Dear Mom and Dad,
This will be a long letter because so much happened this
week. I’ll try to keep it
interesting.
First off, I met my old work team for lunch on Monday. We’ve met a couple of times over the
past 13 years since I quit Target and it’s always been fun, but perhaps it’s been
too long since this time around it felt a little forced. My old boss and my old co-worker have
both survived cancer during the last year. But other than talking about our health, I don’t have
anything in common with any of them any more.
We also had conferences for all four kids this week. They are all doing well in school and
we remain very grateful that things come easy for all of them. However, I guess the fun of hearing
what great kids I have has rubbed off a little because in some ways it seemed
like a waste of time. I reminded
myself that this year I went so they could feel good about themselves and show
me their work instead of going so I could find out how they were doing because
I already knew they were successful.
Jacob had another cross-country meet on Thursday – this one
in Elk River. I wasn’t able to
attend because of conferences so David went alone. The race was 3200 meters (or 1.988 miles). As Jacob was leaving for the bus that
morning I told him to shoot for 13:00.
I figured this was a lofty goal and even if he didn’t reach it, he’d
achieve a new PR (personal record).
Lo and behold, that boy hit a 13:00 even. I about fell off my chair. That is a 6.5-minute mile. Not only was this a personal record for Jacob for that
distance, it was probably his fastest race EVER. We were so proud of him that Laurel and I picked up a dozen
donuts as a surprise the next morning to celebrate.
The kids had Friday off of school so Mary started her
birthday celebrations on Thursday by taking birthday treats for her class and
having me join her for lunch (one of our family’s birthday traditions). On Saturday, her actual birthday, we
opened gifts and had fettuccine with hotdogs and onions for her birthday lunch
(usually we let them pick out their birthday dinner, but I didn’t think I’d
feel up to cooking after her party so we did lunch). And then from 2:00 – 4:30, we had an art party for Mary and
her friends. My amazing friend,
Michele, let me bring 8 little girls to her house where she took them through
three projects and then let us leave while she cleaned up. The girls LOVED the party and I loved
not having the mess or stress (I owe Michele big!). The party was perfect – just perfect. We came back here to open gifts and
have cupcakes & ice cream before sending them all home. This was probably the best party I’ve
ever thrown for Mary.
Saturday was a big day for Charlotte as well. The Young Women showed up at our house
at 8:00 to “kidnap” her for a “welcome to Young Women’s” breakfast. And then Saturday night, the Beehive
Advisor hosted the 4 girls in the class for a Halloween party where they made
homemade pizza and decorated sugar cookies. Today, the primary sang Charlotte’s favorite song to send
her off, had Charlotte tell about her favorite temple (the Billings, MT one) as
well as tell about a project from her Faith in God program AND she was
interviewed by the Bishop. I think
it’s safe to say Charlotte feels very loved already by the Young Women’s
leaders and confident she’ll be missed in primary. It all makes me very happy – feeling loved at church is so
important.
Well this is all of our news. Have a wonderful week.
Know how very much we love you and miss you!
Love,
David, Ella, Jacob, Charlotte, Laurel, & Mary
Mary 7th Birthday
Charlotte - morning of being "kidnapped" by the YW
Elk River: 3200 meters (2 miles) - 13:00
Charlotte's Letter
Dear Grandma and Grandpa,
This week we were really busy. We
started off the week with piano. (Like we always do.) The reason that this
week’s lesson was special, was because we got to choose songs that we are going
to play at Barnes and Noble (A bookstore.) around Christmas time. I only chose
one song this week, but we can play two songs so I am going to choose another
one on Monday. We also got ready for my birthday and Mary’s birthday. We got
together our goody bags and finalized the details. Mom also set out Mary’s
presents.
On Tuesday mom tried to set us up
for Spanish Lessons, only to find out that they had canceled the sessions. We
were disappointed, but mom said that we could do them this winter. Wednesday
all I did was play with my friend, and do LSRC. I am on on my birthday, and I
am really excited. I also found out that our friends that live in the
cul-de-sac behind our house are moving. They have 7 kids, and 5 of there 7 kids
are our friends. Laurels best friend is part of that family. They are moving to
Dallas, Texas. We are all really sad.
I also started violin on Tuesday.
You wouldn’t believe it. It is during my recess!!! It is okay, but the time is
kind of annoying because between media helper, LSRC, and now violin I am inside
for recess all of the time. On Thursday I again just played with my friend, and
sense Friday we had the day off of school, I again just played with my friend.
Saturday we got up early, but we
could only open one of Mary’s presents because dad and Jacob had to go rake
leaves for people in our ward. We went upstairs to play with Mary’s new toys.
Then we heard a door slam. Mary went into the hall to see who it was. She said
“ha.” Then I said, “When you say ha, is it a good thing or a bad thing?” Then
they came and “attacked me.” It was fun!
They “kidnapped” me. We walked for a while and they said things like “we
are travelling through the forest to an ancient land.” Then we got in a car and
didn’t put on seatbelts. We whipped around corners and stuff. Then they took
off the blindfold. We were at one of our church members house. We had pancakes
for breakfast, with chocolate chips, syrup, peanut butter, butter, powdered
sugar, orange juice, or milk. It was a lot of fun!
Then it was time to open the rest
of Mary’s presents. It was really cute when she opened a doll present and
screamed. She then had her party. I didn’t get to help (or go) to/at the
activity part because we didn’t have enough space in our cars for Laurel and I
to come. We got to do the sand art when they came back though, and it was fun.
It seemed like a great party.
That night I went to a beehives
party. It was fun! We made pizza and decorated cookies. It was a great week!
Love you!
Your Granddaughter,
Charlotte Rolfs.
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