And then there was one....

Thomas has now qualified in every event but one for State in March!!! He only has to qualify in the 1000. He swam the 200 fly last night and not only qualified for state but knocked 11 seconds off his best time that he swam only a month ago! He also qualified in the 100 fly today and knocked 5 seconds off his best time! So he now has 13 events he can swim at state, too bad he has to only choose 8!
Maddi had the yearbook camera from school so she got some super cool pictures today!

And so it begins.....

Well today began the process of getting Mitch ready to send in his papers for his mission! Today was dentist time! He had no cavities... WAHOO.. but he had a chipped tooth that needed to be filled so he wasn't to excited about that! But the news he was dreading is that he DOES have to get his wisdom teeth out! YUCK! We go in for a consult in a couple of weeks and then schedule the surgery. I scheduled his doctor appointment for his physical today and it is all coming at me WAY to fast! He should be all ready to send in his papers by April 5th and then his Mission Call should come a couple of Wednesdays after that. Seriously, the Dental Assistant had me in tears talking about his Mission! Hopefully all this stuff we need to do before he leaves will keep me busy enough so I won't think about how much I will miss him when he goes! I know that serving a Mission is the right thing and I am so proud of him for making that decision but it is still hard to let him go! So anyway the good news today is no cavities!!!!

Way to go Thomas!!!!

The national IMX rankings came out for U.S.A Swimming and a kid named Thomas Sheridan is ranked #3 in the state in his age group!!! WOW!!!! I think I know him! He is on fire right now and dropping time in everything he swims....which is everything! He has 3 more events to qualify for and then he has qualified in every event they swim at state! Only 2 more months until state! He is AMAZING!! GO THOMAS!!!!

Shoveling shoveling.....

It has been snowing for two days!!!!!! Thanks for shoveling Thomas... it's almost time to do it again!!!

Too cute!

Along with the Buzz Lightyear jammies Jake got on Christmas Eve, he also got a pair of Woody jammies to complete the set. Too cute!!!

Christmas moustaches

Our good friends the Jenkins gave the boys some fake moustaches for Christmas. Those who know us well know that is a favorite with our boys. Well halfway into the day on Christmas I looked up at our nice family pictures and they had been moustached!!! Thanks Kirk and Julie!!!

Christmas 2009

We had a great Christmas!!! It seems like weeks of decorating, shopping and wrapping are over in seconds! It's all worth it though! The kids were good this year and slept in until 7:00 (last year they tried to get us up at 4:30). The unwrapping frenzy was over quickly but the kids were happy with their gifts! It was fun to have Mema and Grandpa with us this year! We are so thankful to have such wonderful family and friends who take such good care of us! Merry Christmas!