A Little Update

Okay, so my blog has gotten boring. Or maybe I'm just bored with it ... Tracy says it's because we're in the winter doldrums right now. Well, here's a little about what we're up to.

Xander gave up crawling about two weeks ago, and is officially a toddler, though I can't get him to wear shoes. He's also using a few words, mostly "this" and "that." He also says "yeah" a lot, and "drink" once in a while. And when he's mad he says something that sounds like "stupid," but may be "stop it." Not quite sure. He's such a cute baby!

Ryan is registering for his Junior classes next year. He's taking Concert Band, Jazz Band, AP Language, AP Physics, AP US History, AP Calculus, Social Dance, Seminary, and Marching Band. Plus Financial Literacy online. Yep. That's FOUR AP classes, and he'll only be a junior. Very cool. He'll start upper level college classes as soon as he graduates, I think.

Rusty moved up from Pre-Algebra to Algebra for the second semester. He is having fun in his CTE class. He sewed himself a bag, and he even sewed up his pajama pants when they ripped. He got to go to work with Tracy for job shadow day.

Sam just finished his fifth grade science fair. He did an experiment to see if our brains pay more attention to the color of the word or the word itself. For example, we had to say the color of the word instead of the color word (red, green, blue, etc.) He did a good job on it.

Finlay reads all the time, so it's hard to keep him in books. He's been enjoying Bone graphic novels lately. He went to the Cub Scout Belt Loop camp on Saturday and earned his science, geology, and math belt loops.

Camary is having fun with the paint program on the computer. She's moved into a big bed now, and we got her room a little more organized with a new toy bin.

Tracy went biking on the Antelope Island Causeway on Saturday. He had fun, but he's sore. He bought a nice big sun lamp to grow seeds in the basement. He just got released from the Sunday School calling that he's been doing for almost three years. More on his new calling later.

I submitted a query letter to Deseret Book, and I'm hoping they'll want to see the whole manuscript of my novel. I am in the planning stages of a new novel now. It's kind of scary since I've been writing short fiction for about 11 years. Sometimes I wonder if I can remember how to write a novel. Guess we'll see. Tracy and I had a good time on our anniversary date to the Gateway in Salt Lake. I guess that's about all for now.