The Fall is Upon Us....

Wow, another week has passed by. It is already October and fall is officially here. Although, you would not know it with the hot temperatures and sunny weather that has been bestowed upon us. But it is general conference weekend for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this is when all the "Mormons" gather in Salt Lake City, Utah to the conference center to hear the words of our prophet and his apostles. It is the custom that every first weekend in October due to the conference and the gathering of the saints, it will mostly likely rain. The weather man has not let us down, it is predicted to rain and snow in the mountains. I am feeling a little bit "shorted" in the weather department. We had no mildness, we are going from 85 degrees to low 60s or below and snow in the mountains! Oh, Utah weather, always mixed up and never dull!

The week has been an eventful one. Caitlin has been working hard at learning her drill team dances for competition. A few of the dances were difficult but she has conquered them and looks beautiful and energetic when dancing. Bowen is adjusting to first grade and the long day does not seem quite so long anymore. He has made some friends and is excelling in math and reading. He hates to write, however, it is just too hard. "Why should he have to write sentences anyway? Can't he just speak them?!" "He does not write letters, he asks or tells his mother when he needs something or calls her on her cell phone." Makes sense to me. Hannah is doing well in 6th grade. She seems to love reading, she spends almost an hour every night reading in her bed. This is such a great thing as learning to read was challenging and she never enjoyed it until now. She is growing up and so pleasant. She loves her family and is so considerate. She writes little notes or leaves messages for her sisters or little brother. When someone is having a bad day, she will draw a picture or leave a note for them in hopes of cheering them up. For Courtney, the regular soccer season is coming to an end. The last region game is next Tuesday then it will be on to the state playoffs. Lehi has now lost twice in region, their record of 0 losses has come to an end. They split with two of the 'big' region rivals and now all three teams are tied for the best record in the region. Unless one of the teams has an upset on Tuesday, they will all be tied and have a "coin toss" to determine the region title winner and which seed the teams will take for the state playoffs. Whoever decided a toin coss was a great idea should probably retire......being "lucky" is a terrible way to determine a region title. Oh well, what do I know? So soccer with its ups and downs has been memory-making for her.

I am looking forward to the relaxing weekend (yeah, right) and time at home. I am hoping that someone will just come in and clean my house so I can just hang out and enjoy conference and the words of our church leaders from my television while sitting on my couch. Any takers?!