Bruce's Concert

Bruce has been playing the viola this year with the school music program. He is getting pretty good, and I love that he is getting the opportunity to play an instrument. We went to his first concert tonight. He did great.
Here he is in action.

Family Update

Well, we did it! We made it through a month and a half of living with family and have now been in our new place for 4 days now. We really like it here so far. It's certainly much smaller than our last place but I think that is going to prove to be a great thing. We love how close we are to everything now. We have any store or restaurant we could need, just around the corner.  We've met a couple of neighbors who seem to be really nice. The kids are so happy to have their beds and all of their things back. The kids were so good during our time in Palm Desert and Fallbrook. I was so proud of them for being so good.  

Robert is now the building maintenance coordinator at church. He's looking forward to coaching Claire's soccer team and Jane's soccer team very soon. That should keep his evenings busy. He was able to take time off and have 2 day work weeks for the time we were living in Fallbrook. He's back to his long weeks. Claire and I are missing him.

I am still Young Women's president. We just had our New Beginnings program which was really nice. I enjoy working with the girls and the other leaders. I'm learning so much.

Bruce  seems the happiest about the new house and loves the set up in his new room. He's also excited that his friend lives just two houses up the street!  He just joined Chess club at school and really loves it. Still liking Cub Scouts.

Linda is excited about speech. She saw how much Bruce enjoyed it when he was in it. She enjoys going to activity days at church. She loves design and wants to learn to sew. She draws dresses and different articles of clothing and her friends at school buy them with fake money. We're trying to find a tennis class for her to start. She is going to sing in our ward talent show.

Jane excels in school. Her teacher is very impressed with her all around. She gets a lot of reading awards.  No injuries to report at this time. She really loved doing gymnastics camp with the kids while we were in the desert. She's excited to start soccer.

Claire is busy, busy. Robert and I are always getting a good laugh from her crazy ways. She says the funniest things. Lately, when I tell her something she'll say, "Yes, master!" Claire and I are working on her numbers and letters. I've been really enjoying my days with her because she'll start kindergarten in the Fall. I'll miss her so much.

Speech : Part 2

Linda starts speech this week. She still can't get that darn 'r' sound down. I think that once the speech teacher focuses on it with her for a few weeks, she'll get it quickly.  I'm excited for her to finally get this r sound and move on.
To be continued...

The New Place

Here is a picture of the home we will move in to on Feb. 1st. We are ready to get back in to our own place. The kids will love opening up all of our boxes and reclaiming their toys and things.  We are really happy to  downsize our home, which also means downsizing cleaning time and the amount of money we'll need to furnish it. It's a cute beachy house. It's 4 bedrooms and 2 baths. It's right around the corner from a freeway exit, which it's really helpful with Robert's commute. It's also very close to any store we could need, and of course, not far from the beach. It has a big flag pole out in the front, as you can see. My Grandpa Nielson would be so proud. :)

League Champion

Bruce's soccer team won the league championship. They had a trophy ceremony the other night. Bruce was thrilled to have earned these trophies. 

Just What I Needed

I found this letter to me in Bruce's backpack that he wrote for me at school. It was just what I needed to get me through this final stetch before we move in to our new place. He is such a sweet kid.