able to go to church with me!!! He's also been going to TKD (Tae Kwan Do) class as much as he can. He will be able to test for his 4th degree black belt in a couple years so he's learning all his forms and practicing ALL the time! Ryan also goes down to Bear Lake quite a bit to help his parent with the addition on the house.
Jacqui: I've been busy with Brynnah! As always. She still has therapy a few times a week, and she has school twice a week...so that means really early mornings...we have to get up @ 6! Other than that I've been busy getting everything done for Christmas! I made a lot of stuff this year...silly me! It seems like that's all I do....is make stuff for Christmas.....I usually start right after Christmas so I don't ever have to hit the after thanksgiving sales, and I don't have to do any last minute shopping!
Brynnah: Started school and is LOVING it! She is so excited to "ride the bus". They have a small bus that comes right up to the house. The bus picks her up @ 7 and drops her off @ 11:30. I thought I would have a harder time with her being gone that long ....but I totally love it! We had a meeting a couple weeks ago with her principal, teacher, and therapists. They discussed new goals for Brynnah for the next year. I'm really excited, we have some good goals set and I can't wait to see her progress! She's doing so great, all of her appointments are going great and her kidney is still doing FABULOUS! Her speech has showed really great progress the last couple of months. She is saying 4-5 word sentences....a few months ago she was stuck at 2-3 word sentences. She has started to say more about what she does during the day, and is constantly following us around the house!
We had a really wonderful Christmas this year. We did the 12 days of Christmas again this year, which is always fun. Brynnah helped make sugar cookies and we had a blast...she totally made a huge mess but we all had fun anyway! We had Christmas at our house this year. My mom and her boyfriend came over the wed. before and we had dinner and opened gifts to each other. We did Christmas on Christmas Eve since Ryan worked the whole time. Brynnah was sooo funny. Every time we turned our back she was opening presents! She kept saying " I wanna rip it" It was so fun to have her be interested this year! We also sprinkled sparkles and oats (for Santa and the reindeer) My sister came down the day after Christmas and spent the night. We had a lot of fun together! We got some great gifts this year! I got Ryan a Karaoke machine...which Brynnah loved! I got a wii fit and my sister was exercising and Brynnah did too! Brynnah was excited about EVERYTHING this year. She got lots of books, an art kit, and a room done in Zoo Animals! We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. And best wishes for a happy and healthy new year!