Report Card Time and Parent Teacher Conferences

I went to Ella and Griffin's parent teacher conferences last Thursday. I went to see Ella's teacher first and she said that Ella was doing great, a joy to have in class, and very mature for her age. She also said that she listens very well and takes direction easily. Pretty much a teacher's dream :) Well then I went to Griffin's class..Haha.. I was pretty sure of what she would say but i thought I would share some of the highlights.
1. Griffin is very stubborn but very sweet at times (This is very true)
2. He is the youngest in the class but tells them he is five even when they try to teach him that he is three. He doesn't care and insists that he is indeed five. (He even does this at home, he just refuses to accept the fact that he is three.)
3. He knows most of his colors except brown (which he says is chocolate), gray, and white
4. He says that he doesn't know his parents names which I know for a fact he does because he calls me Brandy Gossett when he wants my attention. And he also always says Gabe Gossett. So I think he just wants to be ornery.

After leaving the conferences I just had to laugh because I figured Griffin's would go that way. His teacher really enjoys his personality but it makes it a little difficult when she is trying to teach him new things and he already thinks he knows it all..lol....

Love him

I must give props to my wonderful husband Gabe. I love how I can put him in any situation, i.e. h.s reunion and he just mingles and talks to everyone while I do the same. I think people usually end up liking him more than me. He is so great and I love how easy going he is and he LOVES to make sure everyone is having a good time. He is the best, and I am so proud that he is with me :)

10 Year Reunion

This past weekend was my high school reunion. I had so much fun and stress planning this event that I am exhausted from it all. We had so much fun talking and hanging out with old friends. It is funny that you feel like you just pick up where you left off ten years ago. We all hung out and danced until 2 a.m and I can't recall the last time I have stayed up that late and had that much fun. I had a group of truly great friends and I miss them all but hopefully we will all continue to stay in touch!~

School Picture

I just wanted to post Ella's first school picture. I think that they turned out pretty good. I never took a good school picture so I am so glad I at least got one good one. Griffin's have not came in yet but I will post them when they do.

New Bible

We tried a new church a couple of weeks ago and we really liked it. The preacher was awesome and he put things into context in a way that I could completely understand. We have been trying to find a new church that both Gabe and I like. He definitely likes more of the Baptist atmosphere and I was brought up Lutheran so definitely lean that way. I really hope that we can find a common ground and can find a church that feels like home and one that we can bring our kids up in. I feel like that is the one thing lacking for us and I really want to work on that now that the kids are old enough to participate. I bought a new bible today to begin studying some things on my own. It is a devotional bible and is based around building a strong family unit and marriage. I am really excited about starting to read it!

Will it ever end?

SO as you know the kids and I have had our fight with the flu the past couple of weeks. Well over the weekend, Gabe caught the worst of it. He was so sick and I felt so sorry for him. I have never seen him that weak and it scared me a little. His back started hurting today so he made another trip to the doctor and they think he may have kidney stones. We are going back to the doctor at 8 a.m. for more tests. I pray that is not this because I have heard how painful it is. My dad called when he finally passed his and you would've thought he had just had a baby he was so excited to be out of pain. I will update as soon as we find out something from the doctor.

"Bad Notes"

So in the past 5 days of school, Griffin has managed to get into trouble 3 times. I don't understand why he is acting out at school. The first day he pinched a little girl for not sharing her toy, so we had a long talk about not pinching and how it hurts and he wouldn't want someone pinching him. He seemed to understand what we were saying, so we thought we had made some progress. The next incident was with peeing on the playground. And now yesterday, yet another note and a trip to the principal's office. Apparenly there was a little boy on a bike and Griffin wanted it. Since the boy wasn't willing to give the bike, Griffin took a rock and hit him in the head. He lost the rest of his recess and he had a note sent home. The principal actually brought him to the car yesterday to explain what he had done. I never thought he would act like this at school. He has attended a two day mothers day out before and this never happened. I guess he is definitely going to make Gabe "pay for his raising" so to speak. Today when I dropped him off he went in and apologized to his teacher and the child, so I am praying there will be no more "bad notes" from school~