Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone reading this! We would like to wish all of you a Merry Chirstmas. How grateful are we to be surrounded by beauty, good friends and family. It is so nice to know that with all the craziness of shopping that each and every Monday night we can focus on the Savior as a family. We were given a book From Troy's Mom called The Last Straw. It emphasizes on the importance of doing service and truly being "Christlike". We have enjoyed pulling a name from the hat and doing service for that person for the week. Each time we do service we are able to add straw to the craddle which our baby Jesus will be laid. How much fun we are having! Our craddle is getting fuller. e

We have had an eventful year. From Softball to football. Potty training to graduating preschool. Bethany Beach and Sadie's baptism We have a lot of memories of 2008. e

We were a little late getting our card out to everyone this year. We just couldn't find the time to get all four children together in one spot to take their picture. After 30 takes (no joke) here's the final result. I will never be a photographer! We hope that you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year! e

Love,

The Bowman's
Troy, Monica, Sadie, Spencer, Nicole, and Luke

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello All!

We hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Every year we are fortunate enough to have two! We had the best time at Monica's parents house and then we had one at our house with Troy's family. As always Monica went out into the world at 4:30 in the morning to do some shopping. She got plenty of good deals for our secret Santa family. Troy stayed home and watched the children. It has been so nice to have the children home this week. We have been able to do many things. Going to the Library, haircuts, watching the parade on TV, shopping. Its been a blast. Tomorrow they are off for one more day. We are just going to stay home :-)

Sadie and Spencer got fantastic report cards and outstanding Teacher conferences. We are so proud of their hard work.

Troy was so bummed that he didn't get to see the Utah BYU game but luckily Monica found a way and he saw the rebroadcast.

Sadie has finished the last of the Harry potter series. She read the entire book in a week!

Spencer has found a new series The 39 clues. Monica is even hooked on it. They are reading it together and then Sadie. Spencer, and Monica go on the computer to figure out clues.

Nicole is Nicole. Just as determined as ever. Her latest conquest was she sold her my little ponies for $75 on Craig's list and was able to purchase a vanity that she wanted. We listed it on a Thursday and Monday night she has $75 in her hand!

Bubba is talking up a storm and is too smart for his on good. When we left the library, I gave everyone some gum except for Bubba. He was so mad he started to yell and said with a deep yelling voice, "Mommy I want some gum! Give me gum!". It was so funny I started to laugh then all of a sudden he changed his voice and very sweetly said " That's not funny Mommy' it just not funny" Kid's say the darnedest things!

Well, good luck with those last minute purchases, for us we are done! Yeah!

Sadie

I would just like to brag about Sadie. She has been reading the HArry Potter series since June. She started book 6 two weeks ago and has not been able to put it down. Her motivation was to be able to see Movie #6 on Nov. 21. (Yes we are ALLl totally bummed about them changing it to July 09). But since we found that out it has not stopped her from reading she has got 28 pages left! We are so proud of her accomplishment.

Football Star!

Spencer just ended his 8 weeks of flag football. He really has enjoyed it. At the End they played a game against another group in his age group. Not to brag (It is a Mother's right) He not only scored two touchdowns but managed to pick up a fumble to be able to score one of those touchdowns! All I can say is "That's my boy!"

Octoberfest!

Trick or Treat!



We had a fun filled October. We went to Baugher's rode a hayride and picked our pumpkins. Some pumpkins were a little questionable. Troy and Spencer managed to find their GREAT PUMPKIN. Sadie mangaed to comb throught the entire patch before finding her pumpkin. Bubba and Nicole found just the right size for them. We were able to visit with Nonni and Pop, Uncle Tim, Aunt Theresa, Sierra, Tyler, BJ, Amy, Drew, Jessie and Christian. Afterwards Monica surprised Troy by choosing Texas roadhuose for a birthday dinner.



Trick or Treating was a blast this year. We were acompany by Indiana Jones, a Dallas Cowboys Football player, A gymnast and a Life size Carebear! Everyone managed to carry thier own bags candy. ( I think they were determined!)



As a side note: We had a family in our old ward who lost two of there children in a car accident. As I was driving to the viewing, our children were asking me normal questions and as I answered them I was able to share this with them. I know that through the plan of salvation we are an eternal family. How grateful I am to my Heavenly Father for creating such an awesome plan of happiness. I know that if I do all that I can in this life that I will be with my family forever. This plan has given me comfort over the years through the loss of Grandparents but never has it become more real to me than the other night when I shared my testimony with them. I am so grateful for gospel in my life I am not quite sure where I would be without it. It has brought such happiness and joy. After I shared my testimony with them I told them (more for Nicole's benefit) that if you needed to say anything to Brother and Sisiter Boles just simply say "I'm sorry your son died" Well as we gave them hugs I introduced Nicole to Sister Boles. It was very silent in the room and this sweet little voice said "I'm sorry your son died." How grateful I am to Nicole for her sweet spirit.

Autumn Fun!

As most of you my birthday is rapidly approaching! How exciting! as far as I am concerned it should be a national holiday. So I say Bring it on 34! Anyways, to celebrate this day we decided to visit our nations capital. We were able to get tickets to the Washington Monument via the internet. Sadie was so excited. So Troy, Sadie, Nicole, Scpencer, and Dad went up the pencil (as Sadie called it when she was four). Mom, I and Bubba stayed on the ground and waited for them to return. We were then suprised by Uncle BJ, Aunt Amy, Drew, Jessie, and Koosh (Christian) who live a half hour away. What a great time we had. We went to the Hard rock Cafe for Lunch (Thank you BJ), the Air and Space Museum, The National Art Gallery, and the breathe taking WWII Memorial. FYI thank you Bubba for wearing underwear all day and no accidents! Kudos to you!

My Family

Nicole
Luke (Bubba), Nicole, Spencer, Sadie

Hi,

I have tried to start this blog three times now with hopes of allowing friends old and new to see some of our favorite pictures from the places we have been. So if I can get this up and running you just might see them! Here is our 4 year old and then the crew on the first day of school. They almost look like the bars on the wireless commercial! More to come.