Time Flies!!

I have noticed that I haven't posted in almost 2 weeks. Where does the time go? Today I was trying to get on this website, and it wouldn't let me, it appears my cookie setting was too strong! :-) So I moved it to a lower setting , and here I am!! :-)

Anyhow, we are settling back into school from our 4 day weekend (Pres. Day), and life is busy as usual.

Jeff is busy with his schooling and has a project due coming up about Bi-Polar Disorder. It is a very interesting subject. I helped him research some information, and we found a list of famous people with the disease. Such as Kurt Cobain (musician), Carrie Fisher (actress) and more. There is a doctor Kay R. Jamison, who as a book about her own struggle with it, called "A quiet mind". I read some excerpts from the book, very interesting.


Jolyn is doing well in the 7th grade. We made it through the 2nd quarter with A's & B's. She is doing good.
She finished up her basketball season, the team improved a lot during the season.

Jalani is also doing good. She is learning a lot of geography this year, with a passport program they started up in our school this year. She can tell you where places are on a map that I have never heard of. It is great!! She is starting another session of ice skating lessons this week. She has moved up a level.

I am busy with taking care of family and home. Laundry today. woohoo!! Starting this Friday Feb. 22nd-March 27th, I will be substituting at Orchard Middle school for a lady, while she recovers from a surgery. I have subbed for her before and enjoy her schedule. It should be fun, and bring in some needed income.
Well I need to sign off for now.

Sickness, and more!!

I have been pretty ill the last couple of days, but today I am doing better. :-) I still am coughing, which I am sure will last forever, as coughs go!!

I am thankful for being able to stay home and rest and get better. I am grateful my children are old enough to get ready for school by themselves, and are helpful when they want to be!! :-)
I hope this finds all of you well, and without sickness!!

I was excited on Monday night to get on to lds.org and see who was in the newly formed 1st Presidency. I was thrilled to see Dieter F. Uchtdorf put in as a counselor. I love the German people!!
Having lived among them for 3 years in the lovely village of Baalborn. How I miss the forest that surrounded our village, the wonderful neighbors we had, the great food we ate at the "Haus Haumann". It was a wonderful experience in our lives and how grateful I am for those of you who were able to come and see it with us.

I am thankful for many things this week, most being the ability to breathe. What a thing I take for granted each day. I am grateful for the lung capacity to take big deep breaths, and to take in the clean air around me. I know it sounds silly to some, but having this cough, as made my chest feel heavier and a small bit hard in breathing. So I am thankful for breathing.

Jolyn is almost done with basketball, only 2 more games. They are doing well. Yesterday they played a team from Foothills Middle school, who they had played before and got slammed (30-2) and this time we only lost (19-14) it was awesome. The girls are doing well. Too bad their season is so short, they could really improve.
Lani is ready for spring and soccer to be here, and so am I. (At least the spring part ;-)
I guess that is all I have for now.
TTFN

No School !!

Today there is no school, due to something they call "Records Day". I am not sure what that means exactly, but the kids don't have school. I was grateful for the opportunity to sleep a little while later, although, I was awake and up by 8 am. The girls didn't get up till after 8:30. That is amazing for Lani, she is usually awake anywhere between 6-7am.
We are going to have lunch with Jeff later today, and I thought maybe we would try and go bowling.

I am looking forward to being able to watch Pres. Hinckley's funeral tomorrow. What a blessing technology can be, as we live many miles from SLC, but will seem like we are there in person.

We are using "Preach My Gospel" in helping us with our scripture study this year. It is great! We are also still reading "Way to Be", last night we read "Be Smart" and as we read, Jeff commented to me that if he was to start complaining about his schooling, to have him read that chapter. :-) I used to have a desire to go back to school and get some kind of degree, but I don't feel now that I have the ability to do that.
(It frightens me, the thought of going back to school.)

We found out this week that a very good friend, Greg Franz, (the girls adopted grandpa here in Wenatchee), has Bell's Palsy. I did not know exactly what this was, so I read up on it. It is a temporary paralysis of the face, it is not supposed to last a long time, but can. We are praying for him and his wife Janet. We saw Janet last night, at Jolyn's basketball game, and she told us Greg was in good spirits and was doing well. He went back to teaching at the college this week. We are grateful to know them, Janet was our realtor, and so we got to know them both through that. They are wonderful people, and always try and come support the girls in their activities.

Jolyn's team did really well last night, the team they played were matched up pretty good to us. We lost in the last 2 minutes, by one basket. It was 16 to 14, final score. :-) The girls played hard and are improving each game. Jolyn made the first basket for her team, last night. Go JO!!!!!