Jemma Julianne

Jemma Julianne turned 7!!!

I was so not ready for my baby girl to turn 7. I want her to be 4 for ever. Unfortunely, I have no say in the matter. 

Jemma was so excited for her birthday this year. She kept a countdown on her calendar since the summer. So to start her day off right, we had Birthday Cake Breakfast! And a brand new Birthday outfit to wear to school. She left for school with a smile on her face. However, when I picked her up from school she had a fever and the sniffles. That night we had, per her request, crepes. She could barely eat. She payed at the counter with her head resting on her arms as we sang. She opened her presents with as much enthusiasm. The poor girl was not feeling well at all. I made her stay home the next day because her fever was still pretty high. She cried and begged to go to school because it was her say to show her class all her baby pictures. Luckily, her teacher let her pick another day. After a couple days of fever she was feeling better and finally able to play with her presents. 

I am so grateful to have Jemma Julianne in our family. She is loud and loves to rough house with the boys. She burps and is not lady like most of the time. But I love her love for life, I love to watch her dance and have fun. I love that she still likes to cuddle with me and read books. She definitely has her mom and dad wrapped around her finger. We think she is adorable!  We love you Jemma!

Living History Museum

Jacksen's class participated in a living history museum and Jacks chose Barnum Brown, a paleontologist, to do his report on. 

Jacks did an amazing job. He wrote a 3 page report and memorized it!  I had several parents and teachers come up to me to tell me how much they appreciated Jacksen's presentation. And how impressed they were that he had memorized it and looked them in they eye as he delivered his speech. Memorizing the report was not required and all the other kids had to read their reports.  Jacksen went the extra mile, and it showed!  He is so smart and doing so well in school. I couldn't be prouder of him!

Ice Fishing

If there is one thing 99% of the Washburn and Plaisted families like to do, it is ice fishing in the winter. 

Matt and Dan decided to buy Reservation tags this year so they could fish a little closer to home. They have been taking the kids to Rays Lake which is about 10 minutes away and have had great success!  They kids love it and have found some good fishing spots!

New Years Eve 2015

New Year Eve we all took Grandma Julie out to dinner at Johnny Carionos and then to the movie, Alvin and the Road Chip. 

It was a later movie, so we headed home and got the kids in bed. They were all pretty tired after their late nights up with the cousins. Grandma Julie, Matt, and I stayed up chatting. A while after Bennnett was suppose to be in bed asleep,  he came out excited!  He had made it to midnight!  He had been reading to keep himself awake. He happily went to bed and fell quickly fell asleep. I didn't have the heart to dampen his excitement in telling him that Grandma had never changed her clocks at daylight savings and they were an hour off. It was actually only 11pm. 

The next morning we packed up all our belongings and headed for home. 

2015 has been a great year for the Washburn Family. We have been so greatly blessed by our Father in Heaven. My hope for our family for the year 2016 is to draw closer to the Lord and be a light to those around us so we can show Heavenly Father how grateful we are. 

Happy New Year!