HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Hey everyone. We hope that you all had a great Thanksgiving. We had a great time. Mom, dad and Sarah came down for the weekend. I really loved cooking for everyone. Mom, Sarah and I went shopping on Friday. We didn't hit any of the early sales we went to the book store and then to IKEA. We did end our day at the mall but the crowds weren't to bad. On Saturday Mom and dad took the girls out to see Aunt Janeen and Aunt Ashley. Mom did bring me some couches. She was getting rid of her couches in her living room because she was receiving new furniture from Ashley's mom and dad. I now have living room furniture.

The girls are doing great. They had a great time with Aunt Sarah. Alex is still working hard. My job is going well. They were training me on the register today. I guess that means that i will be getting out of the dish room for a while. We hope that all is well is everyone.

Howdy

Hey there. Well we had another exciting week in Harmonland. I thought that we were done with sports last week with Ashley's last volleyball game. No such luck. I got a call from Sam's basketball coach on Tuesday saying that their first game was on Saturday. Sam is part of a different schools team since there was only two girls from her school who signed up to play. The school that she is playing for is a half hour drive away. Of course what isn't a half hour drive away from me. The game is played interesting for third graders. The only thing that they can't do is take the ball away from a player. Some girls had to be reminded to dribble the ball while they ran. I have never seen so much traveling and double dribbling since I played basketball with grandpa foreman. They didn't keep score but the other team clearly won. Sam had no idea what she was doing but she was having a blast doing it.

As I had said. Ashley is now finished with volleyball. They had their team party last night at at the school. They played three games against the parents. The girls even beat the parents on the second game. The parents won the third game since I served the winning shot. ;P They all received trophy's and a certificate of playing. It was a really fun night.

While the girls and I were playing all week Alex was out in the field setting up and tearing down a hospital. He came home late Thursday night. When I saw him on Friday he told me what he had done and showed me how swollen his hands and feet were from constant work. Ladies, they looked worse than a 9 month pregnant lady who was also retaining water. He couldn't even open a milk jug.

Well that's all that is going on here. I guess we will chat with you all later.

Greetings

Sorry that I haven't written sooner but things here have been crazy. Last Monday morning I received a early call from bethel school district if I would like to start work that day. Needless to say that my brain has stopped working since that call. I don't know if I like my job yet. All last week they had me working in the dish room and help serve during lunch. I felt like I was back in Basic training doing KP. Today they had me helping the cook and serve. The good thing about it is that they will pay for some of my college. so that is a big plus.

As you know we all just celebrated Halloween. The girls had a great time. Sam is my cake walk demon. We had a party at our ward the Friday before Halloween and Sam had won 7 cupcakes in the cake walk. she ate 7 cupcakes before we left. The next day we went to a party at the girls school where Sam won a box of cookies at the cake walk. They got a lot of candy from that party too. On Halloween the girls went trick-or-treating in two neighborhoods with some friends and their grandma. she also took them to a neighboring churches harvest festival and guess who won a chocolate cake at the cake walk. you guessed it, Sam.

Ashely is now done with volleyball. she had her last game on Saturday. They lost two games and won one. the last game they played was really close. Ashely has improved so much. she has gone to watching the ball go over the net to going after the ball and diving for it. i think next year we will have to get her knee pads.

Alex is spending a relaxing week out in the field this week. Any thing to get away from work. I don't think that he is really looking forward to sleeping in the cold and the weather calls for rain. it builds character right. well we hope that all is well with you and we will talk to you all later.