Brief Family Update

Since it has been so long since I have updated my blog, I will mostly just put the past several months pictures in a slide show. Also, I know that most people would rather look at pictures than read a long boring post....
Jacob and Andrew are both in tackle football this year. They are enjoying it tremendously. Andrew a little more than Jacob. Not sure Jacob will do it again next year.
Daniel is doing his last year of flag football. In our city, kids can do tackle football at the ripe ole' age of 6, but I tell my boys that they need to wait until they are 8 to do tackle, so Daniel is anxiously awaiting his turn next season. He is really enjoying flag football though.
Brenden told us a couple weeks ago that he will be getting married in January. This came as quite a surprise, but we are very happy for him and have enjoyed getting to know Lindsay. They will be getting married in the Redlands Temple in California.
Jeremy is doing really well with his Salt Lake City Police Academy. He will be completely done by Thanksgiving! He has been working very hard, and has come home completely exhausted on more than a few occasions.
Aubrey moved up to live with us the first part of August. She will be starting school in January at Utah Valley University. She has gotten a job at Ross Clothing Store, and has found several friends to hang out with. She has been a joy to have around.
Sierra and Josh have come up a few times to go to Brenden BYU football games. Josh has stayed over a time or two, but unfortunately, we haven't gotten to see much of Sierra. She is coming up this weekend with her mom so they (Kristal, Sierra, and Aubrey) can go shopping for dressed for Brenden's wedding. Sierra and Aubrey will be 2 of Lindsay's bridesmaids. Josh was ordained a Deacon the first Sunday in August. We went down to New Mexico to participate in that. The following day, Paul took Josh, Jacob, Andrew and Daniel fishing on his dad's boat...and we now can't find the camera, so unfortunately pictures of the ordiantion, and fishing trip are lost forever. :-(
The 3 younger boys are doing well in school. Daniel doesn't wake up this year everyday looking for some excuse to stay home, so that is good. First grade was quite an adjustment for him, but thankfully he is doing well in Second Grade.
Andrew's has been enjoying his Third Grade year. His teacher is about 3 inches taller than him. I told him that my 3rd grade teacher was about 3 inches taller than me, too. (Mrs. Harrigger...not sure if after all these years I spelled that right.) He is pretty motivated to get his homework done so he can go outside and play school with his friend Justus. They both have stuffed monkey that they sit around and teach math and science to.
Jacob has completely enjoyed his Sixth Grade experience so far. His teacher lets them have soda's in class, and munchies, so I have surprised him a time or two with a soda to drink during class. What fun is it to have "fun" rules and be able to take advantage of them?
Parent/Teacher conference is this next week, so we will see how disillusioned I have been.
Paul has started taking Web design classes. He is really enjoying learning all the cool things he can do. I think after a couple of classes, and the purchase of the "Dream Weaver" software, he will be able to create a pretty awesome web page!
I have been busy with preschool. It was good to get started again, and kind of get back into my routine. Every year seems to get busier and busier, as I am sure everyone can sympathize. As the boys get older, days get busier.
I think I have included pretty much everything. I will let the pictures say the rest.