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12/19/11 Basketball and gassy camp outs

12/19/11

Life here is Washington Utah is pretty much the same as always!
Just finished basketball season for the girls (Katie's team won 1st and she will be getting a plaque with her name on it!!!)  Girls start soccer next week.  Had about 3 weeks off in between I think.   Girls are still keeping busy with girl scouts and piano and achievement days, math club and choir.  They really seem to enjoy school and life in general and being busy and singing and doing their thing.  Seems like one or the other of them is always singing...in the shower, while they do chores, whatever.  Very happy little girls!
The boys went on a camp out this weekend.  I guess there was 6 boys and they all slept in a tent.  With one that had gas.  Yummmmmmm....??!!!  Dallas said he slept at the end of the tent on a down hill slope and work up at 4 a.m. with a big pile of Teddy on him.  (the same one with the gas!!!).  Ah...the memories they are creating!  They all find this pretty humerous.  Boys.
The boys are getting closer to earning enough money to go on the band trip next month.  Only 2 more dixie direct books to sell.  I think they'll need to come up with a litltle more money too but they are about there.  Should be fun.  Going to Disney and performing at a school in Las Vegas.  Not sure what else.  I'm sure it will be great.  I have fond memories of band trips from back in the day.
We had 5 girls in YW today and 11 out on Wednesday -- it feels like we are getting somewhere...maybe!  Getting ready to plan youth conference and girls camp and lots of fun stuff!
Life feels like it is on fast forward -- everything just keeps happening so fast.  Seems like every Sunday I come to the computer and I can't believe another week has flown by.  Sounds like from your letters you are also experiencing that!  It's good!!!
Work has been super busy too.  Just barely completed an audit at work in addition to all the other little projects going on.
Our lesson today in church was on covenants.  At the end of our lesson we each got a payday candy bar and the saying "I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; But when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise." D&C 82:10.  Hopefully we can keep our covenants so that we can be blessed.
It is snowing in New Harmony so we may have another Sunday evening at home with no Grandparents.  But if we do, maybe we'll go up tomorrow to see them.  Seems like it's been awhile since we've been up there!
Hard to imagine that you are hot and sweaty all the time while we are having snow and rain and coldness here!  So strange how different our worlds are!
Well I love you and hope you are doing great!  Love mom.

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