I am sorry that this letter is so late. I hope that you will enjoy it anyway. Love, Dad
The Jackson's of Albuquerque
This week was an exciting week for Stacie and Kevin since Kevin's parents and Grant were able to visit them in Albuquerque. Scott, Chandra and Grant all flew in on Wednesday evening since Kevin was off of work and school for fall break. Unfortunately, Stacie had to work on Thursday. However, she was excited to attend a conference designed specifically for administrative support professionals. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang took a trip over to Santa Fe. They enjoyed walking around the shops in Old Town, visiting a cathedral, and eating lunch at a French bakery.
On Friday Stacie was able to join them for the entire day as they made their annual trip to Tucanos, which is always much anticipated. Afterwards they had a nice walk through the Bosque, which is a wooded area along the Rio Grande. It was nice to see the leaves changing. Kevin and Scott then went out to play golf with some of Kevin's friends while Chandra, Grant and Stacie visited Hobby Lobby, a bookstore, Anthropologie and Trader Joes. In the evening, Scott baked sourdough bread and they enjoyed watching episodes from Modern Family together.
On Saturday Kevin, Scott and Grant decided to hike up the Sandia Mountains on the La Luz trail, a trail that Dad, Emily & Kevin climbed during their visit last year. Meanwhile, Stacie & Chandra enjoyed shopping and getting pedicures together. After lunch Stacie & Chandra took the tramway up to the top of the mountain. Chandra, who is terrified of heights, did a great job. Kevin, Scott and Grant finally made it to the top of the mountain and joined Stacie & Chandra for the trip down the tram. It was very cramped and hot on the way down and they were all afraid of getting sick. However, the views of the mountains with all the changing colors was beautiful. In the evening they had dinner together and then played some Harry Potter Clue.
Today they attended church together. Kevin taught a wonderful lesson in Sunday School, which Scott, Chandra and Grant were excited to attend. Kevin was also assigned to teach in Elder's Quorum, but Grant had to head over to the airport so Stacie & Chandra took him for his departing flight. Although it was hard to say goodbye, Stacie was very grateful for the time she got to spend with her brother. In the evening Kevin & Stacie's friend Nick joined them for dinner and helped them turn off their swamp cooler. They enjoyed the rest of the evening together. Stacie & Kevin are sad to see Scott & Chandra go tomorrow morning but are thankful for the time they could spend with their family.
The Colorado & Afganistan Haws Family
On Monday we went to the neighbor’s house to do a Halloween activity since the girls had a day off of school for Columbus Day. Haley and Kayla both were the mummy statues for the wrapping race. On Tuesday Kayla didn’t have school so she and I went to a couple of stores to “window shop” and then came home just in time to talk with Andy on Skype. It was also Haley’s last day of soccer where she played in a tournament and her team won! Wednesday I was able to visit a couple of sisters on my visiting teaching route. Thursday I was able to enjoy the day at the temple while Kayla played with her friend Emma. Friday Haley got her new glasses. We were also able to find Kayla a pink Super Girl costume and Haley a Vampire costume for Halloween. Hopefully neither one will change their mind again of what they want to be. Andy has had a rough week only because on Monday he was playing soccer and landed on the ball and twisted his ankle which in turn caused three fractures in his foot. The doctor that he went to did not supply him with anything to help his foot i.e. a splint, boot, ace bandage or even any medication for the pain. Needless to say he is still in a lot of pain. He also wanted me to mention that even though he had a hurt foot he was still able to score a goal after it had happened. Andy will be flying back to Afghanistan from Qatar this week to check all the fueling and brief others.
The Lane's of Virginia
This Monday we went to the temple to celebrate our 2nd anniversary! We did an endowment and sealing session. We visited the red-headed Wendy for lunch and then went to mall next door and just meandered through until we decided to go home and have a nice quiet night.
Tuesday, Julie had enrichment where she made a few really cute hair clips for herself, since Jeff said no bows or flowers for Alex:) Something about him being a boy.
Wednesday, kicked off the new "Psych" tv season. We also worked on the new insurance complications that have come up since his work is being a booogger!
Thursday, Julie worked on her last homework assignment for her class as Jeff was helpful to her around the kitchen- scrambling eggs for Julie's egg wontons.
Friday, Julie started her research paper and then had her baby shower in the evening. Jeff joined Julie at the end of it to come help open presents which made his day! He had fun with that part. The party was lots of fun and the Hartmans did a wonderful job decorating for it. At the shower they played pop each others bellies (balloons) and matching with related candy bar treats like gushers for water breaking match and rasinets for dirty diapers. Gross but we did not think it up just laughed with it :)
The next morning we went to Applebees because someone had given us some fundraiser tickets to it. We did a little shopping with the random gifts cards-for the baby of course :)- to kill some time before we went the Barnum and Bailey Circus in Charlottesville. Even though we had bought the cheapest tickets we ended up with some of the best seats in the house- which was awesome! After a very long wait to get out of the parking lot, because of the circus crowd and UVA's football crowd, we grabbed some food and then drove the scenic way home- lets just say FALL HERE IS BREATH TAKING! When we got home we got some of the other major essentials off the baby-list. Which probably relieved a hundred pounds of stress off our shoulders, since we have really been worried about finding enough time and money to do that before the baby comes- with school, work and many other obligations.
The Haws Family of Wisconsin
This last week Grant and I flew the coop. Grant went to visit the Jackson's while I went to a convention in Minneapolis. Meanwhile Mom maintained the place. As each of you know Lanette had her wisdom teeth out. She did amazingly well. Thanks for the kind calls and efforts that each of you extended to Lanette.
Molly probably had the hardest time this last week. She has been very whiney and clingy. Mom was about to drop her off at the Humane Society but as of now she is still here.
Mom continues to grow more excited each day for the upcoming arrival of grandchildren. She hopes to be able to visit each of you in the coming year. We very dearly miss Jeff's family and hope that they will be able to make it here to the States soon.
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