March 28th,
2005
Dear Family,
I swear that I
just wrote this newsletter a couple weeks ago.
Are you sure that we are all getting the same amount of turns? J (Just kidding) I decided to learn from Matt and let my kids
take a turn at writing their own update – well, I helped with the younger
ones. So here it goes:
Ali: I am still at WJMS and have a solid 4.0. I moved up to 2nd stand in orchestra, which was not easy. I have gotten ‘Lion of the Day’ twice this year. Every Sunday after church I stay after until 6 for choir practice for the Day of Celebration. Well, not this Sunday, seeing as it was Easter. I am very much looking forward to Gordon B. Hinkley starting the wave…
Nicole: Yes, I get to write my own thing about me. So, now
I can’t think of anything to write. Well… I finally got into Young Women’s.
It’s a lot of fun and I’m really glad to be there. School is going pretty good
but it’s also gotten boring. I think I’m too advanced for my class. My teacher
is nice; she lets us talk all the time. I haven’t gotten any awards yet but
maybe I’m just too good for awards. Basketball is the best sport ever invented
too…
Nathan: we have been off track for three weeks, and then we went back for three days and then had Spring Break. I am signed up to play soccer this Spring, and I am really looking forward to playing again. Last week we had our Blue and Gold Banquet for our pack. It was a lot of fun. It is really cool having my mom as the cub master. Next month is the Pinewood Derby. I have already started on my pinewood derby car. We are going to go to our Bishop’s house to use his saw to cut my car. He has a woodshop. I like playing with my friend Joseph, who lives next door to us. We like to play 1-2-3 old fashioned way. I am really close to getting my wolf badge in cubs – I should get it by the next pack meeting.
Sarah: is the VIP (Very Important Person) in her class
this week. She has been looking forward
to this since we moved in. We got to put
together a poster with pictures of her and then on Thursday I get to go into
her class and do an activity – something that is special to Sarah. The younger kids just went back on track,
which is always a tough one for Sarah.
Even though year round school is good for retaining stuff that she has
learned, it’s really hard for her to transition into going back to school after
she has been off track. It’s like the
first day of school all over again. So
going to a traditional school year will be a good thing for Sarah. We signed Sarah up for soccer – and she is
very excited J! This kid is so coordinated when it comes to
sports. She goes out and shoots hoop
with us all the time – she’s really good!
Sarah turns the big ‘7’ in a few weeks – it’s amazing how fast time
flies!
Bradley: turned four
a couple days ago. He spent the entire
day going around telling everyone ‘Happy
Birthday’ – (he’s a little confused). I
think he had a fun birthday. Tomorrow we
are going to visit the preschool that he will attend this fall. I’ve kind of been a slacker at getting him
signed up – I probably should have had him attending this year as well, but
somehow when it’s your caboose, you’re not in as big of a hurry to get them out
the door. But Bradley is definitely
ready to go hang with other kids.
Bradley started sunbeams in January, and he does all right except for
the ‘sleeping problem’ that he has. I
bet 50% of the time he falls asleep in sharing & singing time. He falls asleep right on his teacher’s lap. We have afternoon church, and that’s tough
for a little kid.
Jennie – well since the last letter I was called as cub master. We are combined with another pack because
both of our numbers are so low. It has
been fun, but a lot of work. Our program
hasn’t been functioning to its’ full capacity in quite some time, so I
virtually had to start from scratch. It
will probably take me a few months to really get the hang of it, but I’ve done
it before, so I’m hoping it doesn’t take long to get up and running. Talking about running . . . on January 1st
I started walking on the treadmill, and over the past few months I’ve started
jogging a little and then walking, and so on.
My goal is to be able to run a 5K.
I’ll tell you, it was a lot easier to jog when I was 15, then it is
now. But I’m going to keep plugging along,
and hopefully within the next month or so I’ll be able to enter my first
5K. You can all come and cheer me
on. I’m also interested in getting into
shape so that Ross & I, as well as our family, can do some hiking this
summer. Maybe by our next letter Ross
& I will have had a chance to get away for a weekend together of torturing
ourselves by climbing a bunch of mountains.
No pansy get aways for us –we’re still young and foolish J! Anywho, I’m doing well, just plugging along
being the mom and trying to keep up with dishes and laundry.
Ross – HI.
I got a job! It’s a stress
reliever… Strategix LLC out of
I still have lots of things going on that keep me up at night. Visit www.ldsquietbooks.com
and see my latest completed project.
There’s a gal in our ward that sells Quiet Books. This is her first web site. It was fun.
Photography was tough. Glad it’s
done.
I haven’t been on the treadmill for months… maybe years… Jennie is ripp’n it up.
Anyway, everyone have a great day.
That’s it from the Baumshelter!
Love,
The BaumsJ