Mariah planned to go back to St. George on Monday for the resumption of track practice and her two jobs. But, the weather was just too snowy. So, we kept her another day! Although there was still rain and fog and iffy roads on Tuesday, she headed back to her college town and made it safely! We miss her already! School doesn't start for her until tomorrow (Monday of next week) but she has stayed very busy with all she has had to do.

Calianne went back to work on Tuesday, but stayed with us all week. Yay! She worked mornings making cookies and brownies for BYU food services. Otherwise she has been around to hang out with her siblings, reread all seven Michael Vey books, and plan some new decorations for her dorm room.

Beth and Ben went back to school on Wednesday. Bethany is trying early morning seminary this semester. It's at seven am and she has several friends in class with her. She also started play practices which start directly after school and go until a little after 4. This means Beth jumped back into school with very long days! She says she is tired! But we are hoping she will get used to it since this is what she wants.

Ben started a new semester as well as Beth. He has just a couple different classes. He now has aerobic conditioning instead of career readiness and Utah studies to replace reading. He's excited about the aerobic conditioning class. I hope he continues to love it! Both Beth and Ben went back to karate this week on Thursday and before school started, they had a great time going to the skating rink with their neighborhood friends on Tuesday for a last Hurrah!

Cheyenne doesn't start school until next week just like Cali and Mariah, but she left us on Thursday for a road trip with a group of church friends she has recently started hanging out with. They went down to St. George where one of them had a place they could stay. They were going to drive down to see some sights in Vegas one day and also try to see some cool spots around St. George on another day. We haven't heard from her much but we hope she is having a great time!

Savannah went back to work this week, although she got sick and missed a couple of days. She signed up for her first independent study college class and is working up the courage to get started on it.

I went back to work this week and have been working on getting my application ready for the MSW at BYU. It's due next week. My computer chose this week to die but since most of my files are on Onedrive, it has been more of an inconvenience than a tragedy. Ha ha!

Kevin is back at work, too. He's working on projects for his company, but also some for himself. He has set goals for the new year and is excited for his plans. He is a motivated, hard-working guy!

We had a fun party for me at Grandma and Grandpa Gazdik's last Sunday night!