Grandma and Grandpa Torno

We visited Grandma Carol and Grandpa Dennis before they left to go on there trip for the fall. The kids had a blast with them and Grandma and Grandpa enjoyed them too.

Upcoming photos

Tonight I am going to be updating with a bunch of photos. I have a ton to share and I want to get it done soon.

The kids are so excited for halloween. Alyssah will be a princess and Jake will be spiderman, and Josh is some freaky looking guy, with teeth and a painted face. Can't wait to show pictures later.

Update on Josh

We decided to up his meds by 10ml's. He also is on a sleeping pill, he hasn't been sleeping well from his meds to begin with, so hopefully this will help. The Dr. said that sometimes this med will cause him not to sleep well and that could be why he isn't focusing in school. I guess that makes sence to me, when I am tired, I don't focus good either.

Pumpkin Patch Pictures

We went to Papa's Pumpkin Patch on Sept. 27th. The kids had so much fun there. We went with some friends of ours too. I didn't get many pictures of the kids on or by the pumpkins though.

Alyssah on the pumpkin. She had a blast running around and playing!

Alyssah in the hay maze. She had so much fun crawling around and hiding from us. We didn't let her wander to far, there were so many people there, it was very busy.

Josh~9, Jake~6, Alyssah~2
This will be our christmas picture.

Jake on the slide, he went down many, many times!

Josh on the slide too, he only went down a couple of times.

Alyssah LOVED the slide! She went down A LOT! She knew how to go slow too, she held her shoes to the edge of the slide and would go slow, otherwise she probably would have flown off the slide!

A family picture. The kids didn't want to sit for the picture, they wanted to keep playing around the pumpkins!

Josh peeking out of the wooden train.

Jake, I love his smile here!

Alyssah played peek a boo with me here, I was lucky to get the shot!

Josh butted a head of Jake and it make him VERY mad! Josh got into trouble after this picture, this wasn't the first time he did it.

Alyssah's cute little pumpkin head!

Pretty good reports

We had Josh and Jake's teachers confrences today. Jake is doing so well. We are very proud of him. I am excited to have a child who doesn't need extra help. His teacher says he is quiet in class and doesn't get in trouble at all.

Josh is doing pretty good, but he still struggles with things. The teachers don't think that his medicine is helping him at all. So tomorrow I will be calling the Dr and getting him in, and then possibly to a child psychologist. They think he has a different learning style, and they can't figure it out yet. So we are going to talk to his Dr and see what is going on with him and hopefully figure out what a good way to teach him is. His teachers think he has improved a lot in reading from last year. He is at a 2nd grade reading level, so he is learning 2nd grade reading. Math he is doing farely well, he hurries some, so that is why he gets some wrong. On the testing he did, he scored at an average with math and lanuage arts, and at 2nd grade with reading. Over all we aren't too worried about him, but we need to find a balance and get it inforced so he can learn this with out many struggles.

My first baby

My first son was born on October 11, 1999. I can't believe how fast the time has gone! So very fast! It makes me so sad to think how much I rushed time. I wished I could go back and enjoy him while he was so little. He was so good as a baby. Once he learned how to smile, he never stopped. He was a really good baby, started sleeping through the night at 8 weeks. He never cried unless he wanted food or a diaper change. He was a really good baby.

Joshua Harold Torno, 3 days old. October 1999

Josh at one, he couldn't walk yet, didn't walk until he was 14 months old. October 2000

Josh was 2, he was a little man in this picture. He wanted his hands in his pockets and wouldn't take them out either. He was so cute! He was a good eater and he loved mom and dad equally. He started showing interest in toys a lot more. He loved "Bob the Builder" and "Thomas the Train" too. October 2001

Josh was 3! He turned into a stinker by now, Jake was a baby, and once Jake came around Josh wasn't so nice anymore. He missed all of mommy's and daddy's attention and didn't understand how he needed to share it. He loved to color and practice his ABC's. This year he LOVED fixing anything with daddy! He was starting to get picky with eating, but cheese noodles were his favorite food. He started sunday school this year, and the first few times, he cried so hard it broke my heart, but after a couple of times, he loved it. October 2002

Josh at 4. He looked so nice in these pictures. He always smiled for his pictures, he didn't mind having his pictures taken. He started pre-school this year and he did great! He loved going! His teacher said he was very well behaved, and that he got along great with the other kids. He love coming home and showing me all the things he made. He loved shows like "Spongebob" and "Jimmy Neutron". He would wake up at 7 am NO matter what time he would go to bed. This year for Christmas, he really thought Santa was real, he was laying in bed with me at 7am of course, and we were at my mom and dads. He jumped up when he heard my parents staring to walk around upstairs and said, "Maybe that is Santa!!" The look on his face was so priceless, it was perfect. October 2003

Josh is 5! He has changed so much from the time he was a baby. He loved pre-school and sunday school too. LOVED going fishing with dad, and he loved watching mom scrapbook. He and Jake really started getting along at this age. He lost his first tooth this year as well. This year he had his first real birthday party at a indoor water park and had so much fun! He told us he loved Jesus, and even if he doesn't understand, we knew this was a start. October 2004

Josh is 6. He started Kindergarten this year. He loved going and he did pretty good too! He made friends quickly and knew how to talk all the time! I love this picture, it was his first real school picture. He still loved cheesenoodles, and is still really picky too. He was excited to find out that he was going to have a baby sister in the spring. He was so grown up when she arrived, and just loved her to pieces! He and Jake love playing together, they are going to be great friends! October 2005

Josh is 7 and in first grade. He liked school but he was starting to show some trouble with reading and comprehension. But he loved his teacher and we liked her too. He loved his little sister and he loved to hold her. He got to go hunting with dad this year, and of course fishing too. He was excited to see our new land, and loved going and checking on our house that was being built. He loved being with dad all the time. October 2006

Josh is 8 and in second grade. This picture kind of makes me sad, we had just moved into our new house and he didn't have many friends, but he sure was positive about things. This year we had him tested for ADD, and he does have it. He went on medication to help him focus better, and it seems to help. He had a wonderful teacher this year who really helped him and worked with him a lot. He loves being by the lake and going fishing. Josh is really good at math, and he loves to do art. He is a good drawer. October 2007

My special boy! how big he has gotten! I can't believe how much he has grown. He is so smart. He is in the 3rd grade now and with another good teacher. Josh loves to go places with dad, and take pictures too. He got an ipod shuffle for his birthday, and he loves it so much. His cousin gave him a handmade slingshot and that is also a favorite. Next saturday he will have his birthday party. He is really excited about it. I still can't believe how fast this time has gone by. I hope the next few years don't go that fast, but I have a feeling they will.

My sweet son

We were at the grocery store today, about to pull away and go home, when Jake says to me, "Mom, I wished you were the president." I said, "Oh, how come?" He said, "Then you would know everything." :)

I love how innocent they are at this age. He thinks so highly of presidents and kings. That must mean he thinks highly of me too. ;) He has no clue how much our current president really knows. ;)

Why

This is on my church's website. Why this picture? I look so mad at Josh and he wasn't even doing anything. Maybe I should be mad at myself, looks like everyone else is praying, and I am not.

Jacob's 6th Birthday party

We chose to have his birthday party a few weeks later than his actual birthday. We wanted him to get to know some of his friends before we invited them. He had 6 friends over. They all had a blast! We had a Movie Birthday Party. Jake loved it!

Jake holding his cake.

All the kids watching a movie in our movie room. Jake chose to watch a cartoon version of Batman. All the kids love it! They got to eat popcorn too. (all the little orbs are from dust after fluffing up the bean bags)

His cool batman cake!

All the kids!

Jake showing us his blue teeth from the icing on his cake!

This was Jake's favorite toy. He loved how it would shoot out. I love how I got this action picture. It looked so neat!

Josh's super de duper biggest boy bed

First we had to take down Josh's bed and put it up to Alyssah's room. The boys are all to excited to help fix with dad. To bad they aren't this way when it come to fixing there rooms up. Josh's back has been hurting some, so this was the time to get him into a good bed and get Alyssah out of her crib.

Checking it out, making sure he fit. ;) This box spring ended up being a queen size, we didn't realize it until we got home though, thank goodness we were going back the next day.
All done! He loves his full size bed. It will be great for when we have extra company and our spare bedroom is being used as well. I love the colors we picked out for him. He likes it too.

Laying in the bed, he was all to happy to pose for this picture. ;)