If you missed it...

If you missed Raymond on TV you can see it here.
http://studio5.ksl.com/index.php?nid=55&sid=9906879

Raymond on TV

Raymond is going to be talking about his business on KSL's Studio 5 Tueday, March 9th at 11:00 am here in Utah. Thought you might want to know!
His website is www.savinggreenathome.com

S turns seven

Here are some photos of the birthday bash. I used an Elmo pan for the tiger cake. S is such a silly boy!

Saving Green

Raymond is finally ready to launch his new business! We are hoping things go well and he gets lots of customers. He has been out of work for a long time and it has been a lot of work to get his business ready. We are having two parties this week to let people know what he is doing. One will be Wednesday at 6:30 and than again Saturday at 6:00. There will be pizza. You are welcome to come if possible.
His business is helping people learn how they can save money on their energy costs. It is interesting stuff and some things I had never heard of before. Pray for us that this goes well.

Happy New Year!

It's about time I got back on this blog! Here are the ups and downs of the Crane's 2009.

In December 2008 the company Raymond was working for went out of business. This started a new adventure for us. We searched and searched for a job, but never found one. This gave Raymond the opportunity to open his own business. He moved through several ideas before settling on energy consultation and green remodels. He is getting ready to start talking to customers soon. Hopefully he will be in a place to go by the end of this month.

At the beginning of the year, Raymond and Jamie were able to participate in our stake production of "Beauty and The Beast." It was a lot of fun! We made a lot of new friends and really enjoyed getting out of the house for a few hours.

We have been working hard on our rental properties this year. We are now pro's at painting. We were able to sell our house in Magna after some remodeling. It ended up looking pretty nice, I must say. We've also learned a lot about the court system, but we won't go into all of that.

The most exciting and wonderful thing this year happened in June when we welcomed Aa into our family. He is such a happy and easy going little baby. We all love having him here with us. All of our children are such blessings. It amazes me how unique each one of them are!

We love you all! We are hoping for a fabulous 2010.

Disneyland

For UEA weekend, my sister took the two older boys to Disneyland. They sure had a good time! Raymond and I wished we could have been there to see there faces. They went to the beach the first day and played in the sand, looked for seashells and chased the waves. The next two days were at Disneyland and California Adventure. They went on almost all of the rides. They decided Tower of Terror had too much terror, but they enjoyed The Haunted Mansion. They loved Indiana Jones and Splash Mountain. They also got to do Jedi training. My sister took them to a Halloween party at Disneyland too. It was fun for them to trick or treat and wear their costumes. A was dressed as Handy Manny (sp?) and got to meet him too!
Aa is already 3 months old. Can you believe it?

Camping, G, etc.

We have had a fun summer. In August my sister Lexi visited with her family so we went to Southern Utah for a fun family reunion. Monday we swam in the Great Salt Lake. It was pretty fun, but we didn't bring swim suits and just swam in our clothes. That was fine until G wanted to take his shirt off. That led to J wanting her's off too. I didn't think that was so bad (she's only two)so took it off her. Next she proceded to remove her shorts and diaper too. She wouldn't put them back on for anything, so she swam in the buff. Luckily the beach wasn't very crowded.
Later in the week we drove down to Bryce Canyon and Zion's National Parks. The kids had so much fun with their cousin! A wasn't so excited about all the hiking by the last day, so we started telling them we were going on a walk instead of a hike. He seemed okay with that. They loved playing in the river and climbing all the rocks. I loved seeing everyone and playing games. I'll post some pictures soon.
School started right after our trip. S and A are enjoying learning new things. G is enjoying preschool. Mommy's enjoying a quieter house.
We had a scare about a week ago. G had another seizure. He is taking seizure medicine now and we are hoping that will control it. Luckily he has only ever had them in night while he's been in bed. It's scary though. Hint: If someone you know has a seizure for the first time, film some of it with your phone or something. We did that and it seemed to help when explaining to nurses and doctors what happened.