We will just start from here.

So I am not going to try to play catch up with a lot of details. 
Poor Remi...  She is truly a third child.  I have not written much about her on the blog and/or kept a good journal on her.  I AM going to do better.  Remi is full blown walking!  It was at about 10 1/2 months that she really started walking everywhere and by 11 months she was a pro.  She kind of has 4 teeth, meaning her 2 bottom front teeth came in awhile ago and her 2 top front teeth are peeking out.  She had an adorable 3 toothed grim for a little while.  She talks a little too.  Dada, daddy, all done, kitty, Kenya and Jasmin (or her version of them), mama, stop and she says different words all the time but then doesn't use them again.  She is hopping right along on her speech.  Remi is definitely my most impatient baby.  She tells me that she wants it NOW the  first time she tells me something.  It has been that way since birth.  She loves to play and especially with her sisters.  Truly all of these girls love each other so much it is just fun to be around them.
Jasmin is growing up and loves to play!  Her and Kenya love to play "Mom, Kid" and "Baby" and really anything pretend.  Jasmin does a great job playing by herself if everyone else is busy or whatever.   She makes us laugh all the time.
Kenya is 5 years old and is kindergarten this year.  We opted to do "home-school" with her because that is what the Lord told us to do.  It really is an online school so she is registered in a public school and they send me the curriculum and then I teach it to her.  We are trying to figure this out together.  It think it would have been so much easier on me and her if we would have just put her in a tradition public school, but then again knowing what that the Lord told me not too, maybe it would not be easier.  Kenya was reading well before the school year started and is excelling in all of her subjects (1st grade math, second semester kindergarten reading, handwriting, science and social studies .  She sure is smart.  It is hard for her focus at home when Jasmin gets to play as she does school and a million other things going on at home.  Some days are way better than others, but we make it work. 
We are still in Idaho Falls and finally kind of feel this is where we may be for an extended period of time.  We like it here a lot. 
We did a lot of playing this summer that included trips to Utah, Oregon, and camping a few times.  We bought a "family size" car this summer.  A suburban and we love it.  We sure can pack a lot of stuff in that thing. 
Kenya and Jasmin are both still in gymnastics and love it!  They have been impressed their teacher and she has mentioned they work hard and really seem to shine.  Last spring at their recitals they each got a 1st place medal.  Kenya on balance beam and Jamsin on the bars.  It is so fun to watch them  grow and learn new things.  Speaking of new things this Sept they also started a ballet class.  They both love it too!  Watching the joy on their faces when they are having fun beats just about anything else in the world. 
Kenya has been asked to sing a solo in her primary program this Sunday.  She says she is nervous for it, but I think she is also very excited about chance to do it. 
Life here is good! You will hear from me again soon.  Remi will be 1 in just a couple of days and I cannot not post about it. 

It's been a long time, but we're still here!

Sorry we haven't updated the blog in such a long time. My laptop is the older of the two and it often takes a really long time to post or do anything and Lois has been keeping people posted on things via Facebook and so the blog went to the back burner. It also doesn't help that, to us, our lives have seemed normal and that there's nothing really to post. However, that is not quite true! There have been tons of things, changes taking place in with the Draper family in Idaho.


Here it is, now fall time and we're finally posting something. Halloween is approaching and we are all so excited!  Today we'll begin watching General Conference!! We are so happy that our girls get giddy and excited when we tell them a week in advance that General Conference will be next weekend and we need to prepare! This time they literally dance and giggled and ran around with joy that General Conference was on it's way! I hope this is something that will stick with them forever. It is so important and Lois and I have done and are still doing whatever we can to help them understand that.

Some updates: Remi is walking and has been since she turned 10 months old! She holds conversations with us, oft times in baby jibberish, but the tones, voice fluctuations and mimic patterns are legit!