Howards for the Newsletter

Sorry, I forgot to do this last night, Mom. Thanks for writing it for me last month, but hopefully this gets to you in time.

The Howards have enjoyed seeing many family members this summer. We went to St. George where Miranda, husband, and tiny little baby were sealed. It was the first time their whole family was able to be in the temple. Grandpa Howard performed the sealing. And we have enjoyed seeing family on the Trauntvein side, too. The kids enjoyed being with Erin and Donavin one last time before the move. Matthew thinks Michael, Tyler, and Toren are the coolest thing since the invention of the Gameboy. Megan is in seventh heaven with Maddie and Emily together. Kyle is enjoying all the boy cousins together and continues to talk off their ears about anything electronic. Alyssa is happy to have Brigitta around who, I might add, made the Fourth of July Parade so much fun. (I will never forget her yelling to Bob the Builder balloon carriers, "Can you fix it? Yes, you can!" I am still chuckling about that one.) We enjoyed swimming at Seven Peaks with Amy G. and kids. We are looking forward to seeing Benjamin and Braden in a few more weeks; hopefully Braden will keep his hair on his legs this year. 

The kids have tolerated my attempts to keep them active this summer. They finished swimming lessons and are in the middle of tennis lessons. Kyle has taken a three day golf class from the golf pros. And now he is in the Junior Golf League, which means he goes every Monday and golfs the executive course. Although his score continues to be high because he is getting used to his new clubs, its still a good opportunity. The girls have dance camp coming up since both of them made competition teams again. But, I have made sure they have plenty of down time and read a lot since they keep so very busy during the school year. In fact, Alyssa told me she was really bored this morning and that she couldn't wait for school to start. That was music to my ears.