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16 pm 0 comments thursday december 23 2010 merry christmas 2010 valiant family christmas letter december 2010 it s hard to believe another year has come and gone and that it s only the beginning of december and i m already writing this year s christmas letter i m super excited for this year in review even though it hasn t been a super exciting year per se so here goes griffin our lil man is now 19 months old he s a fun cheerful addition to the valiant brood always making us laugh with his dancing and babbling griffin loves to give kisses and hugs and sings along with songs on the radio he loves to play with his brothers and he lets us know when he s been wronged by raising his voice a bit griffin has an incredibly content nature so far and is definitely easy going with our crazy busy family owen our other lil man is now four years old can you believe it our little miracle boy never ceases to amaze us with his crazy antics quick wit and huge vocabulary he has continued to love to sing and dance though we don t have him in any formal musical programs he loves attending his sunday school classes and wnkof wednesday night kids of faith and learning about god and jesus if you stop by our house he ll likely invite you to play in his room which he shares with griffin and you ll probably be roped in to a make believe world of playing house doctor school etc owen is learning his letters and how to write his name and our really big news is that he was officially potty trained this summer just in time for him to attend vacation bible school for the first time he loved it and mommy daddy love one less in diapers jake tj best buds and now classmates too jake had his 7th birthday in september and tj had his 11th in november this past spring tj was introduced to a less popular sport and we decided to enroll both tj and jake in the boiler diving program at purdue both boys have loved the exercise fun and opportunity it has provided we have enjoyed learning more about the sport and watching the purdue athletes compete as well the boys aren t at competition level quite yet but they both are working hard and having fun in may jake graduated from kindergarten at faith christian school and tj ended a five year season of his life attending school at fcs tj enjoyed playing baseball this summer something he hasn t done for a few seasons and both boys continued diving as well jake took swimming lessons since he really wanted to be able to do more than the dryland portion of the diving classes like tj and learned to swim really well really fast he went from having a fear of even jumping off the side of the pool in june to doing flips off the 3 meter platform just 3 months later this summer the boys went on an unprecedented 2 week trip by themselves to wisconsin to spend time with grandma becca and family and to fish tj is especially into fishing the kid dreams in fish they had a great time and we capped off the 2 weeks by attending my brother andrew s wedding reception welcome to the crazy family amanda this back to school season was quite different for our family we went from getting up and driving the boys to fcs every day to simply walking to the kitchen table yes we are homeschooling now it s been a challenging but rewarding 4 months and the boys have done excellent both tj and jake flew through an entire grade level of math already and they have both just jumped a level in spelling as well we don t have every subject mastered curriculum choice wise but are enjoying the ride the field trips are definitely the best part oh and both boys have read several books too ok several is an understatement we tell them often how blessed they are that they have a love and gift for reading tim is still working at walgreens he s in his 13th year with the company actually he has been at his current store since it opened 2 1 2 years ago when not at work tim keeps busy playing with the boys and taking care of household budget stuff and helping out around the house he also serves in our church by teaching finance and time management classes to college students along with providing personal budget financial counseling we are also still enjoying serving in the college aged ministry ask him about his assassination attempts from this summer if you see him around renay i worked this past year for the indiana immunization coalition part time from home however as homeschooling has become my primary focus i recently turned in my notice and will be officially unemployed in 2011 for the first time since tj was a newborn yay i m loving this new but very different season of life and am happy to almost have one semester of homeschooling behind us oh and i still love couponing and deal seeking i ve even added goodwill shopping to my repertoire i m excited to possibly have more time though less cash to deal seek in the near future as 2010 draws to a close the warm thoughts of the abundant blessings in our lives are at the forefront of my mind john 10 10b confirms this for us when jesus states i came so that they may have life and have it abundantly while 2010 was not a year filled with big news nor spectacular life changes it was a good year it was a blessed year and it certainly was an abundant year we pray you also have had an abundant year and are blessed with an abundant year to come love the valiant s tim renay tj jake owen griffin posted by renay at 8 50 pm 0 comments tuesday november 02 2010 happy 4th birthday owen elijah when i post lately i start off by apologizing for not posting for so long this time is no different i believe it s a good thing and a sign of the busy times in my valiant days i don t have the time to put in to this post that i would like to nor am i going to be an editing grammar queen but i want to get a few thoughts down as i feel very much like an update is in order can you believe this happened four years ago i know i can t we welcomed the complete miracle baby owen elijah valiant into this world 8 weeks before he was due to be born and with little hope for his tiny life weighing in at an incredibly tiny for gestation 2 pounds 13 ounces and only 14 1 4 inches long oh my word how far this little man has come now on his 4th birthday weighing in at a whopping 26 pounds and 6 ounces towering at 35 1 2 inches this still small for age little boy shows no signs of slowing down he has a larger than life personality and has been called intense passionate dramatic and so much more singing and dancing his way through life now quoting not exactly appropriate lines from tv shows and movies he does a killer pinocchio from shrek impersonation when the mood strikes loving to play outside dress up carry a satchel kicking like karate kid diving air dives like david boudia oh how i could go on okay so maybe i will a bit more a smile to melt your heart an attitude to light a burning fire in his family and some pretty big faith for a young one it s hard to believe he s endured countless tests scores of doctors visits 3 surgeries x rays cat scans months of doc band wearing 2 years of physical and occupational therapy and i m even probably leaving out some other low lights this kid is nearly 10 times his birth weight out running his momma out talking his daddy out smarting his brothers he is truly such an incredible boy i can t imagine not being his mommy i will leave you with some pics and a clip of owen doing an original song and an oldie but goodie youtube video of owen singing posted by renay at 11 00 pm 0 comments thursday august 05 2010 finally another valiant update i ve been feel the urge to post an update on our lives for awhile now not sure anyone will be reading it but at least it s here for the sake of journaling i can t believe how facebook has killed my blogging life i used to blog and read blogs now i jump on fb and check out what s going on with people so i m sure i m missing out but this is the season where god has me so all is well with the lafayette valiant clan we ve had quite a few changes these past several months disclaimer as i read all the stuff i wrote when i was editing this post i found myself hoping our update is read in the genuine tone i wrote it in which is the perspective of a proud mama who truly knows how blessed she is 2 corinthians 10 17 but he who boasts is to boast in the lord here s an update on the boys griffin 15 months recent check up revealed he continues to be on the peanut side of growth he was 18 pounds and 28 1 2 inches he just started walking a few days before turning 15 months old the doctor was concerned about his small read non existent vocabulary and wants us to contact first steps and be diligent in teaching griffin to sign call me laid back but i m sooo not worried about my content little man he s quiet because he doesn t need to speak as his brothers say things for him and are at his every need he s a picky eater and does everything better for just about anyone else than me he s a busy body always trying to explore he catches onto things because he s simply so observant ie he now bows his head to pray and holds his hands together at meal time just because he watches us he also waves goodbye when people simply talk about leaving and he says hello when he put a toy phone to his ear he has figured out that stacking up pillows an escape route when he s not tall enough to climb unaided i swear he says night night love you thank you etc but it s something most people wouldn t pick up on owen 3 years 8 months this kid cracks us up daily he s truly something else owen is still small though he wouldn t tell you that he constantly talks about how he s growing up and how big he s getting he s finally read seriously how long can it take potty trained for the most part he can also ride a tricycle now which simply took his length to be long enough to reach pedals etc he loves playing outside with all our neighbors and they all love him too he s gotten quite the personality from playing with mostly girls he compliments females all the time saying things such as i like your dress your earrings are pretty i like your hair etc it s a hoot he s quite the ladies man he s very socially outgoing and makes friends very easily he loves to sing and dance and makes up lots of songs he has learned to sing the books of the old testament pretty well he calls that song genesis we are starting preschool very soon i have lots of materials ready to go to teach him here at home he will primarily work on the basics of writing his name copying letters and letter recognition coloring in the lines and maybe some cutting scary jake 6 years 10 months my sweet boy graduated from kindergarten in may and has enjoyed a lazy summer at his graduation we were surprised that he was honored with a special character award called the eagle award only one boy and one girl are chosen by their teacher for this special award and when his name was called we were all so surprised and proud of him he definitely loved his kindergarten year and his teacher mrs mcqueen was a huge part of the reason he had such a terrific first year in school earlier this summer he learned how to ride his bike in literally 5 minutes of tim helping him no bike wrecks or anything a huge plus side of waiting to teach your kid to ride their bike sans training wheels jake s new thing is diving lessons we enrolled him in the boiler diving academy this spring mostly because tj wanted to try out diving and we thought why not let jake try it too turns out jake is a natural and really loves his diving practices he started out differently than tj in that he started in dryland sessions mostly on a trampoline in belts learning basic jumps and body mechanics you can see the dedication and determination on his face i am going to try to attach a video of him doing flip after flip in the air his favorite thing to do in practice he s up to over 20 consecutive back flips in belts the quality is poor as it was taken with my blackberry but it s a pretty cool 13 seconds tj will attest it s wayyyyy harder than it looks jake also took swim lessons this summer so he would be able to start water sessions on diving lessons which he successfully accomplished and indeed began jumping in poolside even though he had a serious fear of drowning we are very proud of him overcoming this fear and are hoping his confidence in water safety will continue to grow as he will soon need to go off boards and platforms thus going deeper under the water and swimming back further distances to the ladder jake did play t ball this summer which was fine but a little under his skill level as he could ve easily done coach pitch but we didn t realize we should move him up whoops jake will be starting 1st grade and is an eager learner so i m hoping he will enjoy school starting back up tj 10 years 8 months tj finished 4th grade in may and was soooo glad to be done with 4th grade he s 10 1 2 going on 16 but not in a miserable defiant teenager way but more of a he s no longer a little boy way tj shocked us by playing baseball this summer which he quit a couple years ago he was actually decent for having so much time away from league play and he enjoyed it and his team quite a bit he even pitched during a game as relief and in 4 pitches the inning was over with no rbi we were ecstatic for him and he was thrilled at his performance as i mentioned above he started diving in the spring he was one of only a handful kids in his school that tested well enough to start in the learn to dive program at boiler diving academy at purdue university he was doing amazingly working quickly through the lower certificate levels until he was injured learning to improve his back dive technique this was a serious set back for him on many levels he has become fearful of backdives and has lost some interest in the sport we are trying to help him work through his fear now and have been for a few months he has the month of august off due to construction at the aquatic facility and we are praying that he will be ready to start back in full force in september we are simply not wanting him to quit because he got hurt and thinks it s too hard life is hard and he can t quit at life so we want him to learn from this and persevere tj is starting 5th grade shortly and is actually excited about this upcoming year of school through much prayer research and deliberation we have decided to try homeschooling our boys this fall i have received lots of help and advice from those who ve succeeded and even those who ve stopped homeschooling i have our curriculum all ready to go and a nice plan in place to give prek3 1st and 5th grades a go and would love your prayers for a successful year we are excited but nervous about such a major change in our lives we also have a college aged fella living in our home now named justin jb tj offered to give up his room and move in with jake in order to give justin a leg up on achieving some financial goals he otherwise would ve not been able ...