The Braithwaites

The Braithwaites
Jun 2010

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

A GREAT HOLIDAY

What an awesome fall this has been!Full of family and food and tons of fun. We were lucky enough to get to spend time with John and his cute family ,and Glens, Earls,Scott and my Dad.We had so much fun with all of the cousins ,aunts and uncles. We had a great talent show at our church with food and craziness. Besides all that everything is great with our family.Ashton is getting bigger everyday he is about 5'6" ,and full of everything!He loves to torment everyone!He is very handsome and the girls are starting to notice him. The twins are great,and doing very well in school.They are both at the top of their grade level .Abby ,especially,has made huge strides over this past year she is now in the highest spelling group .Up from one of the lowest in her grade just a year ago.Amelia is reading above the high 5th grade reading level. Ammon is so cute and TALL .He is very well liked and has lots of friends.He is still really struggling with dyslexia,but it has not seemed to effect his self-esteem as much as it did Ashton's at that age. Aliza is still just a princess.So beautiful and smart.She is starting to do well in school and doing better with her speech.She tries very hard!She hates jeans and long sleeved shirts and is pretty picky about her shoes ,but it's all minor. she is wonderful!!!! Isaac is unbelievably cute! He had his tonsils ,and adenoids out, and tubes put in back in September.It was a really tough two weeks,but since then we have seen major progress .He is talking ,eating, growing,and gaining weight so much better! He gives lip kisses to everyone. Tells everyone "I love you",and is just so ,so much fun! Reed and I are super busy just trying to keep our heads above water.This is always a really hard time of year for Reeds Firm. No one wants to pay their bills! somehow we will manage .We always seem to.We are very blessed! Oh yeah Sally had puppies!

3 comments:

Dione said...

Love the new blog look ;) Thanks for opening up your home to our family this past weekend. We love you guys so much and miss you more than you will ever know. Your family is beautiful. Thank you for the new hair cut - you always do such a fantastic job. You are so talented!

Nicole Marsh said...

It sounds like you are all doing so well! It good to hear what is going on since I never see you anymore. Do you have any marathons coming up?

Chelsa said...

You're a great mom Merri (and Aunt too)! I miss you and your family.