O'Leary Family
Hey everyone!
All is well here in Utah. The kids are on spring break this week in Idaho and Wyoming. From what they say they aren't doing much but I hope they are at least resting and getting ready for the rest of the school year.
Speaking of school year, mine is coming to a close. I give finals next week and graduation and commissioning ceremonies are the 28th. Next week will be busy for me with sitting on three senior thesis defense committees and grading finals and posting grades. My students have all done well and are ready to move on to the future. Some will go active duty Army and some will stay National Guard. I am very proud of all of them.
I just have to tell you about Natalie's play. She was wonderful. There is no way at 12 I would have gotten up on stage and performed like that. Pat and I had tears in our eyes during the whole play out of pure proudness. Ok not sure that is really a word but sounds good to me. Of course Annie is a musical so she had lots of singing to do and has such a beautiful voice. She loves drama and is already talking about trying out for Jr. High drama next year. I can't believe she is moving into Jr. High next year. She'll be in the 7th and is she is just growing up too fast. If I can ever figure out how to attach photos to my updates I'll attach a photo of Natalie as Annie. She has had one soccer game but Pat and I didn't know about it so hopefully we'll be able to see her at her next one.
Sean is still Sean. Sweet as can be and loves the spring weather we are finally starting to get. He played outside last weekend until 8:30pm and couldn't understand why he had to come in then. He even got a little sunburned. He loves playing outside whether it's sports, riding his bike, jumping on the trampoline. Heck, we even had him helping work in the yard a little. Once we get ready to plant flowers he is my hole digger. I just put a X where I want him to dig and he goes to town. He is growing up quick too and his math and reading would totally impress you.
Lyndsey is still thrilled about cheerleading and is going off to cheerleading camp this summer. It's only about 2 hrs north of here but that will be big time for her. She did come last weekend and had a nice time. Not saying everything went smoothly but for the most part it did.
Pat is busy, busy, busy. He should close on this first house next week. I am so proud of him. He would want me to type that if you know anyone getting ready to move anywhere that wants to buy or rent send him their name and number. He is part of a referral program and can help anyone, anywhere find a good agent to help them get settled. There, that's my sale pitch for today.
The boys are doing great and really learning to kick these days. Pat says they are practicing their football moves, which is fine I just wish they didn't have to do it at 2:30 AM. I go for another doctor appointment the 20th and the next week we'll have another ultrasound done. I feel pretty good these days but I can tell I can't go and do like I use too. I get tired way too easy and out of breath on one flight of stairs. I've gained about 22 lbs but it seems to be all baby. (isn't that what all women say).
Pat and I have been super busy in our nursery. We have both beds up, the glider and dresser are in place and we are just waiting on the chest to come in. I am going to do some painting on the walls but I want all the furniture in place first. I thought I had everything set up the way I wanted it until last night and we rearranged the whole room again and now I like it even better. The room just fills up quick with double the stuff.
We have my military ball tonight at BYU, and I wish I could get excited about it but I can't. It's just one of those nights we have to endure for the job. We'll be lucky if they serve us something other than water. You can bet there won't be ANY caffeine and all the girls have to wear modest formals, which means they must have some sort of sleeve. It's just too funny.
Well, we hope everyone has a wonderful Easter weekend and stay away from the brown eggs in the yard as Sean would say, they are not the ones you want in your basket.
Blessings~
Alexa, Pat and family
Friday, April 14, 2006
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
O'Leary Family
O'Leary Family
Greetings!
Well just a quick family update.
All is going very well in Utah these days. We actually have a taste of spring in the air. Pat has officially out processed the Army and is busy starting with Century 21 at the Rockies here in Utah. He listed his first house and has contracted to sell it. They should go to closing within 1-2 weeks. He's very excited and already looking at contracting possibly two more. I think he'll do extremely well because he's such a people person.
Natalie is performing her play Annie this week. I think I told you she is Annie and is so excited. We will watch her play this Thursday at 6:30 and we can't wait to see her. She is really good especially her solos. She has started playing soccer and had her first game last week. They lost by one goal but she played extremely well. We got her report cards and boy, did she do great. We are very proud of her efforts in school.
Sean recently had his school choir concert and he just sang his little heart out---ok so not really. Boys don't seem as interested in singing as the girls. He did well though. Baseball is getting ready to start this week with practice and he apparently has the best coach in Utah. Ok, so it's Pat but still he will be the best coach in mine and Sean's eyes. Sean is playing machine pitch and loves to play all positions on the field. He and Pat were practicing throwing yesterday and he's gotten so much better, especially is aim.
Lyndsey made cheerleading for the 9th grade team and is very excited. She had try outs about 2 weeks ago and was thrilled to find out she made the cut. Lyndsey came over yesterday along with Natalie and Sean and she was just like her old self. She seemed happy and glad to be with us.
Pat took Natalie and Sean snow skiing and snowboarding two weekends ago and Pat says they are getting so good. Of course I am not allowed to ski this year so I watch from the ski lodge. As for me and the boys, we are doing great. I am really starting to feel them move and one did a big roll yesterday. It was kind of weird and it just made me laugh. Natalie and Sean are so sweet with my tummy. They always rub it and talk to the babies so they get used to hearing their voices. In fact Natalie was trying to convince the boys to sleep last night so I could sleep.
Pat and I have begun working in the nursery. We have begun to realize that our room is going to fill up quick with 2 beds, glider, dresser etc. The babies will initially start off in the same bed until they start moving around on their own then we'll put them in separate beds. We have decided to do a jungle theme, it's actually called Zanzibar and it's really cute. We have also started registering for items we need and that was funny to see the two of us trying to figure out what we thought we needed. We registered at Babies R Us, Target and Wal-Mart. It was fun looking at all the baby stuff that is available today that was not around when we were kids.
My last day of teaching is coming soon, April 20th is my last day of classes and graduation is the 28th of April. My doctor plans to have me home after that. I am still only at work about 3 hrs a day but I can work from home so that helps my department. The weekend of April 28/29 we are having a young lady named Heather, New York fly in a spend the weekend with us. We are considering her as a live in Nanny to help with the babies once I go back to work. She seems really sweet and our correspondence via phone and email has been great but we would also just like to sit and talk with her. She also lived in Texas for awhile and is a Longhorn fan, so of course Pat is ready to contract her.
Hope all of you are doing well.
The O'Learys (all of us)
Greetings!
Well just a quick family update.
All is going very well in Utah these days. We actually have a taste of spring in the air. Pat has officially out processed the Army and is busy starting with Century 21 at the Rockies here in Utah. He listed his first house and has contracted to sell it. They should go to closing within 1-2 weeks. He's very excited and already looking at contracting possibly two more. I think he'll do extremely well because he's such a people person.
Natalie is performing her play Annie this week. I think I told you she is Annie and is so excited. We will watch her play this Thursday at 6:30 and we can't wait to see her. She is really good especially her solos. She has started playing soccer and had her first game last week. They lost by one goal but she played extremely well. We got her report cards and boy, did she do great. We are very proud of her efforts in school.
Sean recently had his school choir concert and he just sang his little heart out---ok so not really. Boys don't seem as interested in singing as the girls. He did well though. Baseball is getting ready to start this week with practice and he apparently has the best coach in Utah. Ok, so it's Pat but still he will be the best coach in mine and Sean's eyes. Sean is playing machine pitch and loves to play all positions on the field. He and Pat were practicing throwing yesterday and he's gotten so much better, especially is aim.
Lyndsey made cheerleading for the 9th grade team and is very excited. She had try outs about 2 weeks ago and was thrilled to find out she made the cut. Lyndsey came over yesterday along with Natalie and Sean and she was just like her old self. She seemed happy and glad to be with us.
Pat took Natalie and Sean snow skiing and snowboarding two weekends ago and Pat says they are getting so good. Of course I am not allowed to ski this year so I watch from the ski lodge. As for me and the boys, we are doing great. I am really starting to feel them move and one did a big roll yesterday. It was kind of weird and it just made me laugh. Natalie and Sean are so sweet with my tummy. They always rub it and talk to the babies so they get used to hearing their voices. In fact Natalie was trying to convince the boys to sleep last night so I could sleep.
Pat and I have begun working in the nursery. We have begun to realize that our room is going to fill up quick with 2 beds, glider, dresser etc. The babies will initially start off in the same bed until they start moving around on their own then we'll put them in separate beds. We have decided to do a jungle theme, it's actually called Zanzibar and it's really cute. We have also started registering for items we need and that was funny to see the two of us trying to figure out what we thought we needed. We registered at Babies R Us, Target and Wal-Mart. It was fun looking at all the baby stuff that is available today that was not around when we were kids.
My last day of teaching is coming soon, April 20th is my last day of classes and graduation is the 28th of April. My doctor plans to have me home after that. I am still only at work about 3 hrs a day but I can work from home so that helps my department. The weekend of April 28/29 we are having a young lady named Heather, New York fly in a spend the weekend with us. We are considering her as a live in Nanny to help with the babies once I go back to work. She seems really sweet and our correspondence via phone and email has been great but we would also just like to sit and talk with her. She also lived in Texas for awhile and is a Longhorn fan, so of course Pat is ready to contract her.
Hope all of you are doing well.
The O'Learys (all of us)
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