Life Goes On

Well it is time to update our blog. The past three weeks have been pretty crazy as well as emotionally draining. It has been hard to concentrate on much of anything. The peace of the comforter is amazing. He has been helping us and lifting us when we feel such great sorrow in our hearts. I don't know that we could bear the heartache without the peace and comfort of the gospel. We have felt the prayers of everyone and we thank you so much!

When something so tragic happens it makes you appreciate every moment of everyday, things that normally you might take for granted. I will never forget the last time Keith visited our home and I had the best conversation with him. Much of it had to do with mitochondria of cells and stuff like that but it was so fun to talk to him. Then I still get a kick out of on the day he was leaving, a little sheepish, he had to ask me if he could use the toilet plunger. We had a good laugh. But now those are treasured memories.

Memories like the other day when I picked Cassidy up from school, when she saw me her smile was so big and she gave me the best hug. I will never forget it. And when Logan skips around the house saying "taloot taloot taloot". It is music to my ears. And all the little notes that Megan writes to me are precious (She goes through a ream of paper a week).

There is a quote from the movie "The Music Man" I believe that says something to the effect that if you always wait for tomorrow all you end up with is a whole lot of empty yesterdays. (Thank you Dad for sharing all the good oldies with us. Jilleen remembered "The Music Man" the other day). This thought has been on my mind a lot lately. We shouldn't take any day for granted because each day is a gift that we have been given to try to be a little better. So my goal is to try to look for the best in every day and to not always put off the things that are most important. The laundry can always wait.

Now I will get off my soap box and share what has been going on. Logan started joyschool on Aug. 26. Me and 7 amazing women are taking turns teaching the kids. It is an adventure but is tons of fun.

We finally made it through the red tape of the school district and Cassidy will be given an aide to help her for I think three hours a day. This is such a blessing. I am so thankful for the wonderful teachers at the school!!!

Megan started a little dance class at the fitness center that she is really enjoying. It goes into Nov. We will see how she likes it then maybe get her into a real class.

I am slowly getting used to being in the Young Women's program. It is a busy calling but I think it will be good for me. I survived teaching my first lesson to the whole Y.W. today. It went better than I thought and I was very impressed with the testimonies of the girls afterwards.

Lorin is just staying busy, busy, busy, busy. Sometimes I wonder how he does it. He amazes me with his possitive attitude when things don't seem that possitive. He is a great example to me! On Friday when he really needed to be at work to get a crunch job done he took the time to come home and take us to dinner. We had a real good time and we needed that. It really meant a lot to me. Here are some random pictures.

Logan excited about the first day of Joyschool.

Logan's cousin Luke handed down his Batman and Spiderman costumes. Logan has had such a fun time pretending to be a superhero. He even sometimes wears both costumes at once. In this case he insisted on wearing the mask to bed and fell asleep with it on. I took it off later and when he woke up in the night he wanted it back on. Never a dull moment.

These are all my cute Beehives minus 2. We made peach freezer jam for our activity. They are all so much fun and so full of life. I am glad to have the opporunity to work with them. It was hard to get them to all hold still for the picture.

I know another picture of Logan but he does so many things that are so picture worthy. I got him in the bath Saturday night and when I came back to check on him he had his shorts on. I guess he didn't want a bath but to go swimming. Oh well.