June 9-15

I attended a writing class all week in Draper which is about 45 minutes away. It was every morning and taught by Matthew Kirby who wrote Icefall and The clockwork three. He gave us feedback on the first 6000 words of our manuscripts. We each took a turn. There were 13 of us. It was really great, and I learned a lot and met some great new friends!

That meant, of course, that my kids were alone for part of the day every day! Good thing Mariah was bored and needed something to do! She really handled everything well. Sarah was able to help out between jobs a little bit too and that was great as well!

Beth and Ben had swimming lessons every morning from 9 to 930. They felt like they already knew everything but that it was a good review. They have now successfully graduated from swim school! We had friends come over for them a couple of days and they’ve had fun playing. They also had Karate twice a week as they will continue throughout the summer!

Cheyenne and Calianne attended another tennis camp this time close by in Provo. It was from 10:30 to 1:30 and they focused on their serves. Since they’ve also been getting up early to run with the cross country team, they’ve been pretty worn out! In the evenings, they’ve been umpiring for the city league softball games. They did manage to get together with their friends for some ultimate frisbee on Friday and went to a church dance Saturday night!

When Mariah wasn’t driving kids all over the place for me in the mornings, she was umpiring at night. She also has begun workouts with the cross country team. It’s a good way for her to get the workouts in that she needs for the Dixie team. It’s making her pretty tired though as well! Something about those 6 mile runs…

Sarah started her job at UVU teaching in a kids math camp. She had training last week, but this week the kids were there and she taught from 1 to 4. She absolutely loves it! It’s really fun to ask her about it and see her enthusiasm. I am particularly impressed since she has been waking up at 4:30 to do custodial work from 5 to 8 at BYU. She uses that time to listen to elementary audiobooks so she’ll know which books to have in the classroom! In the evenings, she either does things with her ward or with McKay!

Savannah continues to work full time but this Saturday night she and I watched The Mummy together! I told her that I had watched it years ago and could just remember a lot of screaming and running. It turned out I was pretty spot on! Ha ha!

Kevin taught in a conference last weekend in Arkansas. He thought he’d get home late Sunday night but his flight into Dallas got delayed and his flight out of Dallas got canceled and he ended up not getting home until Monday morning. We were glad to have him back at all! Poor guy! In addition, he’s had a bad cold all week with a cough that he can’t seem to kick. Sleeping on the floor of the Dallas airport though, has made him extra grateful for his own bed!