Hello family,
It has been awhile since I updated you so here goes...

Rebekah is ten and a half pounds and changing every day. She is happy and very tolerant of her siblings over exuberance towards her. They love her a lot which is good but not always soft! I have left her a few times and she seems to do better than Kisiah ever did.
Kisiah is doing great. She is loving being a big sister. She names all her dolls Bekah and takes great care of them. She is just about potty trained and probably would be if mom was no afraid to gho out without diapers! Oh well. She is almost sleeping through the night again.
Arika is excited to be a first grader. We talked with her teacher yesterday at the school welcome picnic. She knows her from reading last year so that has help with her anxiety. She has started to notice fashions and likes her hair a certain way. And so it starts...
Katlynne is nervous but excited about middle school. We went to her school welcome BBQ and found out the system lost the ten kids coming from her school. She was very upset to not have a schedule like everyone else. We worked the next day to get her in the system again and hopefully have a schedule by Thurs. when the six graders start. She is my little mother and takes good care of Kisiah and Rebekah when I need help.
Ben loved scout camp and then hiking in the high mountains with the Young Men. He Got his schedule and he has some tough teachers this year. I am excited to have him be challenged. He is excited for football to start again...I tried to talk him out of it again but he loves it too much.
Bart is busy with work. He is always coming and going. We were able to see each other at the Stake Laurel/Priest activity last night. It was a fun activity of water softball. The youth enjoyed it.
I am excited for school to start the day after Labor day. But I will miss my extra help too. I have been watching a seven year old girl. It will be nice to be done when school starts. I was crazy enough to take six kids to the picnic...I had three two and under. Kate didn't help me as she was in the dunk tank. Ben and Arika were a great help. Arika was the only one to dunk Kate! She was very excited to report that to Bart!
We love you all and can't wait to be together again.