Thierry's Journal
English/Anglais-----------------------
I finally got around to add a new entry to this journal.
We have been quite busy since we arrive but it finally starts to come down. I'm still looking for a job, but we can still afford to be a bit picky right about getting a good salary...
...still, I start to get a good understanding of the market place here in Utah.
Aside from job hunting, I get some time for myself too. I just went play billiard with Jen's dad, Richard. That was fun.

The kids are also getting used to their new home. They are being a lot less agitated and are starting to find their marks. They have their favorite toys and TV shows. It's very convenient to have video on demand! Julien is watching his favorite show right now 'cause he had a late nap and woke up from it. I'm hoping he will fall asleep it front of it...

We're having Maxx, Emma, and little CJ to sleep over here tomorrow night. The kids are really excited about it. this made me think I had to reload the Wii batteries!

Also don't forget to read older post, Jennifer posted a few at once. There is Chucky-Cheese, were the kids can play video game and eat pizza. Julien loved the electric cars there!
We went to "Thankgiving Point" a dinosaur museum with a lot of play activities all throught he exposition. We got a yearly family card for it, 'cause it's great to go there when it's cold outside!

Xavier is doing great at kindergarten. He has learned to focus on what he has to do. Since we arrived, he learned to write his first and last name, as well as writing numbers up to 20. He now write small words every weeks for homework, like "fun", and "write". The other day he started to write the name of a diction nary "Webster's" that's how far he got before he got distracted, but this was after a full day at kindergarten. We think the "phonics" extra course he is taking at school helps him a big time into liking learning. They use positive reinforcemtn to have the kids change their behavior, and I got to learn how to apply this just watching the teacher when I drop him in the morning.

Aurelie is growing so fast. She comes up with a new sound everyday and already has a heart melting smile when you look at her... ...yep, she already has that magic little finger girl learn to use on their dads, she got me wrapped around it!

That's it for now!

Francais/French/Französisch-----------------------
Enfin de retour sur ce blog!
On commence a avoir un peu plus de temps maintenant que le plus gros de l’aménagement est accomplit. On a même finis de récupérer les "essentiels" que l'on avait envoyé par cargo. J'ai maintenant tout mon matériel de travail, et Jennifer a enfin récupéré son maquillage!

Je suis toujours a la recherche de travail, mais on peut encore se permettre d'attendre pour une opportunité qui paie suffisamment pour supporter ma petite famille. En plus je commence vraiment a comprendre à quel type de travail je peux aspirer...

Ajourd'hui je suis allé jouer au billard avec le père de Jennifer, Richard. Il y a des tables gratuites au centre pour personnes âgées d'ou il par faire sa tournée tous les Vendredi matin pour distribuer des repas chaux à des personnes agée, à leur domicile, et en bénévolat bien sur!

Les enfants se sont bien adapté ici. Ils sont beaucoup moins agité, même en comparaison à l'Allemagne. Il faut dire que c’était le branle-bas de combats les trois dernier mois avant notre départ!

Xavier a appris à se mieux concertrer à l'école. Il sont très fort pour faire comprendre aux enfants ce qu'il faut faire en saluant leur bon comportement. Ca permet aux enfants de changer sans avoir a se faire gronder "positive reinforcement" en Anglais, renforcement postitif en français?

Julien regarde son émission éducative favorite en se moment, car il a fait une sieste tradive cet après-midi. Il va certainment s'endormir devant... ...à moins que ce soit moi!

Les enfants de la soeur ainée de Jen vont venir dormir ici demain soir. Nos gamins sont excités à l'idée de les revoir et de jouer avec eux. Il y aurra Maxx, 10 ans, Emma, 8 ans et CJ 1 an.

Aurélie commence déjà à m'amadouer avec ses petits sourires dès que je la regarde et ses balbutiements avec ses levres... Elle a déjà un de ses petits doigts magiques! Elle va faire tourner son papa en rond celle là!

A très bientôt!


Deutsch/German/Allemal-----------------------
Ich hab endlich ein bissen mehr Seit jetzt.
Ich muss noch ein Arbeit finden, aber ich hab das Arbeitsmarkt verständnislos schon im Griff.

Wir haben inzwischen das Umzug abgeschlossen. Wir haben die notwendige Karton von Container geleert. Wir werden beim Jennifer Eltern bleiben so lange ich kein Arbeit habe. Öffentlich nicht zu Lang, aber wir sind schon bequem hier.

I hab Billard mit mein Schwiegervater Heute gespielt. Das war frei beim ein Alter leute Heim. Wir haben viel Spass gehabt!

Die Kinder sind jetzt gut gewohnt. Sie sind viel ruhiger als im Deutsch vor unsere Umzug. Alles war ein bissen aus ein ander dann!

Xavier kann jetzt für lange Seit auf sein Hausaufgabe Konzentrieren. Die Lehrer nutzen Positivuntersuctzung um die Kinder die richtige Benehmen zu lernen. Ich nutze das auch jetzt und es wirkt sehr gut mit der Xavier.

Julien schaut sein lieblisgte Ferhnsehsendung jetzt. Er is ein bisser ausgeschalfen im Nachmitag sclaff Heute... ... aufentlich wir er von sich sebst zu schlafen bringen, es ist schon 1 am!

Aurélie hat mich total bezaubert! Die lachert jedes Mahl ich sie angueckt. Sie wachst einfahr zu schnell aber sie ist sehr suss jetzt.

Bis bald!

Aurélie is now 5 months old!!!!

Our baby is now 5 months old. I can't believe how fast she is growing. She has turned into such a sweet little girl. She smiles all the time and loves to rock back and forth. She still looks a lot like Thierry and has stolen away all our hearts. We are so blessed to have her in our lives. We love you Aurélie.

Thanksgiving Point 2

We went back to Thanksgiving Point for a family evening they were doing for Christmas. The boys made reindeer hats and cookies, and even met two real reindeer. Then we went out to eat for hamburgers. All in all it was a great evening. Christmas is almost here...

Thanksgiving Point

We went to a wonderful place called Thanksgiving Point and liked it so much we bought an annual pass so we can come back whenever we want. It has an awesome dinosaur museum and some beautiful Christmas lights you can drive through in your car. We will be coming here often so I am sure you will see more pictures of this place.

Winter pictures

Here are a few pictures we took over the last month. Xavier made a great snowman and we went to a lovely outdoor shopping center in Provo that had Santa there for the kids to visit. Xavier drew 2 pictures to give to Santa and even wrote his name and the number 5 on them to let him know how old he is. He is doing great in kindergarten. He has learned so much in the last month and a half we are really amazed. Santa was so impressed with the pictures Xavier drew that he took them home with him to the North Pole. That made Xavier really happy. The kids sure are having a great time here.

Festival of Trees

We went to the Festival of Trees to see all the nicely decorated trees on display. The kids had a great time. They had wonderful activities for them to do. Xavier and Julien made some nice decorated bags, Xavier made a candy cane Christmas ornament, and Julien made a fuzzy animal. We also got some great balloon swords for the boys to dual with. Xavier's even had a belt that he could put his sword in and then draw it out to fight his brother. The trees were really beautiful and it was great to visit them with my sister Jill and her kids Reagan, Eli, and Whitney. Thanks for going with us Jill.