more updates-school, birthdays, canning and family stats

so curtis has been going to school now since the 26th is when he actually started. he loves it, they get to color a lot of papers. they have spent lots of time learning the letter Ii. they just started the letter U. they've been practicing writing and following the dotted lines. they also practice coloring inside the lines too. curtis has come along ways with all of those. the first few days of school ari would cry when we left. now curtis tells me to leave and ari just walks out the door without much more thought. she does have a hard time at home without him here. she clings to me and i cant get anything done. she forgets how to play or maybe she doesn't know how to play without curtis here.
i am very grateful for raydene bauer, she watched ari for 5 hours and curtis for almost 2 hours today so i could get the canning done today. the kids had fun over there and were asking to go back. in a couple days probly...
monday i canned the peaches, with some help, that i got from the orchard saturday. i got a bushel of peaches and with using almost all of them i got 12 pints and 20 quarts. my dad got a bushel of peaches and with what he wanted to can, got 21 quarts done today. it went so much faster today even with 1 person less than yesterdays. we took 5 hours monday to do mine and 3 hours today to do my dads. and better yet, every jar sealed. last year there were a few that didn't.
for my birthday this year, it was a few weeks ago, vaughn bought me a new ring to add to my wedding ring. its just a small band of little diamonds. its very pretty though. i got it saudered (connected) to my other one. now i just need to wait til christmas so i can even it out with one more just like it. plus i got a kitchen aid mixer a few weeks early which has been great!!
curtis had his birthday the week after mine, his was a lot of fun too. we had my parents and sister over for lunch and cupcakes and to open his presents, after they went home we went to chuckie cheeses to play for awhile. for the majority of the 1st batch of 100 tokens they rode rides and got very few tickets. so i bought some more tokens and got lots more tickets so they could get a few prizes. they have added lots more games and rides there this year. we went several months ago and they really didn't have much to do. this time there was lots!
oh and cant forget how the family is actually doing... for the pregnancy- i'm at 31 weeks this week, i'm starting to feel like i'm towards the end because its getting harder to do things and my back and stomach are getting sore. vaughn likes to make fun of me for the way i walk.. i figure i have the right to walk funny, shes getting bigger. oh and i don't remember if i've mentioned her possible name yet. so far its macie. we haven't agreed on the middle name for sure yet. but probly something like mikay or mikayla. vaughn is working in ashton id right now. they are hoping to be done there by the end of the week and move on to idaho falls next week. hes still coming home on the weekends so i get at least 1 full day with him. curtis is just going to school like i've already mentioned and ari is having withdrawls of him like i've already mentioned as well.