Alex

Last month Alex turned 18. He is now a legal adult, and is ready to vote in the election. It is so amazing to me that he is going to graduate this year, and in less than a year he could be on his mission. He has really grown up quickly. He has been working at a gas station, pumping gas. He is always on time and is very dependable. The commute has become hard and so he is now looking for something closer to home. He loves reading which gives his Mom great pleasure. He is excited for Lacrosse to start in the spring. He is taking culinary arts at school, and I wish that he would cook more for us, as he is a great cook. Alex has become a "guitar hero" fanatic and is really quite good. He enjoys spending time with Andrew and Fadi; and is nice to include Jeff in his group too. We are proud of you Alex! Thank you for bringing us such joy. I hope that this year goes by very slowly.

October Fun

I can't believe that it is almost the middle of October. Only 5 weeks left until Chris and Lisa get married. I flew to Utah last week to make reception plans, visit family and friends, and to attend Lisa's Bridal Shower. It was hectic, but so much fun. I stayed the first night with Chris is his new apartment. He is living there until Lisa joins him after the wedding. It is a cute two bedroom place. It will be fun to see how they fix up their "first" place. I remember our first apartment. It actually was similar to theirs.

The shower was so much fun. Jolynn put it on and did a great job. She created a question/answer dvd of Chris for Lisa to answer and it was fun to hear their responses. Lisa answered most of them correctly, and even I learned new things. Lisa's roommate gave her a bridal princess tiara to wear and she received wonderful gifts. They were so excited!

Of course one of the highlights of the trip was getting to spend time with Sydney. She is so cute. My favorite is when she sees Matt and waves to him saying, "Hi, Dada". She uses the sideways open & shut finger wave. She is gettin a third tooth, and smiles all of the time. She is such a sweet happy baby. It is so fun to watch her "read" books. She looks so intently at them. I really have never seen such a content baby. I miss her already.

Kenin's parents were gracious enough to let me stay with them, they let me use their car, and Ron always has a great breakfast for me. It is fun to spend time with them and Jonne. Jonne is now the queen of texting. She always has her phone in hand texting non-stop.

Mike & Nancy Moore helped out with the kids while I was gone (of course Ken had to fly to CA). Both Molly and Jeff were sick with the flu while at their house and I hear it was not a pretty sight. Both of them even missed a day of school, and Jeff even missed his football game. Of course he called and begged to go and just stand on the sidelines, even though he was unable to even keep Sprite down. I said no, and then he went to bed and slept for 6 hours so you could tell he really wasn't feeling better. The Moores are the greatest friends and there are not many people who will watch your kids, nurse them when sick, and still talk to you afterwards. We love you guys!

I flew back in time to go to the Homecoming Football Game. Molly cheered and it is so fun to watch her. They really are doing a great job this year, cheering I mean; as the team got creamed. It poured and even hailed a bit. We still had a great time.