Photo of the week!

Photo of the week!

Photo of the week!

February 2015: by Becky

We have had a great month here in Spanish Fork!  We just finished a Stake Conference weekend and are enjoying a nice quiet Sunday with perfect weather. 

Auriana had an exciting experience this month while driving to her night class at BYU.  A deer ran out into the road and collided into the side of her car.   She held on tight and stayed on the road and didn’t even realize that she had gotten some pretty big dents all along the side of the car from the front to the back.  She assessed the damage when she got to BYU and called us to tell us about it.  She was excited to have the opportunity to drive a rental car for a few weeks while the car was getting fixed, but then found out you have to be 21 to drive a rental.  I guess she will be driving the suburban to school for a while!  She continues to study hard and did well enough last semester to keep her scholarship alive!  Yay!  She is looking into finding a place to live in Provo starting in the Fall.

Isaac has been having fun learning and practicing the sport of Ultimate Frisbee.  His team will start their games in the next few weeks.  He got a job running the “Little Hoopsters” program for the city and is having a lot of fun with 60 6-8 year olds and their fun personalities.  He has also been reffing city basketball and is learning to develop a thick skin and not take comments too personally.  While Isaac is reffing Natalie is score keeping on the sideline, usually in a different gym.  She does the girls and he does the boys.  Isaac, Enoch, Miriam, and Ellie are all playing city basketball and Enoch and Miriam are both playing futsal.   With both sports only on Saturdays it has made for some busy ones.  One Saturday we went to 7 games to watch the kids play!

Natalie has successfully finished her season of being the manager of her Jr. High Basketball team.  She struggled with not being able to play, but she enjoyed keeping the book and cheering them on to becoming district champions.  She has probably read an entire book a day lately and tries to spend time building the muscle in her left leg every day as well!  She has started running track just to get back in shape.  The doctor tells her she can start playing soccer in the summer to get ready for the fall season – but she has a lot of work to do before her leg is ready for that.  Bjorn took her out for her first driving experience at the church parking lot today!

Enoch got about 8 merit badges recently …  most of them were very boring to him, but several are required for his Eagle, so he is glad he did it.  He is looking forward to playing soccer in St. George this coming weekend and we are all looking forward to some really warm weather and some down time.  Jenny and Brenda are both going to be down there as well, maybe the rest of you should join us!  There will only be 10 people staying in the 1 bedroom condo we rented – feel free to join the party!

Enoch didn’t tell us (or didn’t know) he was in the school spelling bee the other day, so I got a texting play by play from a neighbor who was there when she noticed we weren’t there.  After several rounds he went out on the word “epoch” because he spelled it “epic,” but then they let him back in because the new rules state that if there is more than one spelling of a word they must give the speller a definition.  After a few more rounds he went out on the word laudable, which I’m sure I would have misspelled too, since I haven’t even heard or seen that word before.  He did great!

Miriam is getting ready to be Jimmy Carter’s wife in the President’s Wax museum at school.  It’s going to be fun.  The other students and parents can go around the room and “push the buttons” in front of the “wax figures” so they come to life.  She has her speech prepared and memorized and just needs to find a costume.    She has become really confident on the basketball court and is really fun to watch.  It was fun to have Brenda, Matt, and the kids come to her game in Orem yesterday!  She is our most faithful at practicing piano and fills our home with beautiful music every morning at 6:45.

Ellie has also been enjoying the piano more lately.  She has a soft touch that is very lovely.  I love it when she sings along!  Both of the girls are growing up so much and look older every day!  I wish I could keep them small a little longer. 

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