How Time Flies!!!

tHIS HAS BEEN A VERY QUICK MONTH!  tHIS MONTH i TOOK A 40 HOUR CLASS ON mEDIATION AND IT WAS SO ENTERTAINING AND VERY EDUCATIONAL. i THINK i GREW UP AND FAILED FORWARD 10 YEARS. iT WAS VERY INVIGORATING AND i AM GLAD i TOOK IT-BESIDES TO GET 3 CREDITS TOWARD MY UNDERGRADUATE WORK.  i HAD THE CHANCE TO SEE A FESTIVAL PLAY WITH MY DEAR FRIEND rOBYN cOVEY AND HAVE LUNCH WITH THE CRAZY CROWD--aMBER, eSTELLA, aSHLEY, rOBYN-EVEN MY OLDEST kYLEE JOINED US.  i THINK SHE FIT IN JUST FINE.  tHOSE LADIES ARE SO MUCH FUN AND SO EASY TO TALK TOO.  wE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD LAUGHS TOO. 

wILLIE RECEIVED THE pRIESTHOOD THIS LAST WEEK AND kYLE GAVE ANOTHER MOST AMAZING BLESSING TO THIS YOUNG mAN.  i WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE PREPARATION kYLE ALWAYS PUTS INTO HIS RESPONSIBILITY AS A pRIESTHOOD LEADER IN MY HOME. hE DEFINITELY WAS THE VESSEL FOR OUR hEAVENLY fATHER.  i THINK AS A MOTHER OF A YOUNG MAN WITH dOWN sYNDROME YOU ALWAYS HOPE THAT THEIR BLESSING WON'T BE THE SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE'S. i NEVER WANT TO HEAR mARRIAGE OR MISSION IN THE SAME SENTENCE. aND IT WAS REFRESHING TO ME THAT kYLE WAS IMPRESSED TO SPEAK OF HIS PRIESTHOOD AND THE WAY THE PRIESTHOOD WORKS. hE TOLD HIM THE PRIESTHOOD HAS THE POWER TO CURVE PRIDE, HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT HE CHOSE OUR FAMILY AND THAT i AM HIS PROTECTOR. kYLE DID SPEAK OF HIS GREAT WORK HERE ON EARTH AND THAT HE IS TO LEARN ALL HE CAN SO THAT HE WILL BE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT LIFE. 

i AM ALWAYS SO TOUCHED BY kYLE.  hE REALLY IS A GOOD MAN AND APPRECIATE HIS DAILY DRIVE TO GET UP AND WORK FOR OUR FAMILY.  hE MAY NOT BE AS SPIRITUAL AS THE PROPHET OR AS IN TUNE AS i THINK HE SHOULD BE BUT i THINK kYLE IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT HE SHOULD BE DOING AND NEEDS TO BE DOING AT THIS TIME.  hE IMPRESSES ME EVERYDAY WITH HIS KEEN SENSE OF THE GOSPEL.  hE DOESN'T TRY TO FAKE IT, HE LIVES IT THE BEST HE CAN FOR THAT DAY. aND IN THE END i THINK THAT IS ALL THAT IS EXPECTED OF US.

i WAS GRATEFUL TO ALL THE FAMILY THAT TRAVELED TO BE WITH US THAT DAY. mY PARENTS WERE THERE AND THAT IS ALL.  i WILL ADMIT i WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED BUT i AM SURE THAT IS WHAT i DESERVE.  bUT i AM MOVING FORWARD AND GOING TO ALWAYS DO MY BEST.  kYLE'S PARENTS WERE THERE AND THE lOPEZ FAMILY, AND mEGAN AND lUIS AND kOLBY AND cASSEY WERE ALL THERE WITH THERE KIDS.  aND bOB DRABANT CAME TO SUPPORT wiLLIE.  aMBER WAS SICK AND SO SHE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT BUT MY aUNT AND uNCLE CAME OVER TO THE HOUSE TO EAT DINNER.  tHEY EVEN BROUGHT MY COUSIN jESSIE WHO i HADN'T SEEN IN YEARS.

tHE MONTH IS ENDING QUICKLY AND i BELIEVE kYLEE HAD A GOOD TIME AT vOLLEYBALL CAMP.  sHE IS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN AS TO WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO THIS YEAR BUT i WILL SUPPORT HER IN ANYWAY i CAN.  sHE IS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME, MORE THAN i WILL EVER WRITE. 

i AM HOMESCHOOLING 3 OF MY KIDS THIS YEAR. i KNOW THAT WILL COME AS A SHOCK TO MANY OF YOU BUT i HAVE MY REASONS.  sOME OF MY MANY REASONS IS BECAUSE i AM CONSTANTLY PULLING KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL FOR MUSIC OR GYMNASTIC LESSONS.  sEEING i WILL BE IN sT. gEORGE 5 DAYS A WEEK FOR ALL OF THIS IT WILL MAKE IT EASIER.  aLSO, i DON'T THINK KIDS NEED TO DEAL WITH mEAN GIRLS IN jUNIOR hIGH.  i WOULD HAVE MUCH RATHER STAYED HOME IF MY MOM WOULD HAVE LET ME.  pLUS i WANT THIS TIME WITH MY CHILDREN.  i ONLY GET THEM AT THIS AGE ONE TIME AND i AM GOING TO KEEP THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.  sANDY AND kYLEE AND eLLA WILL DO GREAT WITH THIS PROGRAM.  wILLIE NEEDS THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF SHCOOL AND aTTIE IS DYING TO RIDE THE BUS. i CAN'T DENY THAT FOR HER. aTTIE HAS ALWAYS ATTENDED A PRIVATE OR CHARTER SCHOOL.  sO WE WILL SEE HOW SHE DOES.  i ALREADY HAVE THE LAPTOP PICKED OUT THAT i AM GOING TO BUY THEM AND i AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT...

i AM GOING TO TRY THIS PROGRAM FOR A YEAR AND IF WE LIKE IT WE WILL STAY WITH IT BUT IF WE DON'T THEN WE WILL MOVE ON.  i AM GRATEFUL TO BE IN A COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN CHOOSE THE EDUCATION WE WANT FOR OUR CHILDREN. 

aNYWAY, aUGUST IS JUST ABOUT UPON US AND i WILL END THE MONTH OF A JULY GOING TO A FESTIVAL PLAY WITH SOME FRIENDS-nOISES oFF-i THINK tONI wINDER AND rEBEKAH hARDYMAN WILL BE FUN TO HANG OUT WITH THAT NIGHT. 

wITH MUCH LOVE, sADIE