January

Well, a lot happened in the month of January. Let's start with New Years'. Tim and Cayley fell asleep at 8:30 and 10:30 respectively. When the clock struck midnight, I went out in the 20 something degree weather and watched our backyard neighbors set off "illegal" fireworks, as they were shouting with each explosion and flying bang. I wasn't too worried considering there was about 12-15 inches of snow.

Then, the second week of school, we had the semester break and my job assignment changed slightly. I was taken from Northridge High school and switched over to Canyon Heights High school, which is an alternative High school for teenage mothers and other kids with anxiety issues. Sounds crazy right? Well, actually it is awesome because the 3-4 girls in my classes know that they need to finally buckle down and pass their classes so that they can get a job. This position however is only for 2 periods a day so I am at Layton for an extra period. This class is the exact opposite end of the spectrum where there are 3-4 boys who think the only purpose of school is so "their parents can get a free babysitter".Pretty much, I have been told that if they don't burn the building down or destroy things, or assult girls/boys, to consider the day a success. There are good days and bad days but I am starting to feel better.

On January 16, 2009, my Grandma Valenza, passed away from what we think was a massive heart attack. She fell and hurt her back just after Thanksgiving and since, had been having chest pains that she thought were heart attacks but every test was run and results came back normal. She was 79 and had small issues that probably combined to cause the big problem but it was very much a surprise to us all. She is survived by her 3 older siblings, 2 kids, 7 grandkids, and 2 great grand kids and her dog Maggie. She was very vocal about her love for her family and didn't use the lack of money as an excuse not to spoil Cayley and Collin. We were able to attend the viewing and funeral in Peoria, Az, and the burial in Simi Valley, Ca, the following Wednesday and Saturday. It was emotional and still feels unreal since we don't get to see the family very often but we were comforted in the fact that she has been re-united with Grandpa and other friends that preceeded her. She has a simple faith in our religion and will be missed by family, friends and church members who frequent the library on Sunday's. ( I will add picturs of Grandma when I get home)Grandma didn't leave us wealth in the monitary sense but she left us with her knowledge and skills of cooking yummy Italian food, crocheting and love of games. Jenn and I went through some of her things and we were able to divide her collection of movies, mostly musicals, bags full of yarn, and collection of salt and pepper shakers. We have many memories of grandma and can't wait to see her again. We love you Grandma!

That was January in a nutshell. Some happy, some sad but at any rate, we have learned a lot and are better for what experiences we endure.

Christmas in the Bugnet house

Cayley got a fun toy that is mostly an outside toy with 4 pop up pieces, a dome tent, a Teepee and 2 tunnels to crawl between but in our tiny little house, we can only play with one part so we picked the tunnel. Cayley likes to pretend she is taking a nap in it. Daddy couldn't wait for her to wake up so he went in and woke her up at 7am. He is such a little kid.

Look what Cayley found while no one was looking!


Cayley is stylin' in daddy's new hat.


Helping Grandma Bugnet make a cake!


Ok! so she just wanted to lick the bowl.

Cayley in November and December

Ok so I am trying to catch up all in one day. These are some pictures we took at the end of the year of Cayley. The ones with me in them are not too bad considering the I got my wisdom teeth out 3 days before Christmas. Cayley loved Christmas and opening presents. She got some fun toys and some cute clothes. Some gift cards we are going to wait to use in the Spring just before we go to Virginia beach for Spring Break to visit Aunt Maria and Uncle Mike. Is that bad when you plan your spring break over Christmas break? I wanted to get a slideshow but I couldn't get it. I will work on it to get the rest of the pics up.

Halloween

I know this is a few months late but better late than never right. Grandma Bugnet made the cute costume. It took her a few minutes to get the idea of saying "trick or treat" so she just said "trick or trick". Once she got candy in her bucket, wanted to sit down in the street and eat it. She was very funny.

Just some cute pics of Cayley

This is Cayley being her adorable little self hanging out at the foot of our bed. She loves being in front of the camera.

Isn't she just funny with her chin on her hands? I love it.

 


Here is Cayley showing off her new "Bling". We finally did it. We got her ears pierced. She was awesome! After the first one she just looked at Tim like she knew it was hurting but she didn't know why. Then after the second ear, she let out a cry but we came prepared with an Orange Julius to distract her. It worked and my friend, who was the one doing the piercing at Claire's in the Mall, said she was better than most of the 6 year olds she has. She is so cute but I don't know if this picture does her justice. I will try to get some better ones up.