Darwin has been sick for the last few weeks, and this week he actually got to stay home and rest. I think he is feeling a little better now that he has some medication. He has been able to take the boys, individually, to some UH football games. Darwin took Caleb to the UH vs. USC game on the 2nd of September, and tonight he took Isaiah to the UH vs. Charleston Southern. His work has a drawing for tickets to the games, and his name has been drawn three times now. He can only buy two tickets (at a very discounted price...hence the drawing) so he has been taking the opportunity to spend one on one time with the kids. He also got a calling at church. He was asked to be the Elder's Quorum President for our ward. (basically, he is the president of one of the men's groups...the elders. click on the link to learn more about what that means).
Brooklin is doing a lot of running. She runs about 30 miles a week and has a cross country meet every Saturday. She gets up for seminary (she has to be there at 6:10 am every school day) goes to school all day, and the goes to XC practice until 5:30 pm. She is doing really well in XC and we are very proud of her. She is improving and is very dedicated. She has had a recurring pain in her hip, but usually just runs through it. We took her to have it x-rayed and the doctor said she would be fine...but not to over do it.
Caleb has been camping with the scouts twice this month. He had a lot of fun both times. The first campout, Darwin was able to go with him. Caleb caught a fish with just a bamboo pole and a hook! Yesterday was the second campout and he went without Darwin this time. He forgot to put on sunscreen, and he came home pretty burnt. We'll see in the morning if it got any worse... Caleb was asked to be the 1st counselor in the Deacon's Quorum at church. (an explanation of that is in the same link as the elder's quorum link.) We are grateful that Caleb is a worthy priesthood holder.
London and Isaiah ran in a cross country meet a few weeks ago. They are good little kids and love to just play together. London is participating in her school's chorus and is going to preform some Christmas songs in December. She and Isaiah are going to be in the Children's Primary Program tomorrow. She is the narrator and Isaiah is giving a talk...and from what I hear, singing his little heart out. (one woman told me some of the kids that stand next to him during the songs hold their hands over their ears, because he is singing with such gusto!)
Well, it is late and I need to go to bed. One other thing I didn't mention is that we all gave talks in sacrament meeting at church two weeks ago. Isaiah memorized a scripture and said it in front of the whole congregation, London gave a cute talk (that she wrote all by herself!) on being reverent, Caleb gave a talk on being obedient (which he also wrote all by himself), Brooklin played the piano (and did a beautiful job), I gave a talk about adversity, and Darwin spoke about listening to the Holy Ghost. We also had the adoption lady (Sally Lee) come to the house to do our 3rd homestudy for adoption. (Hopefully this time we will be able to meet our baby!)
Like I said...we have been busy!
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