Austin
-Austin is in the second year as the principal of Cardston High School. It is by far the hardest job he has ever had. Lots of factors contribute to the challenge of the job.
-He is enjoying is calling as second counselor in the stake presidency. It is much less stress and time than being a bishop. There are definitely parts of his calling as bishop that he misses. Stake presidency is much more scheduled time, not as many random phone calls and issues to solve. He only attends our ward about once a month, so he gets a lot of variety as they visit all the wards in our stake.
-Austin cannot just drive down our driveway normally when it is snowy or drifted. He has to bust through every drift. Twice this week he went off the driveway and nearly got stuck as he was just trying to bust through the drifts (I prefer to stay safely in the tracks that are already made). He also has an inner desire to spin cookies in icy parking lots. It just doesn't have the same effect in our 4-wheel drive Yukon. It is made to not slip on ice - so be nice to my car:)
-If there is something Austin doesn't want to eat or do, he says, "It's not on my top ten list."
-Since Austin started at the high school, he doesn't even ride a horse every week. Most of the time he rides once in the week, but not always. It is definitely something he misses.
Jill
-Jill just finished her first semester at Utah Valley University. She loved it and had fun. She hasn't necessarily bonded with her roommates, and her room roommate has been challenging, but I think it got better by the end of the semester and it is fine. Not amazing, but fine.
-She made some fantastic rodeo friends. She spent most weekends (after rodeo season was over) with her friend, Casey Ahlstrom and her family.
-Jill struggled at first with feeding herself. It is a challenge to figure out how to cook for one. She had a few cooking failures. She got sick of toast. She has become obsessed with Mexican food as that is where her people ate out almost every weekend.
-Jill goes to the gym to work out often. And then she does like to tell you about her workout, how much she lifted, and then how sore she is. Way to stay healthy!
-Jill did well in her classes, but she did get the first B+ of her life in public speaking.
-Jill does love to spend time on social media. She spends a lot of time in a day texting, snapchatting, instagraming, etc. When we went to college, we called home once a week. We talk or text Jill a lot of times in a day. She is the UVU Rodeo team media specialist and is really good at advertising and posting about the team and team members.
-We have loved having Jill home for 3 weeks. It seems complete when our whole family is here.
Hanna
-Hanna is almost halfway done her grade 11 year of high school. She took Math 30 and so she will take that diploma in a couple weeks. It is a hard class, but she has conquered it.
- She is on the varsity girls basketball team. Shelly Quinton is her coach, and she is so great. (The last couple years varsity coaching has been a little rough) Her team is really fun. Hanna's elbow did accidentally brake her teammate's nose the other day (Morgan Gibb).
-We are pretty sure that Hanna is gluten intolerant. She was really sick for almost a month and we kept going to the doctor, had 2 ultrasounds and 5 blood tests to try and figure out what was wrong. We finally went to a visit a naturopath lady, and she took pictures of Hanna's eyeballs and did muscle testing. She told us that her large intestine was in bad shape and gave her probiotoics to take. That week we had started her on a gluten-free, dairy-free and she was feeling significantly better. As we started talking to different people, we found out that there are several people that are also gluten intolerant. Hanna was sort of in denial at first because who wants to give all things bread and made with flour. She can eat a little bit and still feel okay. We are going to have to keep working to figure out some good alternatives.
-Hanna's favorite phrases are "get lit" and "it was litty." For example, it was a litty party or the activity was lit.
-Hanna keeps us laughing. Sometimes she says, "I am in a very bad mood," and we just kind of laugh at her. When certain other people say that, we believe it, but not really when Hanna says it.
Lucy
-Lucy is in a great stage of life: grade 7, Beehive class, girls basketball team, middle child, etc.
-Lucy likes school and is good friends with all of her teachers. She got nominated to be on the Hope Squad (a group of kids that are there to help other kids when they need someone to talk to).
-She loves being on the basketball team. Her coach is Kendall Hardy. They haven't actually won very many games yet, but all of their games have been really close. They have great potential. Lucy's face gets so red when she runs. She also does a foot stomp thing when she is guarding someone. She stomps her foot to let them know she means business.
-She is trying to figure out how to do her own hair. It is tricky because it is naturally curly. She has mastered the pony tail.
-Lucy danced with Reggie Olsen in the jive contest at school. They made it to the second round, which is good because they really only practiced one day.
Carly
-Carly grew fast like Jill did. She is taller than most of her friends. She wears the same size of clothes as Lucy.
-Her 4th grade teacher is Michelle Quinton, who we love. She is in the Cardston Elementary Senior Choir with Mrs. Burwell as the director. Mrs. Burwell had a brain tumor this summer, so we are lucky that she is still able to direct the choir.
-Carly is in her third year of violin lessons with Melanie Bryant. She isn't loving lessons and has asked if she can quit. There is a Westwind Orchestra that I told her she could join next year instead of lessons. She actually getting pretty good. We all voted that her song was the best one at her Christmas recital. She definitely had the most emotion.
-Carly loves to pester Jill. Still.Knee pits.
-Carly has an inquisitive mind. Any time anyone is telling a story about their day, she says, "what is ...." if she doesn't know what a word means. She also adds her own analysis after someone tells a story or opinion.
-Mom, I can take it. I'm 9 years old. Is Elf on the Shelf real?
Kaylynn
I guess I will add my own analysis of myself this time.
-I love my job at Sims Accounting. I love that I work school hours so we all go to town together and all come home together after school. My job is the perfect mix of working on my own with some social interaction. I call myself an Accounting Technician.
-I got called as the 2nd counselor in the Relief Society presidency, with Colynda Duce as the president, Connie Quinton as first counselor, and Josie Bevans is the secretary. I am over education and music. I liked teaching Sunbeams, but I do love serving in Relief Society.
-I am turning into my mom in that my body comes awake between 5:30 and 6 am, and then most nights I get pretty tired by 9:30 or 10 pm.
-I would also like to order a new digestive system. I have come to a pretty good place in figuring out what I can and can't eat. I can't anything with oil with is much more than you would first think (not only fried foods, but anything with nuts, and almost everything processed has oil: most cereals, most ice cream, spaghetti sauce, crackers, almost all candy, etc. I don't eat very many baked goods that someone else made because I don't know what it is them. Luckily I can eat butter and margarine. I also have a new thing that I cannot eat hardly any fresh vegetables. Also, I can't wear any clothes that have even the slightest squeeze on my stomach or else I am in a lot of pain.
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