Our Family

Our family is Brad, the Dad, who is a works in Show Low managing a retail store and also teaches part-time at the local community college. He loves spending time with his family either playing around, wrestling with them (which is whenever he dares to get on the floor) and also getting them to help with chores around the house, and as we all know the chores are neverending.

Mom is Suzanne and I work at the local library around my second love (second only to my family) of BOOKS, BOOKS and more BOOKS! I somehow keep the house clean and get dishes, laundry and all those other pesky things done and out of the way so I can spend time with my kids and squeeze in 5 minutes of reading here and there.

Ashlee is the oldest, she is currently living with her mom in Eagar, AZ in Round Valley. We miss her and hope to see her soon.

Kelsey is next, she is 15, a month away from getting her driving permit, 5 months away from getting her license and DATING (scary!) and she never lets us forget it. She is very smart and gets pretty much straight A's except for maybe math every now and then she might get a B, she is a Cheerleader and all around very good, wonderful daughter.

Ethan is next, he is 11 and in 6th grade and has mounds of homework every night, I think they are starting Junior High early even though he isn't officially in Junior High until next year. He reads when I make him (sometimes I wonder how he came from me :) and loves video games and playing with his brothers and cousins and friends.

Anson is 9 and in 4th grade, in the "big kids school" and is doing well. He loves reading (YEAH) and is currently on the fourth Harry Potter ( for fun mind you) as well as reading his smaller books for his AR points at school. He is taking piano lessons and loves learning. He has always been the inquisitive boy, he is the one that asks all the questions we really have to think to answer.

Aubry is 7, almost 8 (November19) and is in 2nd grade. She loves playing with her cousins and friends and is mostly sweet and helpful around the house, except when told it is time to clean her room. Oh well, we are working on that. She is a reader also and is currently working on several books at a time ( there are just too many good books out there, hmmm that sounds familiar) and is loving being a big sister and helper to Kendra.

Kendra is 6 and in 1st grade this year, she gets to stay all day at school and eat lunch there like the big kids. She is learning reading fast and is our little mom, she tries to mother everyone especially her little brothers, unfortunately it doesn't always go over so well.

Aidan is 3 and recently potty trained (BIG YEAH!) and is in preschool. He is thrilled to be going to school like the big kids and knows some of his letters and numbers and can "read" his favorite books to himself. So cute!

Nolan is the baby and just turned 2 and loves being a big boy sometimes but still lets everyone baby him (when he wants) cuz then he gets taken care of. He's not stupid. He is a little monkey see monkey do, everything the big kids do (especially Aidan) he has to do so he is a little big kid. Luckily we live close to family and we have space for him to go outside and play with everyone else.

That's our family, we love them all!