Homeschool?!

I guess the latest news is that I am home-schooling Haylee now. I was talking to the Special Ed teacher and I just had this feeling that Haylee was not getting what she needed at the school. She is so sweet and its easy to forget about her...I am sure that is what was happening at the school...so I called and IEP meeting and told them that I would be taking her out of school the very next day. Thank goodness for Ronda and her help with answering all my questions--or else I would be completely lost. She has been home for a week and a half and we are figuring it all out. I think she thought it would be easy at home and its not...Mom's are a lot tougher than teachers. She starts school at 8 and we finish about 1:30 everyday. Mike is taking care of her science on Fridays. Haylee is a little miffed that she still has to do school on Saturday too but until she gets caught up thats the way it will be. I have to say that this new development is forcing me to be much more organized and stuck to a schedule everyday...I guess that is a good thing. Molly and Mikaydi are a little bit more wild these days but I am working on that. I just feel this has added a whole new level of being busy.

Really Really Bad Week!

So the WA Hokanson's have started the new year off with a bang! Do you remember in high school when you played sports and the first week (heck week) when they condition and push you to build up your endurance? Well this last week and half has been our own personal heck week. Where do I start...oh yeah. First on Monday (before new years) Mike got into a work truck and wrenched his back and then we went to Tri-Cities...his back getting worse and worse. We stop to get a perscription for Haylee and our Suburban dies...bad like we have to call Mom and Dad to come save us (and Jeff). Mike can't help us get the burb on the trailer so I have to help Dad...let me tell you it was like I was a teenager again...I smashed my thumb in between the chain and the trailer and comes over grabs my thumb, shakes it and says "its not broken," as I am howling in pain. We then take mom's car home and they haul the burb to Mattawa. Mike is laid up until Wednesday (new years eve) and then decided he's well enough to change the tires on the little car...HA! Next thing I know he is crawling into the house in great pain. So he's laid up in bed and I am now in charge of feeding the cows. On the 1st I am making my way to feed the cows and I realize that it is really slippery...I tell Frans and Owen "be careful its slippery." As soon as the words left my mouth I twisted my ankle and fell. I sat in the snow and laughed because I thought it was funny...until I tried to get up and walk. I soon realized I had hurt my ankle really bad as I couldn't walk on it. I had Owen run in and get Mike's walking stick and I still couldn't walk inside so I crawled on my hands and knees across the yard in the snow to get inside. When our home teacher got there Mike hunched over his stick me laying on the floor with a rapidly bruising ankle...we just started laughing...it was either that or crying. We must of looked insane! Okay long story short...I sprained my ankle really bad--Frans (big F) took me to the Doctor--I barely have started walking on it today with assistance from crutches still. The next night we were up at 3 in the morning getting Jax a bottle and Mike hobbled to the sink and turn on the water--no water! Our water froze...the next two night Jax didn't sleep and started having a hard time breathing...turns he has broncitis ( I am sure the spelling is wrong). Things are looking up a bit though. We are thankful for all the awesome ward members bringing us meals and helping us clean...how can anyone live with out the RS and hometeachers?

Family Slide Show

Okay so the family slide show money and distribution of DVD's is being made by Patty (mom). She is the one that collected the money and is mailing the DVD's so if anyone thinks they need one--call Aunt Patty. I do know that she did give Ann 3 DVD's so (Debbie) maybe you can talk to her about one. Thanks! Jenny

Comments

Okay so I got a few comments about my memories and I just want to say that nothing is in any particular order. The memories just happened to be what I was thinking about that day. I am going to add some sibling memories though today 1 week later.

I remember that Bret doing the whole Bill Cosby face (with the hands) thing while listening to his walkman...Kattie and I thought he was sooo cool!
I remember all the skiing with Jerry...I looked up to him so I tried anything he wanted me too...shall I say jumps...molgals (I didn't realize what they were when I agreed to go down the hill).
Peter and I have a lot of memories...so good some not so much but I will always remember him running down the hiking trails with me...he made me feel like I was the neatest person in the world that day. I also remember going to the fair with him...riding on his many many different rafts and trying out his forts.
Kattie and I have a lot of memories probably because we're the only girls...I remember racing Robert and we beat him...fun but only now do I realize how dangerous.
Frans...ahhh the pesky little brother...I remember scaring him and Tim to death on several occasions...or when he broke my arm...when we would watch a movie Frans, Peter and me (I think it was the Trinity or something like that trilogy) we would die laughing. I remember him snoring in church as a kid.
Yes I have a ton of memories and not all of them involve accidents. Just thought I throw these out there today.

Birthday

So it was my birthday yesterday so I thought I would write a bit about me. Since I am 32 here are 32 things:
8 wishes

1. To get out of debt
2. Get Skinny
3. Go with my kids to Disneyland or World
4. Go on a cruise with Mike (no kids)
5. Get Haylee’s IEP team to actually get her what she needs
6. Have a scrapbooking weekend
7. Get all the kid’s scrapbooks up to date
8. Have the entire house stay clean for a week (as long as I’m wishing why not go for gold)

8 things I am thankful for

1. I am alive
2. My testimony
3. My kids
4. Mike
5. My house—even if its not clean
6. I have a car
7. My bed
8. My Extended Family

8 Memories

1. Playing on the Potato Digger
2. Riding in Popcorn (potato truck) with my Mom
3. Falling off the edge of the pick-up waking up with Dad taking care of me
4. T.P.ing with my friends and Mom
5. Leon falling on his back in the shop
6. Sleeping on the trampoline
7. Swimming in the pond…ditches
8. Dad’s annual hike of Death

8 things I look forward to in the future

1. Being a grandma
2. Being able to attend the temple weekly
3. Seeing my kids get married in the temple
4. Spoiling grandkids
5. Traveling with Mike after we retire
6. Going on a mission
7. A clean house
8. Seeing the bottom of the laundry bucket

After Church Mayhem

After church is over we are always anxious to get home…so we race to the car. Well this particular Sunday (Nov. 9th) Frans and Owen went to get Frans’ birthday treat from the bishop and the rest of the kids and I went to the car to wait for them. We waited for awhile then I turned to Haylee and said that I would be right back I was going to look for Frans and Owen. After I find Frans and Owen and tell them to hurry I go back to the car (with a teacher in tow—as he was getting something from my car) as I turn to go out the doors I see Haylee. I ask her what she is doing and of course she had to go to the bathroom. I begin to run out to the car as this leaves Jax, Molly and Mikaydi alone in the car---TROUBLE! I get to the car and they had locked the doors. Of course I thought Molly would be able to open the doors after all she is four. I flag down Trish and so here we are: Trish, Stefan (teacher), me and the older kids all trying to get Mikaydi or Molly to open the door. Somebody should have been videoing this as we may have won ten thousand dollars on AFV. Molly would keep hitting the L button but not the U for unlock. I send someone in to get Mike and he comes out and commands Molly to hit the U button—okay she is only four and I know for a fact she doesn’t know what U is. Meanwhile Jax just starts screaming and I am trying to get Molly or Mikaydi to give him his bottle. Finally Molly just pulls the latch to unlock the back door…victory we got in. Never a dull moment in the lives of the Hokanson’s!

Disneyland

Here are Owen’s Disneyland picts. He loved going with Granny and Papa. I told mom and dad that I wished they were my grandparents. His favorite ride was the tower of Terror and the Indiana Jones Ride oh and Space Mountain and … well you get the point. He had fun. Thanks Granny and Papa!