President Summers

Emma was running for Student Body President of her elementary school last week. The vote was last Friday and she found out this morning that she WON!! She is so excited. She even beat out 2 other 5th graders. Her first official duty will be running the student council meeting Tuesday morning. I am sure she will have other duties and she will love all of them. Her campaign slogan was "Vote for Emma Summers and school won't be a bummer." Yeah for President Summers!!

Jake's 7th Birthday

Friday, October 17th was Jake's 7th birthday. He wanted chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. So I made them in the shape of a "7". He thought that was pretty cool. He opened his presents before school becasue Matt had to go to CA for the day and would not be home in time for our little family party. I took treats to his class to celebrate his birthday at school. He wanted turtle cookies (a Summers' family recipe) and smarties. So that is what he got. We ordered Pizza Hut stuffed crust pizza for dinner and had banana splits for dessert instead of cake. Then we watched "Indiana Jones 4". He seemed to have a really good day.
In honor of Jake's birthday I thought I would list a few reason why we love Jake so much.
1. He has an awesome laugh.
2. He has a great sense of humor.
3. He loves to learn new things.
4. He loves his little brother (except when he is in his room uninvited)
5. He loves his sister (except when she is too bossy)
6. He has a great imagination.
7. He likes to help out and go the 2nd mile.
8. He loves church and learning about the gospel.
9. He loves to cuddle. (which is a plus in my book.)
10. He loves to give hugs and kisses for no good reason.(another plus in my book)
Happy Birthday Jake Matthew Summers

School Daze

Okay so the kids had a great first day at school except for all the crazy traffic. I guess that part would involve me more than them. Anyway, Brandon seemed to survive the day without them. The school is brand new and so the sidewalks are not complete. So the school has been providing buses for all kids even kids that are in walking distance like Emma and Jake. So we have been taking advantage of that situation. I walk the kids 5 houses down and they get on the bus. I haven't been having to worry about all the traffic at the school. However, yesterday they had to change buses (long boring story). My kids got off the bus and said the bus was disgusting and had naughty words written all over it. They then proceded to spell out every naughty word they saw. Long story short, I drove them to school this morning. The traffic was not bad at all. Hopefully it will be okay this afternoon.
Emma has a man teacher who she says "is very strict but in a good way". Jake has a really cool teacher too. I am pleased with the school thus far. I don't know how your elementary schools work but here they have what are called "specials" . That would be music, art, P.E. and library. They get to attend each of these once a week (P.E. twice). All is well in elementary school in Las Vegas. One less thing for me to worry about now.

We made it to Las Vegas

Okay so we are finally all settled in. We (Emma, Brandon and I) left Thursday morning the 4th to get our keys to the house. Matt and Jake stayed with the movers in CA and left about 3pm to drive our toyhauler full of stuff to the house. We unloaded the toyhauler and headed to a hotel one last time. The movers were supposed to show up on Friday at 8am. They came at 2pm. They had all of our things in the house or garage by 5:30pm. We were all so sick of packing and traveling etc. we just kind of took a break for awhile. By Saturday night everyone had a bed to sleep on and the kitchen was mostly put away. I even made dinner. Sunday was Stake Conference so we will be checking out our new ward this Sunday. Matt's mom Susan came down Sunday night and left Wednesday morning. She was a huge help with getting things put away and organized. She also helped me pick out things for the bathrooms and the boys rooms. As of right now everyone has furniture but Emma. We gave all of her old furniture to D.I. when we left. She will be getting some soon though. School starts on Monday. We will let you know how that goes.

The big move to Las Vegas

So in case you haven't heard we are moving to Las Vegas, NV. Why Las Vegas you might ask? Matt's job is transferring him there to start another office. We have mixed emotions about the move. Well, at least I do. I will miss all the friends we have made here in Fontana and the ward here is great. We are excited about the move for a few reasons. We will be closer to our family in Utah. We get a bigger house. The kids like that one because now they will all have their own room. Finally, we will be moving out of California. We move Thursday Sept 4th. If I haven't already given you our new address, ask a friend or relative who knows us.
Now that I have figured out how to post a message my newest thing will be to learn how to post a picture. So when we get all settled I will post some photos of our new house.

The Kid's Piano Recital
May 24, 2008

This is Jake's first piano recital after only 2 months of piano lessons. Notice how much Jake enjoyed bowing at the end of his songs.

Emma also started piano lessons 2 months ago. She is also taking cheer/ dance class. Emma has had quite the weekend. She won student of the month at school on Friday, performed at her piano/ dance recital on Saturday and will sing a solo in Sacrament meeting later today. It has been an Emma weekend.

Emma's Cheer Class

Emma's Choir Concert

April 3, 2008