Weekly update

My camera is broken so I'm not able to update with photos. It hasn't worked quite right since our trip to the Oregon coast... think it has some sand stuck in it.

Life is good.

Last week Mckenzie finished her last dog training class. The teacher thinks that she and Lady have potential to be good dog trainer and dog. So, she has us... we will continue with more dog training classes.

Happy birthday to my dad! We had a great day with him eating at his favorite restaurant and then hanging out watching the debate and bbqing. Love you dad! You are great!!!

Also, Happy birthday to Scott's mom!!! We hope you had a fun day and wish we could have spent it with you! Love you! You are amazing!!!

Mckenzie is doing well with her violin. She is still taking private lessons but has also joined our schools orchestra. I am happy that she enjoys it and practices without being asked. She is also enjoying Young Women's. She was just asked to serve as the 2nd counselor and was bouncing off the walls excited... she was pretty nervous when her dad told her she needed to talk to her. Young Women's is keeping her busy. She has served at the soup kitchen, served Elder Walker and presidencies for dinner before conference, picking potatoes from a field and then bagging 250 bags to pass out. We are starting to get the tween attitude - so she is not perfect but I do enjoy her a ton.

Reese is doing well since his surgery. He started playing the cello. He started with orchestra but has convinced me that he wants private lessons as well. Reese loves school. They are studying a lot about the Roman empire and astronomy which are two of his favorites! Yesterday he helped bag the potatoes and also helped my dad, Scott and Nathan mow the weeds from our 'farm'. It is a lot bigger than I thought... we are going to have to be creative when coming up with ways to fill the acreage. Friday after school he went out to his friend, Tyler's house, and they rode 4 wheelers... he had a great time. He also has spent a few weeks enjoying the chicken pox.

Davis is learning to read and spell. It is fun to watch him read his stories to us. He is so proud of to be able to read them. His class went to the Pumpkin Patch last week and he loved playing with his friends. They all bought a pumpkin and were assigned to go home and paint it. He painted his like Patrick on SpongeBob. He then had to take the pumpkin to school and they walked to a retirement center and gave them their pumpkins and read stories to the people. He had a great time.

Meili and Lili enjoy going to their toddler lab together. Meili is way older than the rest of the kids and enjoys taking care of them. Lili enjoys having Meili there to watch her.... and I enjoy my hour and 1/2 twice a week. They either are the best of friends or enemies... usually, when they are great friends I have to be on my toes because they are usually getting into some sort of trouble. An example or two... I put them in the tub while cleaning our room... they were quiet and I should have known... they enjoyed putting ALL of our towels in the tub and then putting them on the carpet outside of the tub... another one, I was vacuuming and went to Reese's room to vacuum to see the wall painted RED, the curtains AND THE CARPET... ahhhh... I luckily had some Juice Out (bought from Don Aslett's store) and all of the paint came out of the carpet and off of the wall... the curtains still have some paint but that was the least of my worries at that point and time. So, maybe someday they will just enjoy playing quietly in their room while I clean but I think this is pretty unlikely - usually they are creating more of a mess then I'm able to clean up :) .... enjoy the moment..... right...????
Scott is very busy at work. It is audit time and that leads right into tax time. Six day a week work weeks have started... we are very greatful that he is busy :).