Dear Mom and Dad,
This letter will be brief, because while we were as busy as
always, most of it was routine stuff so not that exciting to write about. Our week was filled with the usual:
piano lessons, playdates, gymnastics, young men’s, and dance. David was at the temple Thursday night
so I had to get the girls home from school, run to Jacob’s cross-country meet, then
rush back here just in time to take Charlotte to dance. We have a similar situation in October
so David wisely chose to switch nights at the temple so he can help out :).
Jacob ran a 1.5-mile race on Thursday. He did well, but did not improve his
time over last time so his coach told him he needs to run harder/faster in
practice. Today he gets braces on his
bottom teeth, so he might not make it practice at all today and he has another
meet tomorrow. Oh well, I guess
there’s always Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Jacob went on a scout campout Friday night. This was the last night he needed for
his camping merit badge so he will get the badge at our Court of Honor on
Wednesday. Yea! He will also receive his Life rank
advancement. Yea yea!! Slow and steady progress seems to be
paying off for him.
The girls and I were busy this week planning birthday
parties! My friend, Michele, is
helping me do an art party for Mary.
We’ve invited 8 little girls who will complete 3 projects at Michele’s
house before returning here for cupcakes in the shape of an art pallet. I managed to make & mail her party
invites on Saturday. My attention
now turns to Charlotte’s party which is the following weekend. We are taking 8 girls to Feed My
Starving Children to pack food for kids in third world countries. After packing the food, the girls will
come back here for a movie or games.
Should be any easy party, now I just need to make some type of
invitation and go get gifts for both girls. The days seem to pass quickly.
I attended the General Relief Society broadcast Saturday night. Our stake had a dinner beforehand with
brief comments by our stake president.
It was all lovely and set a beautiful tone for the broadcast. I enjoyed the broadcast, but always
seems to glean more out of it when I can read it so am looking forward to
November’s Ensign.
Well this is all of our news. Know we love you and always wish we lived closer. Take care.
Love,
David, Ella, Jacob, Charlotte, Laurel, & Mary
Elm Creek - 1.5 miles - 10.33
Fun in the back yard
Then they had to bury each other, of course!
Charlotte's Letter . . .
Dear Grandma and Grandpa,
I just got to be on air for the school announcements. The
different things that you get to do when you are in the school announcements
are 1. Write the script. (My favorite.) 2. Be on air. (There are 2 of you that
present.) And 3. Do the cameras, sound box, mixer, etc. Your job is to tell the
school some things, such as what the lunch is, a fact, a joke, anyone who has a
birthday that day, the weather, and every once in a while, a special
announcement. The way that you get chosen is they give you a form to fill out.
You, a parent, and your teacher write why you should be chosen to be on the
team. You also write things like weather or not you know how to use a video
camera.
My violin solo went great! The day before the program, at
the practice, my violin was REALLY out of tune. My mom tried to tune it, but
the tuning peg wasn’t staying in the right spot, so we couldn’t tune it. During
the practice, it was really out-of-tune, so we decided to take it to a music
store. They told us that it was because of the change of the weather, and that
we had to push the tuning pegs in farther, because the weather was making the
holes shrink, and the peg gets wider the farther out it is, so if you push it
in farther, it will stay. Well, anyway, they fixed it, and it sounded great at
the program. We brought our neighbor, and she enjoyed it, I also invited my
friend, and Laurel invited 3 of her teachers. Laurel and Mary did great on their
parts, and the songs sounded great in my opinion. We also recited a scripture,
which was fun. Over all, I thought it was a great program, I am kind of sad
that it was my last primary program though. (I forgot to mention this, but I
played Stand for the Right on the violin, out of the children’s songbook.)
Thanks for the encouragement on the video. I am really
excited to see who is going to win. (They pick on November 4) If Laurel or I
win, we pretty much decided that we would take each other and Mary, (we all
helped on both of the video’s) and then our mom, because our Dad has to work,
and even if one of us didn’t want to go to Washington D.C., Jacob is really
busy. I was talking to my mom about it though, and she said that if we won,
they would pay for all of us to go, sense she would only have to pay for 2
people.
I hope that Uncle Scott can fix your garage roof before the
winter; I can’t believe that those companies won’t put it up now! Also, good
luck on your new calling. I want to work in the temple when I grow up! I am
also really glad to here about your heart! It is AWSOME that you are felling
better. My mom is going to fly up, to visit you in November, and I am trying to
talk her into letting me come along. So far she says no, but you never know,
she might change her mind.
Other things that have been going on here, is, we did yard
work. Laurel, Mary and I racked the leaves into a huge pile, and then jumped
into them, it was really fun! We also cut 2 big branches off of our big tree in
the front yard, because they were hanging WAY TO LOW!!!!!!!! We also trimmed
our Lilac bush, and our hedges.
Another cool thing that I am going to get to do is I am
entering a writing contest. The grand winner receives
$1000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the second winner receives
$150!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don’t think that I am going to win either of those, but
I might win for Minnesota, the winner from each state get’s
$50.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kids from my school have won that before, which is
cool, and when Jacob entered a few years ago, he got in the finals!!!!!!!!!! I
want to be a writer and a teacher when I grow up, and I am the best writer in
my grade, so I think that I have and Okay chance. I will send you my essay when
it is done. (It will probably be done by December.)
Tommorrow is my friends birthday. She is really artsy, so I
got her a art stuff. I think that she will like it. Another cool thing, I was 1
of 2 kids that got 100% on a math test, so it was a proud moment. I am also
excited for Mary’s birthday, and My birthday. For my party, we are going to
Feed My Starving children. We are going to pack food for starving kids. I am
really excited. I am also going to be turning 12, so I will be going to young
womens. I am really excited. Well, my mom says that my letter is getting long,
so I want to close by saying: Thanks for the letter! I always love getting
mail. And I can’t wait to see you and get more letters.
I love you,
Your granddaughter,
Charlotte.
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