Semi-annual Update

So far this year we have stayed pretty busy.

• Owen has been involved in basketball with the YMCA (which he loved!) and just started his soccer season back up. This will be his 4th season with his same coach and he is really enjoying it. He is a great little reader and is really enjoying 1st grade.
• Audrey is taking ballet and is loving it as well...when she feels like paying attention! Her favorite part is the dance recital. She loved wearing her costume, wearing makeup, and basically having all the the attention focused on her. She is such a smarty pants, but the poor girl has to wait one more full year for Kindergarten - dang late birthdays!
• I have stayed busy with this and that. Still working for Icon Credit Union and staying busy! We are so blessed with great help from family and an awesome sitter, so it continues to work well for our family. I have been taking Audrey "treasure hunting" on Saturdays to some area thrift stores. We have been amazed at our discoveries. I now have a semi-large collection of fashionable scarves and I don't think I have even reached $10 yet! We also got a great bike for Audrey for $12, and the list goes on and on. It has been a fun hobby.
• Nate is also loving his hobbies - he is now lucky enough to have turned his hobby into a church calling - he is the Cubmaster. We just had our first Pinewood derby! He built an AMAZING stand for the kids to stick their car on in-between races. Then he created an individual kit for each boy to put together that will hold all their pinewood derby cars (3) they make during their cubscouting years. He is really having fun and I think the boys are enjoying it too!

So that's about it at our house, for now! This past year has not been without bumps in the road, but we feel really blessed and grateful for the gospel, family, friends, health, and happiness!

See you in six months...