Hey everyone! How was the campout? We were feeling quite homesick over Labor Day weekend knowing how much fun we were missing out on. It sounds like you had a great turnout.
So far September has flown by at lightning speed, but it’s been good.
The day after Todd submitted the news for August, Michael broke his wrist. His first broken bone, and he says his last. He broke it while climbing off (no, not jumping on) the trampoline. He wore a cast for 4 weeks and got it off just yesterday. He now has a brace on it for 2 more weeks, but he likes it much better because it can be taken off for showering and sleeping. And he can play game cube with it on (his reason for liking it). Last weekend Michael completed his Ordeal for his Order of the Arrow membership. As much as he wasn’t looking forward to it, he came home in a great mood and feeling pretty proud of his accomplishment. They also took some pity on him because of his broken wrist, so he only had to do 2/3 of the heavy work then did some office work for the rest of the service hours. It sounds like his experience was pretty neat and he enjoys telling people about it.
Tyler is in the 3rd grade and is enjoying it so far. He likes his teacher because “she is really nice and we get to play Jeopardy and Deal or No Deal”. Hailey and I go to the school’s computer lab and help out when his class is in there, which is fun for me. The soccer season is in full swing and we are up at the ball fields every night during the week for practices or games. Scouts has started back up (out here they take the summer off), and he has been moved into the Bears a little early since he earned his Wolf last June. He’s looking forward to the fun activities they have planned for the coming year.
Emily is now in the 2nd grade and also likes her teacher a lot. Her favorite class is music and she is always teaching me new songs they have learned. Emily is also playing soccer this year instead of cheerleading which surprised me quite a bit. She had to choose between the two because they are going on at the same time. I think since she has the “outfit” from last year that she can wear to school on “spirit day” along with the other girls, she’s happy. Emily is also loving gymnastics and jazz. I think she wishes she could go every day.
Hailey is now everywhere and into everything. It’s so much fun to watch her discover the world around her. She calls for DaDa and whispers “Ca!” whenever she sees one of the cats. And I think she even said “Tyty” (for Tyler) a couple of times yesterday. I think my favorite is when she gives me “loves” on my shoulder. If she’ll only say Momma now.
Todd just got back home yesterday from spending 5 days in Seattle for a conference. He said he had a good time, and got to do a couple of new things he hadn’t done there before, but got bored doing stuff alone. He is also going to Las Vegas for another 5 days in November for another conference. When is somebody going to come up with a “Homemaker’s Conference” (in Hawaii of course) for us mothers?
Jared, Kirsten and family are coming out to Ohio for a week in October and we can’t wait for them to come. Emily is constantly talking about Whitney and Emma coming to play with her. We’ve got some fun things planned (yes, there is stuff to do in Ohio!), and I hope it will make them want to come back another time (wink, wink).
Well, that’s all for now. Until next month! Love you all!
Todd, Amy, Michael, Tyler, Emily & Hailey
