2007
Habel Family Update
Brian
Brian is serving as Young Men's President in our ward. He has a dozen boys in his quorum. The calling keeps him busy but he usually enjoys it. From teaching to scouting to duty to God to meetings to putting up flags there is always something needing his attention. He loves the young men in the ward and enjoys serving them.
Real Estate is
definitely up and down this year. Our market which was one of the fastest growing with prices that were skyrocketing through the roof took a dive. We're hoping for a recovery in 2008. The Lord has blessed us with enough for our needs and we are truly grateful for our home, healthy and happiness.
Kathy
I finally gave up on
scrapbooking. I never intend to do it again. I try to post pictures to this blog at least several times a month and that is good enough I finally decided and it beats having pictures sitting in a box that never get seen.
Brett says I am "
Twilighted". His word for my obsession with Stephenie Meyer's Vampire book series. Yes I admit I spend way too much time on the
Internet but there are advantages too. I've lost 15 lbs in the last 2 months as a result of my Twilight addiction! I'm planning and looking forward to a trip to Forks, WA with my crazy friends who are just as obsessed as I am.
I'm still active on the PTA and Booster Club at the Elementary School. I was thankfully finally released from scouts last month after 3 1/2 years. I'm currently the nursery leader and still on the activities committee at church.
Brett
Brett's love in life right now is the computer. That kids has taught himself so much it is amazing. He truly speaks "geek". His favorite thing to do is work on websites. His newest one is:
http://www.zektecgames.com/Click on it to make his day since he likes to track visitors to his site! If I drag him off to one more merit badge clinic he'll probably shoot me. The only reason he puts up with it is that I tell him he'll really want to drive when he turns 16 and he's not allowed to drive unless he has his Eagle!
Bryce
Bryce recently started as Rocking Rudolph in his school choir concert. There are often a half dozen boys around our home all his age. School comes easily for him and studying is never needed to pull of his nearly perfect grades. He broke both bones in his arm at Lake Powell this summer and required surgery to fix the problem. Thankfully except for scarring from the pins he is totally healed. He is in 4th Grade and has a fabulous teacher.
Kimberly
Kimberly will turn 8 in less than 2 months and is excited to get baptized. She is a very compassionate girl who brings us a lot of smiles and joy. She loves to draw and jump on the trampoline. She is or drama queen who can turn her emotions and tears on and off faster than anyone. She's a great babysitter for Kylie and even though I leave Brett & Bryce "in charge" I tell her to keep track of Kylie.
Bradley
Bradley is our big
kindergartner. He loves to play on the computer. For Christmas all he wants is 2 computer games....Alice
Greenfingers and Platypus. I've asked him if he wants anything else but he tells me no, he'll be happy if he gets those 2 things. He's an easy going kid who is really fun to listen to when he gets talking. You can't help but smile at him!
Kylie
Kylie is perpetual motion. She has so much spirit stuffed into her little body. She can single handily mess up the office in about 30 seconds. She loves The Little Mermaid and insists on wearing a Little Mermaid Pull-up. If not then Little Mermaid underwear over her diaper. She'll watch The Little Mermaid from sun up to sun down if I let her. It's a good thing I am her nursery leader since she won't stay anywhere without me, so I'd be in there with her anyway.
2007 has been a good year for us. We have been blessed in so many ways. As always we are grateful to have been born in this free country into homes that have the gospel. We love you our family & friends and wish you a Merry Christmas!
In the past when we would hold Kylie by the hand her wrist would seem to "pop". She would cry for a couple minutes then be fine. So we have learned to just never hold her by her hand. I mentioned it to the Dr. at her well child check up at the beginning of the month. We decided to just have it X-rayed to be sure there was nothing wrong. Fast forward a few weeks to yesterday when I finally got around to taking her in to get the xray before the year ends (we've met our deductible for this year). I get a call later in the day from the doctor's office saying they are calling to schedule Kylie to put her broken arm in a cast. "What broken arm?" We have no idea when but sometime in the last week or so she apparently got a hairline fracture on her radius. The doctor wasn't even sure about casting it since she was in no pain and showed no tenderness around the supposed break. We went with safe rather than sorry and put her in a cast for 3 weeks. They will re-Xray her then to make sure it is healing. So she has a "pretty" pink cast that we are attempting to keep clean and dry. She already took a marker to it to sign her name.
