Brandon has really decided he is independent these last few weeks. The other day I came in and found him with this...

I don't know if you can tell what it is, but it is a no bake cookie smothered in butter. He ate the whole thing and loved every bite. I was surprised because he usually doesn't like butter on anything.

We have been into making shakes the last few weeks. We have done it so much that Brandon can make one all by himself. So if we say we are not going to have a shake right now, he takes care of it himself.

Teaching Anna the recipe

He makes a mean shake if I say so myself. Watch out Jamba Juice! Brandon also started school this week at Miss Renay's down the street from us. He is loving it! He goes right in without a second thought and has a big smile on his face when he comes out. That is a big improvement from last year. About a week before school started he decided he should start working on his name. That was a big surprise to me too. He has never shown any interest whenever I have tried this with him before. He was so proud of himself when he filled in all the dotted lines. I was too! He is my left handed boy and it is a little trickier.

  first day of school

Brandon and DJ are also in a Lets Play Music class together. I don't have any pictures, but they are loving it and learning a lot.

We have had a some other surprises these last few weeks too. One surprise is that I got called to be the Primary President. I thought I was safe because I was new in the ward and I had just been called to be the primary chorister about 2 months ago. Well, so much for that. I am excited to serve the children in the ward. We really have a great primary.

Another surprise.This one really took us  by surprise... We are expecting another little one! We were told after Anna to not have any more. That was the plan although it was very painful to think that we would never have another one. We had considered adoption. Every time I prayed about it I felt like there was one more child. I just felt peaceful that this one would come in its own time and in its own way. I didn't know that I would ever be pregnant again. So we always made great efforts to make sure I wouldn't get pregnant, but apparently it was time for this one to come and this is the way this one was suppose to come. We are excited and pray that everything will go well with the pregnancy and c-section. So in the beginning of March we will add a cute baby to our family!