Our "peculiar" family

We have been having a lot of things happen in our lives. We are trying to stay positive. Tom is moving to a new company with the same job. It is just a transition to help hurting companies that are working on the same project but need workers. He will be doing the same thing just at the same pay so that is helpful. He is now a HAM radio operator. He loves it but would love it even more if we could afford the actual set up for him to get on it. Kristianne is doing so much better then she was just a few short weeks ago. She was hurting because she wasn't with her same friends anymore and it was difficult for her to open up to make new ones. Luckily, her art did it for her. She has become quite talented. I keep telling her that she should keep all of her sketches in a book so that she will always have it. We were talking to her Beehive leader at church today and found out that she has finished one of her Young Women projects for personal progress. She said that she just does it for fun. I am so proud of her. She is now babysitting more for me and is doing really well at it. I know that I will always worry that she is leaving behind her childhood but it is something that she has chosen to do. Another thing interesting in her life is that the missionaries in our ward challenaged her to take a Book of Mormon to school with her and read it when ever she has the time. They called it being peculiar. She is doing every day. I think she enjoys being peculiar. Noah is also doing so well. He is so social at school. He had no problem finding friends and fitting right in. One day when I was volunteering at his school he didn't want me anywhere near him because I was embarrassing to him. It hurts that he did want me to hug him but I completely understand. I don't know if my parents were at all cool at his age. Sorry mom and dad. He did try something this last week that was out of his comfort zone. He through is hat in the political ring. He ran for Student Council Treasurer. He had to give a speech in front of all of the 5th and 4th graders at his school. Then he waited for votes to be tallied. He wasn't elected and he was actually really upset. He said "I really wanted it. I feel upset but I'm not done. I'm running for classroom representative." I couldn't be happier or prouder of him. Yes I know the grammer is awful but it is how I feel. Jonah is learning a lot in his 1st grade class. I have been volunteering more in his classroom. His teacher is awesome. I am really happy with both of the boys teachers. He is reading as well as a 1st grader that is about 2 months from the end of the year. I hope he keeps up his love of reading. He was just alittle bit upset that he couldn't vote for his brother. It was only the 4th and 5th graders. He said that he would convinced all of his friends to vote for him. He is quite the ladies man in class. There is a little girl in his class that loves to be around him. The funny thing is that they are in the same primary class too. As for me, I am trying to get involved with the ward and area. I love the city of Temecula. I hope that we are here for a while because it would be hard to leave. We have an amazing ward that never makes you feel wierd for being the new ones in the ward. Our calling in primary is going really well. We have the primary program coming up next sunday on the 23rd. I had to bribe my kids to sing, sit reverent and say their parts really well. I said that I would make them cookies on the sunday after General Conference. I'm hoping that they will keep their end of the bargain. This has gone on more than I was planning. I hope you forgive the ramblings of a mom but I need to keep the rest of my family up to date. p.s. Giulia I need permission to your new blog. Please.?.