Darren: He is still working at HomeFurnishingDirect as the Manager. He has been kept busy with work and also with Church Callings. In 2010 he went from being put in the Stake Youngmens as the First Counsler to being the President of the Stake Youngmens, also meaning he got made A High Priest, which also means he gets put on the high Counsel in our Stake. Then about in June he got put in the Bishopric for our ward. These different callings he has been given has help him to grow and be a better person.
Ashley: I still am staying home trying to raise our boys to be good boys. Which gets pretty hard some days. I had just served in primary this past year as the first counsler and just got released. I am hoping that now I can get Chase to attend Nursery since I don't have a calling yet. This past year has also been a good learning experience for me as well. Being that Darren has had to be gone alot more for his church meetings, I have been able to get the hang of being a single mother at church and at home. I have seen the blessing that have come to our family from Darren being willing to serve.
Mason: He has started Kindergarten and he loves it. He is learning to read, do math, spell, and count in all different ways. He says his favorite part of school is PE. He goes to school a full day 8:10am - 2:20pm. He also rides the bus which has been nice to not have to fight the school traffic. He has had to go to the Dentist alot; by getting a tooth pulled and then getting several teeth filled. He had to be put to sleep because he was so scared of going to the dentist and having to get the shot that he would freak out. So in order to get all the work done that needed to be done we put him under. But I think that we have finally got his bad teeth under control because it has been about 5 months and we are not seeing holes in his teeth like we used to. He also finally learned to swim by himself and not be scared. He has also been a big help to his mom with his brother. He played tball and soccer this year and did really good. He really loves sports. He also like to ride his bike up and down the street in the neighborhood with my friends that live down the street.
Chase: He had to get tubes put in his ears on April 9, 2010 right before his birthday. But that has been our life saver for him. He was not able to really talk the first of the year and now he can say sentences. He also is better behaved since getting the tubes in. Dr. Downs told us when he first saw Chase that by getting the tubes done Chase would be a different boy. We didn't believe him until we saw him change little by little which is a good change. Chase still doesn't go to nursery but hopefully that will change soon. He started a twice a month preschool that he likes to attend with his mom of course. He has also had different people come to work on his different issues he has like sensory. I think is getting alot better with that as well. He loves his brother Mason and wants to do everything that he does. He has started to ride a scooter to be like Mason.
This is most of the high lights I can remember from 2010 and we look forward to seeing what the New Year brings to us and our family.
