I know, I know, finally Bryce and Sara get on the ball and create a post, (I think that means Tom lost the bet to Maren as to who would be the last).
Let’s see. Some highlights. Talmage, (Tag), has been doing a lot of “talking” and expects you to understand what he’s saying. He has been able to say some real words quite well, my favorites are “Cookie”, because the way he says it sounds like Darth Vader breathing, (Coooo-Kie), and of course “Daddy”, which he yells from any where in the house and starts running as soon as he knows I’m coming into the house, (outside of a welcome home kiss from Sara, this is the best part of any day).
Marcus has been going to Miss Tami’s preschool and loves every minute of it. If we pull up to the house and the garage isn’t open there is a groan from the back of the Durango, and as soon as it opens he tries to break the door until it’s opened and he can run inside, (by the way Tom I’ve stolen a few cans of Vault from you fridge when I’m there to drop him off). He also has been displaying even more pure passion in everything he does, when he’s happy its total bliss, when he’s sad he is almost inconsolable, when he’s mad he could probably run through a wall and not feel it. Passion is a great thing if it is harnessed, so we’re trying to help him do that.
Hunter really likes 1st grade, but it is presenting even greater challenges that we or Hunter expected, (I don’t remember kids being this rude and mean when I was in 1st grade, maybe 3rd grade). We had to have the “Birds and the Bees” talk with Hunter an Marcus for Family Home Evening because some kids were telling Hunter that he had had sex with one of the girls in his class. As we explained the difference between boys and girls, and that bodies are special and what is proper and also what they will hear a lot of people say and do, (slang, jokes, etc), you could see confusion in Hunter’s eyes. We asked him if he understood, and he said he did, but didn’t understand why people would talk wrong about it. Meanwhile, Marcus was getting really mad, and when we asked him why, he said, “I am so angry at those people saying and doing bad things!” It made Sara and I smile a bit, but also made me proud of the ‘righteous indignation’ that he was displaying. We read part of the Proclamation on the Family and some of the For the Strength of Youth with them.
Sara has started cross guarding again. She is part of a Women’s Choir that she is really enjoying. They will be performing in the Tabernacle on November 21st, (Thanksgiving Eve), at 7:00 pm. So, feel free to attend, you won’t be disappointed, (2 of the songs are from the musical Wicked, which is the Wizard of Oz story told from the Witch of the West’s point of view instead of Dorothy’s).
I have had some interesting last couple months. I became a Floating Manager, (which seems to have more responsibility added to it everyday), so I now have more ability and clout behind the help I give people whether I have a title or not. Also, as a manager they had me do training on the Power of Silence, which I really enjoyed doing, and was well received. I lost both my 1st counselor and secretary in the Young Men’s’ Presidency for our ward, one moved, and the other was taken by the Elders Quorum. So that leaves me currently all alone when it comes to Wednesday nights.
Also as a family, we finally went camping a couple of times. Last year at this point we had been camping about 14 times.
