Zack

Zack decided to "read" scriptures and it was too cute not to share.

Brandon reads

He got bored and started reading to himself all on his own. This is brand new. He has always needed help before. I'm so excited for the new world opening up for him.

New project

I bought this kit from Connecting Threads and started working on it this weekend. It's going together really quick. I've done all the cutting and I've finished the diamond (square in a square) blocks.

Football

Just watched a great Oregon game. We beat the Husky's. I love watching Oregon football. I'm glad Masoli was well enough to play.

Movie

I just finished watching 27 Dresses. I know it's cheesy but I love that movie. All those dresses and the romance is so cute. Sigh.

Josh update

Josh's new school seems great. He is meeting his goals there and seems to be talking and interacting a bit more at home. We like his teachers and the setup and are so glad he has this opportunity. Thank goodness for the insurance that's paying for it.

Guild

I went to my quilt guild meeting tonight. It is always so fun. I helped hold up the quilts people brought in for show and tell. It's fun to see them up close and get to touch them. I also got to help my friend Barbara Brunson from Vanilla House Designs with her presentation to the guild. Mostly I tied aprons to dummies, but they are CUTE aprons. She gave a great presentation and it was tons of fun to have her there. I'm so glad to belong to my guild and happy to be making friends.

Exercise

We went to the gym this morning! I haven't been in awhile and it felt great! Yay!

Nursery

We finally got to see some of our nursery kids today. Between illness and General Conference it has been a few weeks. We had 2 kids in class today. I think the other class had 3. To give you an idea of how much the bugs going around are affecting our numbers, before we split the classes we had 12-15 every week during the summer.

Weather

Rain and thunderstorms during the day! I love it!

What are the odds?

I'm reading two series of books right now that are completely different.

The Australians by Vivian Stuart

and

The Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix

One is historical fiction and the other youth fantasy. The main character in Keys to the Kingdom is named Arthur Penhaligon. It's a fairly unique name. They just introduced a character in the Australians named Titus Penhaligon. Yes. The same very unique last name that I've never heard before in both of the disparate series I'm reading. What are the odds?

Sick

I got sick while the family was visiting and haven't gotten better yet. The whole family except for Brandon has been sick for the last couple of weeks. Keith got better and worse and better again. I think we are all finally getting better, but it's been a long two weeks.

Sarah and Zack

While she was here Sarah got this super cute picture of her and Zack. I just love it.

Josh loves pictures

When we were taking Rich and Mercedes picture, Josh wanted in on the action. We eventually got a shot of them without him, but it was so cute how he just hopped up and cuddled with them and smiled.

Family Pics

Everybody

The siblings

The brothers. (real men don't touch each other)

The sisters.

The three older grandsons.

Grandma and Bud.

Our family. Brandon's all black outfit makes him look like a disembodied head.

All the cousins.

Rich and some of the kids.