Little Learner’s Preschool

Mrs. Suzee (aka Sister Mower) has invited Aliyah to come to her preschool this year.  Suzee is in our ward and very kind to let Aliyah attend even though we cannot afford the tuition.  Aliyah loves learning so much and she is so excited to be around the other kids.  She is so social, and sometimes being stuck in the basement with me and Gavin is more than she can handle gracefully.  I have a feeling this will be a great year full of learning and fun!

Mrs. Suzee and little Aly Thunnell are familiar faces from church for Aliyah.  She and Aly look like they could be twin sisters! In fact, most of her preschool classmates are made up of her primary classmates.  And since Mrs. Suzee just lives around the corner, walking to school won’t be a problem.  Hooray for school!

Family Time

If my dad were reincarnated, he would come back as an ant. He could also make it as a worker bee, a beaver, or any other animal that spends the greater part of its waking hours building things.
Most of my favorite memories of my dad are sprinkled in sawdust.  He has always loved working with his hands, and using his gift of creativity to make things for our family. 
One of Troy’s first observations of Pop is that he goes to work for money, then comes home and works for fun.  Family time was almost always centered around some kind of work, outdoor, indoor, and everywhere in between. 
As a family, we are a great team.  We know how to work together and have fun doing it.  It’s almost like family therapy.  The last few weeks have seen some stressful times in our family history, and given us a new appreciation for each other.  We came together this weekend to heal and to love, and we did it through work.

Daniel, Joe, and James came home from New York, Troy and I cleared our schedules, and we spent our days building new entrances on the front and back doors of the cabin.  We laughed, joked and ate, and remembered what it means to be a family.  Family takes work, but if you are not afraid of work, family is the greatest work we will ever do.