Late September Update

Fall is falling . . .fast! As a child I remember the end of summer slowly passing, but once school started, things just accelerated to January first. Things are definitely picking up speed around here, possibly because I'm feeling so much better and so I can do a whole lot more than I was doing during those yucky months that we're all trying to forget about. Here's what we've been up to.

Joshua--Joshua started "preschool" with our little moms co-op, and he's so lucky to have ME as his first teacher. He loves the gross motor activities most, so if we can act it out or make it into an aerobic activity we do it! He also gets in as much playtime with friends as possible. He loves his sunbeams teacher Sister Meyerson and is constantly impressing us with what he learns in her class. (And I'm not just saying that because you check in on this blog, Jen--he simply adores you!)

His latest obsession is airplanes and virtually anything having to do with flight and airports--you really should see him demonstrate what the runway guys who park planes look like when they're hard at work. Last night for FHE he was in charge of the lesson and he told me he was going to teach the lesson on planes. I suggested that he teach about something that Heavenly Father wants us to know, and he said "OK, then I'll teach about planes and church and stuff." We found a story from a Friend thirty years ago that told about Elder Ballard flying in a small plane in the fog and how the air traffic controller guided them to safety. Phew.

Liz--Hooray for having a school schedule again! There is an educator inside of me that can no longer be covered up by my other roles. I am loving our preschool co-op and I feel so lucky to get to teach this first quarter. I think I'll start a little side column on this blog of what we've talked about that week just for all of you out there who are doing something similar. Primary has been another great outlet for teaching, and I love the women who I work with--they are amazing ladies, great friends, and a lot of fun.

I'm grateful to be feeling better, and I'm getting over my failures during that period as a gardener, a visiting teacher, friend, etc. Oh, well. Time to press forward, till under the jungle of vegetable plants, and move forward with all the really fun stuff I have to do right now. Our primary program is just around the corner along with all my favorite autumn events.

Dan--The lawn-planting saga has really gone on long enough (for 6 weeks or so). It actually all started last February when Dan took a lawncare class through the county ag extension--four 2-hour sessions equipped him with a game plan for having beautiful lawn. To make a long story short he killed the whole lawn with Round-up, rented three machines and a pick-up truck for two weekends, stripped the dead sod and thatch, dug out the roots, tilled, raked, shoveled, and final seeded the lawn. We're in the final waiting days before germinatation and we're just praying that the wild garlic that naturally sprouts at this time of the year doesn't force out the tall fescue and kentucky bluegrass that Dan has prepared the soil for. Now we water, and we wait.

Of course, it's fall, so Dan's sidetracked (from worrying about the lawn) with Cougar football and more college football and presently Ken Burns' new documentary The War on PBS.