1/14/24

Dad: BIRTHDAY! we fun celebrating last weekend with a cousin's dinner here (and enough black forest cherry cake to last all week!) AND Lucy got braces the day before that!!! She was so happy when the soreness wore off after about 3 days! Lucy: BRACES!! Anne: basketball w/ secret weekends of tennis (don't tell bball Coach) Jane: BEST IMPROVED Reading scores in her class!!!! (we've been reading Harry Potter at night) Seth: "Don't tell anyone, but I'm the best fighter in the world" Also wants to dye his hair red and blue Emily: Made it to Chile!!! and wishing for the A/C that was promised in her apt!! I hate goodbyes, but am SO excited for her adventuring B&B: bought a minivan! Lily: now says "Grama" and "Gampa" Mom: enjoying slow of winter after a Christmas so busy I thought my brain would explode (or it did--still deciding) Weather: SNOW, SNOW, AND MORE SNOW!!! I had the scariest trip I've ever known between home and Logan bringing Anne back from her basketball game Thursday night. The wind was blowing SO HARD I had to turn on my hazards at one point where I couldn't see any cars in front of me or where the mountain road was with all the white blowing EVERYwhere until a semi came at me head on! It was pretty terrifying for a bit! Then today they canceled all of our meetings except sacrament meeting (which was almost empty!) so we could all help clear snow for people not to be snowed in! I spent one long day trying to catch up on pictures (so Seth could be in SOME photo books on our shelves!), Emily and I helped a single sister who just had knee surgery clean her moved out of apartment (Emily is getting to be a pro at that since she just did it herself!), and I drove a van full of ward friends down to clean the temple late Friday night. When Anne's not doing her own sports, she's watching other people, like boys' basketball or wrestling. Lucy has been at play practice until dinner every night, so it will be good to have this 3 day weekend! Dad's foot is doing great: he got his stitches out and started physical therapy this week. He was relieved to have things resolved on Monday too, from the distempered defense attorney who filed complaints against him for assault(?!!!) and being high in court(?!!!) on Dad's first day back to work after the break/his surgery. Of course everything was outrageously false, but they still have to investigate every complaint, and that meant Dad was home from work for 3 days (Happy Birthday!), and even knowing he was innocent, it was hard not to get a bit stressed that something could go wrong. We're grateful to be on the other side of that one! Also connected with the other Elder Duncan's mom this week! Love you so much!! Love, Mom