A peek into our crazy schedule...

• Monday

1. Steve started a new job. He is going to be working for a company call Fix it Squad / Redrock Heating & Cooling. Our friend Jeff that owns A-shed, that he has been working for, also owns this Fix it Squad. They do all kinds of different jobs... when they do new construction in heating they will be doing it under Redrock Heating & Cooling. It is fun to see that going in full swing again. It just feels right. Steve is super excited to help it grow. He will be doing sells for both companies. The best part is that he wont be doing the parts that he is not quite as good at which is the bills and secretarial stuff. I am proud of him. He is excited.
   
2. Monday night we went to eat dinner out at Chick-fil-a. We went to support this amazing little boy that I wish we knew. His name is Trent Duval. He is eight. He is loosing his battle with leukemia. You will have to go on his blog and read about him. You will fall in love with him too. I am not a cryer... his story made me sob. He has affected our whole family. Our kids pray for him each night. Read his story... www.trentduval.blogspot.com.

• Tuesday

1. We went to dinner with a whole bunch of friends. We are so super fortunate to have such great people that surround us and help teach our kids. We went to hang out with Buck & Leigh Ann Taylor while he is still in town. They are two of the most amazing people that I know. Buck in serving our country in Afghanistan. He does it well. His stories are so great. He is on a two week leave. He will go back on Monday for about four more months. Leigh Ann is so courageous. I just watch her. I think that she is an awesome woman to hold everything together while her husband is serving our country for our freedom. I love them. All of our kids were so interested in all of Buck's stories... they just kept asking him questions. I loved watching my kids with my friends. Shawn especially had a good time because he is the age that I hung out with some of them.
   

• Wednesday

1. I was in charge of our Young Women's combined activity. We had a lady, Date Rape Advocate, come and talk to the girls about Date Rape, then we did a service project for them... the South Valley Coalition, that she works with. WOW! is all that I can say. Here are a few of the statistics... realize that most of these statistics are from UTAH.

• 1 in 5 teens who have been in a serious relationship report being hit, slapped or pushed by a partner
• In 1995, 7% of all murder victims were young women killed by there boyfriends
• 1 in 8 Utah Women will raped sometime in their lifetime
• Rape is the only category of violence that Utah EXCEEDS the nations violence

So this information last night was scary to me... you should hear all of these statistics that I have from her... WOW! It makes me nervous to raise kids in these latter days. What an eye opener for me. I looked back on times that this could have easily happened to me or one of my friends. SCARY!

• Thursday

1. NO SCHOOL
2. Alyssa & Ashley had a fall performance. It was so cute. They and all their little friends did such a great job. They are in Guyz N Dollz with Cassie S, Emmy S, & Alyssa and Ella M, Sara W, Maggie S & Ashley... They love it. They all were all so cute.
3. Alyssa had a soccer game. The final score was 10 to 0... we won. We were doing so great that John mixed up all of the positions and let Alyssa play forward instead of defender... She scored a goal... how fun to see her play somewhere else. They have a great team and they really are getting so great together. They are having a fun time.
   
4. Finally we ended the night off with a soccer party at our house. All the girls and their families came over for dessert, soup & rolls. All the parents sat around and talked while the girls played, sang karaoke, and watched a movie. We had a great time.
   

Tomorrow we are taking the kids to Lagoon... I will take pictures...