The Jon Wadley Fam

It is crazy to think that Katelyn is already in first grade! We aren’t quite sure where the time has gone. A long time ago I made Katelyn promise that she would figure out a way to stay little forever…and she hasn’t found a solution yet…nor do I think she’s trying too hard…nor do I think she should. But, still.
Anyway, she was lucky enough to land in the class of the teacher that EVERYBODY wants to have. No kidding, apparently every year there is a sort of drawing held to see who gets to be in her class, and the other teachers get the rest of the kids. I had never heard of anything like that before.

Well, needless to say the gate was a hit. I wasn’t about to miss the big arrival, so I came home early from work and we all waited excitedly for her to return:

Ethan was so excited he couldn’t stand it. We weren’t sure how he would react to Katelyn being in school all day and he seemed to really miss her.

Here are Katelyn and Kennedy!

BriAnne and Kira had planned a fun after school movie for these two as well as another girl from the ward – a movie with Miley Cyrus – so I promptly went back to work for the last hour of the work day. The day was a resounding success and Katelyn is going to love school this year.

As a follow up to Katelyn’s birthday, I freely admit that I have never had a hard time cutting into any birthday cake in my life, even the really cool ones growing up that were painted camouflage, etc that Dave and I had. But I had a really hard time cutting into this one last night:

I literally felt like I was destroying a piece of art. My cousin Jenny made this for Katelyn and in the end it was fantastically delicious and everyone loved it…but still, it was almost fulfilling enough to sit there and look at it!

Katelyn had a few friends over and pretty much just had a girl’s night with them…a girlie movie along with some nail painting, pizza and of course cake and ice cream.
(btw, I took the picture with my phone camera so of course I was crooked and not the cake…it was perfect. Also, Jenny made everything in and on the cake, including the bow – and everything was edible).

It was 6 years ago today that our lives were forever changed when we were blessed to have you join our family. We can’t even imagine what our lives would be like without you! Your spirit is like a ray of sunshine in our home, each and every day. Happy Birthday Sweetie!!!

As much as we don’t want him to (or want him to have to, rather) Ethan just can’t seem to kick the habit:

Alright, alright, so he’s not a smoker per se – until the little asthma bug comes around and he’s forced to spend some time inhaling Albuterol via the trusty nebulizer. He used to hate that thing, but now that he’s a little older, and the attacks don’t come that often, it seems to be a bit of a novelty and even when he’s not sick he says he needs his ‘machine’. At any rate, we’re hoping he outgrows asthma…sooner than later!