Wednesday, October 3

I know...I know...it's hard to believe that you're looking at something different!

Since before school started, one month ago, our lives have been overloaded with waterpolo, soccer, a little bit of x-country, plus lots of church stuff, just to make sure we are gone every night of the week!

Logan plays soccer and this is his true love. They have a great team and a great coach. He is from England and I love hearing him
yell at the boys on the field, sounding something like this...
"Gentlemen! Get down there!" or "Come on lads! Get in position!" Even when he yells, he sounds so nice. Logan also runs x-country, but only sort of. If there's soccer practice or a game, he'll sacrifice going to x-country in a heartbeat. He's good at long-distance running so hopefully he'll keep it up.

Jacob (#4) and Jordan (#13) are in their 3rd year of water polo. Three mornings a week they have 5:30am practices for 2 hours,
as well as 2 hours after school with 2 games a week. The last 3
weekends they have had tournaments (Friday evening and all day Saturday) playing about 5 games in those 2 days. I still don't get all the rules - it's crazy - but I love watching them play. It's a
great game and every second is exciting! They come home completely exhausted and starving every night. This Sunday, October 7th, these two are receiving their Eagle Awards. It's definitely a great accomplishment ... 4 down and 1 to go!
Yesterday Corey was in Boise for a job interview with Horizon and ... he got the job! Before this week is over he'll have his solo pilot's license (he's already been flying by himself all over Oregon) and will be moving to Boise in a couple weeks. He'll continue with his flight training there, as well as doing school on-line like he's been doing since early September. Things are moving forward, slowly but surely but it's all good.
Brady is home - it's been a difficult, rough month for him and all of us and we're trying to get our old Brady back. He's doing alright and working hard on healing. He sees a counselor twice a week and that's been so helpful for him. This guy happens to be LDS and is great. We just want Brady to get better, inside and out, and feel better about everything that has happened. Thank you all for your prayers and good thoughts. Keep em' comin' - he's an amazing young man.
Basically, we think our boys are awesome and we really are so proud of all of them and the good things they're accomplishing. I've definitely earned every gray hair on my head though!