houses already built around us.

they are getting big.

When Jacob was about 6 or 7 he was starting to grow taller and we would ask him "who said you could grow? We didn't sign any form!". He found a piece of paper and wrote on it "I give Jacob permission to grow." then he made two lines, one for Sean to sign and one for me to sign. We thought that was pretty funny, so we signed the "form". We never should have signed the form.

Census Data Project

My brother-in-law forwarded me this link.  It is a project done by the NYT with some fascinating census data mapped over the entire U.S.  I spent over an hour looking up different locations and data.  Take look when you get a chance.

Update

I feel bad that I haven't posted in long time. I just finished the Fall 2010 term in school and was surprised to have made all A's.  This next term will be the last of formal classes and then I will complete the comprehensive exam in the Spring.  I should be completely done by June of 2011.

Work is going well.  I will be a permanent employee starting tomorrow.  Nothing will really change though.  I will make a little bit more, but will lose some of that because I will start doing furloughs with the rest of the permanent staff. I will be eligible for health insurance and that is a welcome change.  My work duties will be the same and the people I work with will not change.  Its just nice to not have to worry about your job.

Last week, I was released from the Elder's Quorum presidency (1st counselor) and called as the 1st counselor to the new president.  So, not much change there.  Laura stays busy with her RS president calling.  I'm amazed that she can get so much done with two little girls at home and no vehicle most of the time.  Our ward is shrinking due to move outs and inactivity, but we are still alright.  I'm worried for them when we move and a few other families move in the next 6 months or so.  They will lose their 2nd counselor in bishopric, RS president, EQ 1st counselor, and Ward mission leader.  Hopefully we'll get a lot of move-ins soon.

Work is very good

I interviewed for my job yesterday.  I've been at the County IT department doing the same job for about a year now and yesterday I interviewed for a permanent position.  Its strange interviewing with your boss and coworker.  I think it went well and hope I'll be a permanent employee soon.  It's not a sure thing though, 12 other people interviewed for the position.

It looks like its more good news for the family.  I'm glad that everyone is doing so well.

We love you and miss you all.

Work is good

Stephen has found a job. Ok, "found" is not quite the right work. It found him thanks to the magical workings of Jennifer. After applying to Kroger through their online application, Stephen got a call from someone in the HR department. She was going to pass along Stephen's information to a pharmacist at a local Kroger that needed a tech immediately. Despite the apparent urgency of need, it took over a month for the phone interviews with the pharmacist and the HR lady.

After a long and agonizing wait and several helpful phone calls by Jennifer to Kroger personnel, Stephen has officially started work as a pharmacy technician! Yeah! One step closer to our long term goals.

Love,
Sarah

Fall Recess

We had a great weekend holiday. It was UEA (Utah Education Association) weekend. The time when the Utah teachers union has their meetings and school it out. We decided to go hiking this year in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The leaves were turning color and it was a beautiful day (70's). Here are a few pictures from our hike.

Love you,

Connie

Poor Nathan

On Thursday (Sept 23rd) Nathan was putting his bike down and just dropped the handle bars. Well, the handle bars came down and the full weight of his bike landed on his big toe. The poor boy has been in pain ever since. He will loose his toenail. I guess the internal pressure got so great the it finally broke through and started bleeding. I have had to squeeze his toe to get the excess blood out twice. I feel like such a heel when I have to do that because it hurts him.

Stephen passed!

Yesterday Stephen took his Pharmacy Certification Test and he passed! We are very excited. He's spent a lot of time studying over the few months and it feels good to be done. Now he's looking for a job in a pharmacy and we continue the long, but slow march to finishing his pharmacy degree to become a full-fledged pharmacist.

First Fish

Even before we moved here, Isaac has been telling us that Oquirrh Lake was his "fishing lake." He has been 'hand fishing in the little stream that is part of the lake and has brought several fish home, but he wanted a fishing pole. He finally earned his fishing pole. He has tried to catch fish using plastic bait and it certainly was not working. A neighbor let Isaac use some salmon eggs as bait and today he caught three fish. He was so excited that he called daddy and told him. It was great.

Latest on homes

The bank wanted us to go higher than we could on the yellow house, so we are leaving that one alone. This is the blue house at 11557 Inglehart Ln. It is a good home as well. The only thing I don't like about the house is the lack of mountain views from the house. Other than that, it is a great house. At this point, I will take a home over mountain views. Having said that, we are also still looking at other homes around the area. Especially within the ward boundaries that we are in. We love the ward and would love to stay here. We appreciate your prayers in our behalf. Thanks,

Love, Connie

We found it!

Ever since we moved here 4 months ago, we had heard about a zip line park here in Daybreak. We never could find it, until now. Sean got online and googled it. It is fun. The one with three girls is Erin and two of our neighbors ( They are close to Erin's age). The other one is Erin

New Calling

As of this past Sunday (July 18), I am now the Primary Chorister for the Little Elm Ward. I'm a little nervous about the calling, but hopefully it will be fun. Wish me luck!

Sarah

My attempt at drawing floor plans

Hi Everybody,

My mom wanted to see the floor plans for this house we have an offer on. I couldn't find any real ones, so I attempted to draw them. They are obviously not to scale, but you can get a general idea of where the different rooms are. Sorry they are sooooo bad.

Kestrel Rise Home

We like this home. We hope we get it