Here is a quick note to let you all know that we are alive and well - just extremely busy.
It was absolutely fantastic to have Mom come and visit. Thanks Mom it really was a joy and the kids had a great time with you! We hope that you can swing more trips with the Hathaways like that one.
I'm still busy with school, coaching Jarom's BaseBall team, Elder's Quorum and Work. Lareen and I have been "volunteered" to be the presidents of the PTO for this coming school year as well - no rest for the wicked.
Lareen has great things rolling for her YW camp this summer. It's a Ward level camp so she is 100% in charge and it should be a real great experience. She is very excited about it. She's planned 3 or 4 other camps and has never been able to attend due to pregnancies or moving so this will be her first time to attend a camp she has planned. I'm going to be up there with her as one of 2 Priesthood that need to be there at all times.
Logan is finishing up her SoftBall and that has been fun. She took 1st place in an essay contest for her school. She interviewed her Grandpa Hansen about the changes in Farming over the past 50 years. It was fun for her to interview him and write the paper. She has a real talent with creative writing.
Jarom is on my Coach-Pitch team and is doing FANTASTIC! I think that hard thing about being his coach is not gloating too much or being too hard on him. He is a great little baseball player (much better than I was at his age) and he outshines most of his team. The biggest struggle with baseball at this age is focus. I'm trying every trick in the book to keep them focused on the game so they're not daydreaming when the ball gets hit at them. But, Jarom is pretty good at staying focused. He loves to play the piano and has really improved over the past year.
Hannah is going to make us famous with her pies. Lareen just had a Father's day pie-making fundraiser for the YW. They made a bunch of pies but we also found a restaurant supply house for the majority (they sold more then they could possibly have made). Anyway, Hannah sat there with the YW and made a apple pie all by herself. It was (no kidding) one of the best pies I've ever had. The crust was perfect!!! (taste - not perfect in design ;-) Anyway, I've been kidding her that we will start a business and sell "Hannah's World Famous Pies". She thinks that's ok as long as she makes a lot of money - defined as at least one whole dollar per pie.
Emma is a lot like Jarom (enjoys attention and entertaining). So, we have another one. She is sooo funny. At the baseball or softball games, at the store or anywhere, she will go up to anyone and start up a conversation. She is not shy. At one of Logan's game's she found a nice lady sitting on a blanket from the other team and sat down with her and had a nice long conversation. The lady came up afterwards and just laughed with Lareen and I about Emma and her outgoing personality.
We hope that all of you are having a wonderful summer - we are working hard on getting things ready for next summer. We look forward to seeing you in Greenleaf in 2004! By the way I need to know which ones of you want me to check on renting an RV for you vs. how many are planning on using a tent. I'll get pricing on RV's for those who want that depending on how many it will need to sleep. I still plan on having same-age cousins sleep together in tents. We'll come up with as many tents as we can to cover that need.
Love to all!
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