Busy busy

Sorry it has been so long a lot has been going on. I went back to school for Medical Assisting. I am doing phenomenally well Yay me. Ben is getting ready to leave for Afghanistan in a couple of weeks we are all scared and sad to see him go but it is what he wanted to do. So as you can see we have been pretty busy. Alyssa started preschool Kevin found a new job and got laid off again. Eddy is getting straight A's and is in all honors classes. Dakota finally learned how to read boy did he take off he went from struggling to getting 176% out of 100 pretty awesome for a kid who couldn't read his speech is starting to improve you can understand most of what he says now. Mistty graduated high school and Brynlee will be turning a year old here in a few weeks and is starting to walk. Time sure has flown by hasn't it. Well that pretty much updates you on our family. We love and miss all you that are far away. Hope to hear from you all soon and hope you are all doing wonderfully.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Ok so I am a little late but at least I got pictures up to show off. One of these days I will have the time to sit down and actually write something more but not lately. I have been very busy. I thought with Alyssa in preschool 4 hours M-Th free it just hasn't worked out what is up with that I still have no free time. :)

Slacker Blogger

Ok so I am a slacker when it comes to blogging but I have tried. Life has been quite busy lately. Benjamin came home for a week (yay) Alyssa started preschool (not sure how I feel about that one yet) Eddy and Dakota are doing great but nothing new for them. Kevin finally got a new job yipee!!!!!! Well that about says it. Sorry nothing very exciting here. Got new family pictures done very cute.

Happy Halloween

My kids were lucky this year we got to have 2 days of halloween. Friday the kids did trunk or treating at all the local church's. Saturday they did normal trick or treating knocking on door kind as Alyssa says. There is no trick or treating in this town on Sunday. Hope you enjoy the pic's Alyssa was a different princess each day the first she was Snow White the next princess Jasmine. Eddy as always was the grim reaper. Dakota was a race car driver this year. Happy Halloween hope every one had a great time.

Getting Pictures done is getting so expensive I am trying to learn how to do it on my own. Here are a few that I did of my kids. They are getting so big! Aren't they gorgeous.

Benjamin In Georgia

We had a really hard time letting our son go when we moved to Idaho Falls. I understood that he wanted to stay in Poky and graduate high school with all of his friends. I was so very sad and missed him so very much. When he was there though we new he was safe, happy and taken care of. Benjamin is in Georgia at boot camp now he is doing great but it tears me apart not being able to talk to him on the phone we got to talk to him last weekend and it was wonderful it just made us miss him all the more. Now when he gets home in December he will be here for 1 month then he is off to Alaska for 3 months. After that he is being sent to Afghanistan for 14 months. It makes me wonder how the heck I am going to deal with my son so far from home. I know that he is now married and has a beautiful little girl, that just makes it harder for me knowing we will get to see his daughter grow and learn and he won't. I understand that it is what he has to do but it doesn't mean I can't want to hug him everyday. Well that is all I can tell you about Ben. I put a pic of him in uniform and one with a bald head. And one of Brynlee with her grandpa. Love ya all. The Dahls

Welcome October

Well school has officially started and my kids have already missed two weeks, home with the flu. Nice start to the fall don't ya think. Well we are getting ready to celebrate my son's 15th birthday. His dad took him to the Disturbed concert in Salt Lake. That is all he wanted for his birthday.We had a pretty interesting summer here. Ben got married and they had a beautiful baby girl. Kevin and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary. Dakota and Alyssa went to there first parade. We took a family trip to Hogel zoo and the Saint Anthony sand dunes. Dakota had his 8th birthday and Alyssa turned 4. We are a little sad that we didn't get to see Jessica and Caleb this summer but they seemed to have a lot of fun in Nampa. Some of our good friends came to visit and were here for about a month then they moved to TX can't wait for them to visit again. But Alyssa had a wonderful time with Hannah and Emily check out the purple mohawk and the cowgirl outfit Alyssa even got to ride a horse that is one thing she has always wished for she calls all horses snoozy ask her why and she says that is there name. Ben left for Georgia he should be home sometime in December and we definately can't wait. Mistty is doing ok she misses Ben but she had her 18th birthday and at least she has school work and Brynlee to keep her occupied until Ben gets home. Mistty is going to go visit Ben sometime the middle of October and we are going to keep Brynlee with us while she is gone hopefully that will be fun for her and us. It has been a long time since we had a baby for that long. I am glad she sleeps through the night already. Brynlee is getting big and is rolling all over the place it won't be long before she starts crawling. Well that is all that is going on here sorry it has been so long since I updated but there is alot to do to get the kids ready for school. Love you all. Have a wonderful Halloween.

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