October 04 Greenleaf Post

September has blown by for us. We've been very busy with school, sports, our callings, harvesting the garden and all of the fun stuff that comes with September. We feel very blessed that the kids are in such a wonderful school. The Charter School concept is really great and the way they are running this one is absolutely impressive. The kids are really learning and stretching and they are having FUN while doing it. They are all learning lots of vocabulary words like Hannah the other day mentioned that Jarom was very "intrepid" while playing football and that Logan has a "plethora of clothes" in her closet.

We were blessed with the opportunity to have Elder Scott from the Quorum of the 12 apostles come to reoranize our Stake here. That was a real treat to start of the month. We really gleaned a lot from him and his partner Elder Walker. They were really great.

Jarom has run for 5 touchdowns for the season and is loving football. This past Saturday we went up to a little town called Garden Valley and since they don't have enough at any one age group they can combine. Unfortunately they are supposed to roll up if they have over a certain percentage of older kids. Well, 90% of their kids were older and bigger then Jarom's team which is one of the smallest in his league. I'm the "trainer" on his team and it seemed as though every other play I was running out to help a kid off the field. Most of the injuries were minor like, getting the wind knocked out of them or bruises. Well, right before half time the Quarterback got injured and it looks as though it is a minor fracture so he could be out for the season. This is a real bummer since we had nobody who was ready to back him up. Jarom ended up playing QB for most of the rest of the game and they just had him run it. Afterwards the coaches mentioned that Jarom will likely be QB for the rest of the season so Jarom and I have been doing some practicing. Jarom is quite funny when he's taking the snap because he bends over to the side to look under the center to make sure he doesn't drop the snap. We've been working on that.

Logan's piano playing is getting really good. I can't believe that we have the hyms being played in the home. It is sooooo awesome! It almost makes Lareen and I cry sometimes when she is playing one. She has started reading the Work and the Glory and is already getting attached to the characters and wants to read all the time. It's a nice problem to have.

We watched Lareen's brother's child for the whole month of September while they went through some difficult times. She was in the Hospital and he was trying to find a new house for them so we took Luke who is the same age as Emma. It was nice that he didn't have to worry about Luke during the day while the other kids where at school. We just took him home this past Saturday to their new house with his Mom at home.

Lareen is working hard at learning all about the various things that have been affecting her health and contributing to her dizzyness. It appears as though we are making headway (get it... headway) anyway her head still spins at times but not so often and not so bad. Thank you for any and all prayers in her behalf.

BlueLine is doing really well and therefore I'm extremely busy. Everyday Lareen asks how my day was and I tell her I've been so busy and she reminds me how grateful we are that I'm so busy instead of wishing I had stuff to do.