Benjamin had a good week. He went to cross country practice a couple of times and ran a little on his own. He had a guitar lesson on Monday and is doing better with practicing. He's also been making progress on his Chinese reading homework! He was convinced he couldn't do it without cheating so he stopped doing it completely in order to be honest. However, he sat down with his dad to challenge his belief and we all found out to our complete surprise (especially Ben's) that he can! Ben can read a book written in Chinese characters. That's pretty dang cool. Ben also went to a Nerf gun party at his friend's house this week and had to DTR with a girl that's been texting him. He never likes that, but he has Beth to help him say the right thing. Lucky boy! Oh! And we got him to hold Micah for the first time.

The first part of the week was hard for Beth but the second half has been better! Beth was feeling sick Monday and Tuesday but really wanted to get to rehearsal on Wednesday since the play starts next week. However, she left practice early and had me bring her straight to the hospital because she was in so much pain! I'm glad she was brave enough to do that because we got some answers! The doc said that the pain was related to acid reflux from one of her medications. We got the meds he recommended on the way home and the rest of the week went much better! She made it to all of rehearsal Thursday and Friday. Saturday was an all-day rehearsal and she was able to do the whole thing. What happiness we all felt! This coming week we will try to add in some more school. Things are looking hopeful. Hope is a very good thing.

Savannah had a sleep study done this week. They hooked her up to lots of wires! She won't find out the results for a couple of weeks but she is making progress.

On Thursday and Friday, we got to see my dad! He came to Utah for the funeral of the man who was his Young Men's president when he was a teen in California. I loved hearing his stories as he reminisced about growing up and this man who had been a great influence in his life! He was also lucky enough to be able to meet Micah and hold him, too!