We are doing great! We have had the whole family together again and I've loved every minute of it. We were all together for most of August which was an amazing blessing. Now that half of the kids are gone it's pretty quiet around here. Highlights from the month:
*Being at the airport to welcome Isaac home! Then driving home and feeling like no time had really even passed. It was so fun to watch him unzip and unload his suitcases the second he walked in the door.
*Hearing Isaac report his mission and seeing so many of you!
*Doing FHE at the rest home in our ward. The kids played some bluegrass songs together which hasn't happened in two years.
*Playing games!
*Going to Newsies at the Hale Center Theater in SLC. We squished all 9 of us in the car for the trip and had such a blast watching an amazing production.
*Visiting the Pendleton Family Cabin that we haven't been to in many years. It was fun to hear the kids reminiscing about their childhood memories there.
*Going to the temple (baptistry) for the first time with ALL of our family ... Ellie turned 12 while Isaac was gone.
*Hearing Scott (and several missionaries from Russia) report their missions.
*Family Pictures!
Auriana got an amazing job! She is qualified to be an SLT (speech language technician), but after being gone all summer, she wasn't finding any jobs to apply for. She applied for several 'aid' positions and even accepted one, but then she got a call from one job that told her that even though she had interviewed as an aid they wanted to change the position to SLT and hire her. That was huge blessing. She starts this week! Taylon started school and also got the job he wanted as an elementary Ed ambassador at BYU. He also teaches clogging at BYU and has Natalie as a student. :-) They are living just west of the stadium and they are enjoying finally opening and using all of their wedding gifts. They are performing together at the Harvest Moon Hurrah in Spanish Fork this year, just the two of them for 30 minutes. Sept 22 at 5:30 - I'm excited for that! It will be the first performance of "Auri and Tay!"
Isaac started school and found a job in the finance department. He's rooming with Scott! He seems to be loving college life so far with lots of socializing. He brought several friends home for dinner today. He joined a frisbee and a football intramural team.
Natalie is Isaac's neighbor and they are in the same ward. She seems to already be the official little sister of all of his roommates. She plays sports with them, makes them food, and helps them with homework. She likes her own roommates as well :-) She joined a soccer intramural team.
Enoch almost has his license. He has finished all the requirements, he's just waiting to turn 16. He's playing soccer and mowing lawns in his free time. Enoch, Isaac, and Bjorn enjoyed a trip to Flaming Gorge with the teachers quorum.
Miriam is loving being on the High School soccer team. She's so busy, but she's still always smiling. As they blow the end of game whistle, she will usually run and do an areal if they won the game. I don't know where she gets all her energy. Miriam and Ellie both started clogging lessons from Taylon as well. So fun! Ellie started junior high (crazy) and is loving it so much! Our family is growing up so fast!!
Love, Becky and Bjorn
