Happy Halloween from The Trauntvein's‏

Oct Newsletter for Trauntveins Comment from Ann Olsen

Ann Olsen wrote: M&L, What a wonderful newsletter. I really like the way it is set up, 
etc...... We have been in the planning stages to get ours going so I am so 
glad to have your good example.

You have a great family and I congratulate all of you!

Fondly, Ann

Dear Garth

Dear Garth,

I think you should get, either today or tomorrow, the 48-star flag and the two little baby suits that I sent to you. The suits are the ones that you and David wore in your photos. I have no idea which is which. They smell like cedar because they have been in my chest. The 48-star flag was the one in use in 1936 when Grandpa was buried. I still have, somewhere safe (that I can't find) the baptism certificate of your Mom. It was with my mother's. I put them away so well that I can't find them. I will, however, and when I do I will mail it to you. I would bring it but I never get there; I just THINK I will. The pathway to you know where is paved with good intentions.

Hope all is going well for you and yours.

I love you! Myrna

The Runnin' Utes

Sorina is speaking really well. She loves her cousins and friends.  She is still working on sharing; because that is not always fun.  She a master escape artist at getting out of the house.  She watches very closely when a door is locked to try to figure how to work the lock. She likes to remind her Mom that “Dad is so silly”. She has gotten into watching videos, her favorites being Dora the Explorer and Blue’s Clues. But she would much rather be outside swinging. Swinging on the rope downstairs, though, is fun for her also.

Toren had a great time in Disneyland and California Adventure.  His favorites were the pool at the hotel, Space Mountain and Splash Mountain.  He’s doing great in 1^st grade.  He is really enjoying writing and drawing.  He is having a great soccer season. He has made several friends, but (true to his age group characteristics) he only likes to play with them one (or at the very most two) at a time. Toren is playing soccer

Dane finished up with football. His team nicknamed him “Great Dane” and that is what was put on his uniform. Their record was 6 wins 1 loss.  They went to 1^st round playoffs October 1^st and lost to Hyrum’s Mountain Crest.  Dane had a great season and a lot of fun.  Now he can make his last 2 soccer games.  School is going great for Dane. He is also getting ready for is Arrow of Light Award in November, the date should be November 29^th at 6:30 pm at our Stake Center in Layton.

Brigitta is doing well in school.  She’s busy as usual.  She is also playing soccer.   And blah, blah, blah, yada, yada, yada! I can make that fun! I am doing “well” in school! *wink* I’m busy a lot! That reminds I g2g!!!*leaves* Ok I’m back! I also play soccer!!!! SCORE!!!! Yes!! We have only lost 2 games so far my last one is one the 22^nd!!! It’s @ 9:30 so I don’t get to sleep in awwwwwww. Oh well! Hope ya’ll are having fun where ever ya are!!! See u!!! P.S. My YW, YM are having a carnival for the little kids awesome huh!?

Shawn and Kimberly spent the month with scouts, soccer players, football players, students, church youth and primary kids.  That pretty much sums up all their time for the month.    

Dane Did His Trick

Well, Dane did it.  I took him to West Jordan early this am to audition for David Letterman’s Stupid Human tricks.  He was on the Channel 2 news here today at noon and on Eagle 101.5 radio station this morning.  He may be on the later news today at 5, 6 or 10.

He had a good time.  He doesn’t come across as loud on tv/radio as he is person. He’s had his few minutes of fame. On the radio spot he was able to mention his school.

2News Viewers Perform Stupid Tricks Photos from kutv.com‏

http://kutv.com/slideshows/local_slideshow_292122637/view?slide=14

Did You Find a Mermaid Costume?

Myrna wrote: Did you find a mermaid costume for Erin? I found these on the internet but  I don't know if there is enough time to get one here.

Tell me what to do.

 Thanks for being there for me and everyone else.

 Love, Myrna

Barbara wrote; We were talking about a mermaid costume this AM at breakfast. Your picture is great, and just what we need. I am going to go ahead and make her one, 
and this gives me the info I need to do it.

You know, Myrna,  I like having them here with me all of the time now.

Love you very much,
-Barbara

That Newsletter

I have gone through the email several times and cannot find your newsletter 
item for this month. Except for that, it is ready to print. Would you send 
it again, please? Love, M

Kimberly wrote: Ok, well, um, I guess that would me that, um, well, maybe we did not type one up? How can that be? I will do it tonight or have (hopefully) Shawn do it.
I sent lots of pictures. I guess you want words, too? :)

The Butcher, The Baker, and the Mammograph Taker

Jason now has both of his casts off. The doctor removed them on Sept. 1, so Jason is back to writing and doing all of the other things people do with their hands as a matter of course. Jason had a hard time doing for some of those things for a while. Actually he wore the casts for six weeks. He is a Weblo Scout now and is enjoying his activities. David is now a cub scout and is enjoying being a part of the program. He loves the scouting activities. He likes working on the computer and is learning to keyboard.

Madilyn is doing very well in school. She likes reading and likes being with the other kids in her class.

A.J. is learning to ride a two-wheeler (with training wheels). He is now an official “big” boy because he is potty trained and doesn’t have to wear diapers anymore.

Eric is still working at Sam’s Club. He likes his new boss very much. They are getting along great and, in fact, the boss would like to move Eric to mornings but that doesn’t work with Amy’s schedule at the hospital. Amy has a job in the church and is thankful for that. The ward has so many members that the policy is to rotate jobs every so often. Now Amy is the new Relief Society chorister and is enjoying that position. She passed a form around to find out what some of the sister’s favorite hymns were but the response (turning the forms back in) was not good.

We love you all!
Eric and Amy

Oh! Hi! Oh!

How the time has passed. We enjoyed seeing everyone, even though it was for the funeral. We made one mistake while there; we should have had a family photo with Mom, Dad and all the siblings. It has been a long time since we were all together like that.

We only have a few weeks left until the baby is here. By the time you read this, there will be about 6 weeks left (December 8th). 

I don’t know what all to tell you in this newsletter, because we have only been back here in Ohio for about 1.5 weeks. So, not much has changed since then. We did come home to find all seven kittens still alive (dang it). Both of the other cats were here as well. However, I decided I do like cats. With the right seasoning, they taste like chicken!

I sent a whole bunch of photos. If you see them, then that means that Mom was able to successfully download the mega-email I sent.

Thank you to all for your help with Tyler’s baptism and thank you for making it a special day for him. I am glad we got to move it earlier, so we had some time to talk and to play. I am happy I decided not to go the BYU game, because it was a good day for us and I would have hated to ruin it. J

Well, we love you all. The kids are doing great. We are going to take them to a Johnstown-Johnnie football game tomorrow night (10/14). Tyler’s 2nd grade teacher is the head coach for the team and we have failed to get him to one yet. I’ll have to let you know how it all turns out. They have a 6-1 record and this year’s senior class has about 120 students, so it makes

me feel a little like home.

The Fabulous Four

This has been an interesting month for the four of us.

Erin is doing very well in school and gets “fantastics” on all her papers.

Donovin just keeps getting smarter and smarter and bigger.

David's working very hard and putting in lots of time with his job and even more time with his family.

Arbree just sold 1400 homes to FEMA and made over 20 years salary in less then 2 weeks. Who says that working hard doesn’t pay off?! I have not been able to go to my meetings as much and have been putting in a lot of overtime at work but when I'm not at work I’m at the pool, (which recently got done at our apartment, just in time for winter, I might add) with the kids.! My company is paying for David and me to fly down to Encenada Mexico for the New Year as a bonus and the whole family will be going to Disney World, courtesy of Quality Wholesale Homes at the end of January. All expenses will be paid. We will be staying in a 4-star resort two blocks from Disney World entrance. The kids will have their own suite filled with Disney movies and goodies. They will not find out about this ‘till they read this in the family newsletter.

I am not good writing so I will allow Myrna to edit this letter with her extensive knowledge in writing. (I left this in so that you would know that Bree is actually quite good at writing. The editor had to do very little.)


Brandon and Ann Marie have been gracious enough to help us find a tax specialist that will help in deciding what to do with all this earned money and hopefully Brandon will be helping us spend it on bills and getting us out of debt. We plan on building a house and getting gifts and paying back the people who have so graciously helped us out of the financial strain that we were and have been in for so long. We have a lot of thanks to give to the family and friends that have stuck by us and given us the help and understanding in the many things that we have needed guidance and help on. We look forward to spending more time with the family and getting Erin in Ballet and Donovin in Karate and taking the long needed time to spend with the people that we love. We will be enjoying visiting and family camping trips that we have been unable to attend but will now be able to.

I told David that he can now quit his job and stay at home and take care of the kids, that long ago he told me that if I found a job he would do, but he seems to have forgotten all of a sudden that he said that.

Anyway I count on you Myrna to help me clean this up and make it printable. I love you and will talk with you soon.

Arbree David Erin and Donovin