September 25, 2011

The Colorado Haws Family- Happy 10th Anniversary

This past week we have had sickness in the house. Haley ended up with lovely, very contagious strep. She missed school on Monday and Tuesday to try and recover and have the medication kick in. I thought for sure that Kayla was going to get but I am really grateful that she did not. Kayla was sad because I made her stay home from school on Monday to go to the doctors with us. She wasn’t sad because she had to go with us, she was sad because she had to miss picture day at school.

On Thursday Andy and I celebrated our 10th anniversary. Of course I would have rather had him here for it but I was very glad that I was at least able to talk with him on Skype. For our anniversary dinner, I took the girls to McDonalds for Haley’s school fundraiser. I am not sure how well the fundraiser did but I am guessing they did very well because it was constantly packed the whole time.

On Friday Kayla and Haley played with Emma after school and on Saturday they went over to Sydney’s house to play.

On Saturday night I was able to enjoy listening to the LDS General Relief Society Meeting broadcast. The messages that they gave was wonderful. It reminded me of the Relief Society motto “Charity never faileth” that our Savior knows each and every one of us.

Andy seems to be doing okay. He continually works long hours and drives many miles. We have our countdown on for his R & R which will be about 9 weeks! We are all ready for him to be home.

At church Haley and Kayla received their parts for the Primary program that they will be doing towards the end of October. It is a bitter sweet thing for me to have both Haley and Kayla being in the Primary program; because that means that my babies are growing up.

The Lane's of Virginia


This week has been busy with work, studies, filing documents, parties and church stuff. Monday, we went to the park for FHE. Wednesday was achievement days (we wrote the missionaries),Thursday we got a wonderful package and then had our date night at a local Chinese restaurant. YUM! Baby loves crab and cream cheese wontons! Friday we had young marrieds and then we had a pumpkin party. Saturday was the general relief society event.

Grant's News

This week Grant worked mostly lunch shifts, which allowed him to be home in the evenings. He is in a pretty good situation now at Hudson's where he works from 11 am until 4 pm most days. He is the only server on for most of his shift, which can be a little stressful, but he is enjoying the new routine. On Wednesday night he watched Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Lanette, who had a lot of questions about what particular songs meant. Thursday he had the day off and he was excited to bake his first batch of pumpkin bread for the fall. He finished harvesting the pumpkins from the garden this week and has in total gotten 25 pumpkins this year. Grant had Saturday morning off so he worked on decorating the house for autumn. He bound together cornstalks from the garden for out front and then decorated the mantle of the fireplace with gourds, pumpkins, and Indian corn.

The Jackson's of Albuquerque

This week was a pretty normal week for Stacie and Kevin, focusing on both work and school. Kevin was excited to locate an additional desk for his office at work. The desk happens to be the one Stacie used to work from, but was thrown out as her department decided to re-do her old office space. On Monday evening they enjoyed having dinner with their friend, Nick. On Wednesday Kevin attended his first webelos activity for his new calling as Assistant Webelos Leader. On Saturday Stacie and Kevin enjoyed going out on a lunch date to a New Mexican food restaurant. Afterwards they visited the Goodwill by their house and found some nice, inexpensive baby clothes. Kevin spent most of the weekend grading papers and Stacie worked diligently on a quiet book that she is excited to finish.


The Haws Family of Wisconsin

Like many of you it has been a quiet week for us here in Marshfield. Logan has had several games. He is doing great. He made some key plays in the games. Logan and I went on a walk for helping raise food donations for a local food pantry. Afterwards Logan came home and worked to make his chicken more comfortable. He is really doing a great job with the chickens. He was awarded this week his second class rank and about 5 merit badges in a court of honor. He is doing a good job in scouts.

Emily went to the Twin Cities with two of her girlfrinds and one mom. They visited the campus of the University of Minnesota and shopped. Emily seemed to have a great time. She is in the midst of applying for colleges. It will be exciting to see where she will be accepted.

Lanette had a wonderful weekend because she visited a daycare center in Neillsville where her friend, Nona Crowe, works. She stayed overnight with the Elmhorsts and had a great time. We will be having her IEP tomorrow. We hope that it goes well. Our goal is to insure that she is developing the skills that will help her obtain a job after graduating from school.

Mom and I enjoyed going out to eat with Grant on Friday night. It was unusually quiet at our home because Logan, Emily and Lanette were with their different friends. We are in the process of getting our finances changed around as we hope to refinance the house to an even lower interest rate. We have enjoyed the soccer games and some queit evenings. Most of all we enjoy hearing from each of you.



We have had the chance to speak with Jeff several times. He is doing very well and waiting on the immigration paperwork to work its way through the system. Derick was hospitalized with a stomach infection. Please keep Derick in your prayers.

Love Dad