Quick family update

Hip Hip Hooray!!! Dasher has finished his first soccer season. He loved it, Nick loved, and the rest of us enjoyed ourselves watching the games. He improved quite a bit, and from a coaching stand point, Nick feels he really grasps the game of soccer well. So here's to a great first season and he can't wait until next year. He scored a few goals, we lost count after about 22 and that was four games ago. Oh well, it really doesn't matter. What matters is that he loved the sport. We had our first parent teacher conference this last week, and Dasher is progressing great. He is a little ahead of some of the kids, so that is good. It is fun to see how much he has improved in just these short months. They learn so quickly, and his teacher says he is a pleasure to have in class, always willing to help and make friends. That is good news to mom and dad.

Emmah is doing fine. We haven't heard back from the neurologist, so as the saying goes, "No news is good news." She is looking forward to the holiday season and her "list" is getting longer and longer each new day. I am proud of our sunbeam. She has her part for the program memorized. Our primary program is late this year, bc of conferences and vacation schedules. We "perform" next Sunday. She is starting to write more than her name, and she is learning new things each day. She wants to go to school, so hopefully the rest of the school year will go by quickly, so it will be her turn. She has outgrown baby dolls, and is in to more of the girl scene. This doesn't surprise me at all, I was always that way too. She is four going on twelve.

Bosston keeps us busy, way too busy. He gets to go into nursery at the end of this month. Yes!! Hopefully he will go willing and we won't hear him scream:) He loves ELMO, dinosaurs, books, and just about any toy that his brother and sister are willing to let him play with. He is starting to say a few more words, but is just always ready and willing to voice his voice. All parents know what I mean. We love him and feel our family would be lost without him.

Nick and I are just the same. Work, callings, and family keep us going. The pregnancy is progressing fine. I always lose weight in the beginning, so yay! Don't get jealous, it always comes back in the end. I am not so sick all the time. I do find some mornings are harder than others, but life will go on. Young Mens keeps Nick busy and gone a lot. Meetings, activities, dances, firesides, yeah, it all comes tumbling down each and every month. We are thankful for this calling though, it has blessed our family.

The Durants are really looking forward to a great week next week. My family is coming from Wyoming, and we are so excited to see them. It has been a long time and we are ready to have some fun. That is it for now. Until next time.......