Dear Family and Friends,
We are feeling very blessed to finally be in our new home. We have moved in and have over 90% of the house done (just a little painting) to go. Now we are heavily focused on planting some grass asap so that we don't have to spend the next year in a dust bowl. Our goal is to have a lawn by the time the kids are out of school for break - it will certainly help Lareen keep the house cleaner.
We have 2 new members of the family. I need to take a digital photo because they are so cute! Our puppy that we were given when we first moved from Eagle was hit by a car while we were building the house and staying at Lareen's Uncle's house. One of our new neighbors had some puppies and we now have 2 of them... a brother and a sister. We have named them Dan and Ann (little Ann) Ann looks just like her mother (Chesapeke with reddish fur) and Dan looks like a little black lab (the mother's part lab and the father is lab and hound). Anyway they have been a lot of fun, and it has been nice to have 2 so that they can play with each other while the kids are at school.
The kids love the new house, love their rooms and really love riding the bus and having more time together as a family. Little Emma is doing so much better now that she has a life outside of her carseat... we are saving so much in Gas now that Lareen isn't driving all day long taking kids to and from school and managing the construction of the home. Emma's entire disposition has changed for the better. We have her sleeping with Hannah in a room and Emma is in a twin bed. None of the other kids would have made the transition as easy, but she goes to bed really well. I think she takes after her mother there, Lareen loves to get into her bed, and Emma has the same content look on her face when we put her down to bed.
Today is my one year anniversary at QDS. I can't believe how fast time flies. I had a one-on-one interview with the President today for my anniversary or I wouldn't have remembered that I had worked here for a year. It has been a very good move for me and the family. I travel a lot right now but there is a light at the end of the tunnel with the career path that I'm on. In the future I will have the different regions of the world that I cover managed by regional managers who will report to me. In the mean time I need to develop a reason to have regional managers and it's taking me away a lot. Anyway, I like my job and with the economy like it is, and with so many looking for jobs, I'm soooooooooooooo grateful to have a good job.
Lareen seems very happy with the prospect that we don't plan on moving anymore - that is one promise I hope I can keep. This last move was the 16th in 10.5 years of marriage so she's really done moving. I am really tired of it myself. If it is at all possible - we want to grow old in Greenleaf Idaho. They have a cemetary here... maybe we'll buy plots and really commit to the area! ;-)
We love all of you and pray for your well being,
Love, Brian, Lareen and family
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