Monday, November 11, 2013
hello
What great news to know that Sister Remund is safe. Rick and I were praying all weekend and felt assured that she was ok, but I worried the most that she would be frightened by the wind...I myself hate being in the dark alone when it is windy. I am always surprised at how she is being tested and yet she is so stalwart and brave. We can all be so proud of her..she is quite the missionary and quite a young woman too boot. She will come home from her mission so grown up and we will just wonder how did it happen??? I am in awe of her. She is bringing blessings to us all.
Mark, I so enjoyed your last blog. Thanks for sharing some small portion of your life with us. I am not sure what has happened to Jeff..he used to be so faithful in writing from time to time. I guess everyone is just so busy. I have but one excuse...I feel like I have nothing worth blogging about. What do Rick and I have to say that interests anyone? YOu all have such exciting things with kids. Life as an older couple is much quieter and much less to write home about. We relax, watch football or old westerns or Christmas movies. WE do family history or go to the temple and read books. I cook, Rick fiddles or tinkers in the yard. This is what happens when you get old. No kids, no babies, no excitement in life..just each other and quiet time all the time.
I am not complaining...we are very much enjoying life. Just setting the stage for what is to come as you get older. Empty nester comes way too early. In 7 weeks, I will be retired and living with Rick in Fruit Heights. I sent some of my clothes home with Rick today as he drove the jeep so we can start packing up the St.George home.We plan to start trying to rent it out soon.I am not going to put up much for Christmas decorations this year. First time in my life. We will be totally moved before New Years and no use putting it all up just to take it all down. I hope I am not too homesick. I will have to go over and look at Sherri's decorations. and eat her cookies.
We are looking forward to Thanksgiving...It is our turn to host Rick's kids and Mark and his family along with Michael's family will be joining us. How I wish all my kids could be there. It may be years before we are all together for a holiday again. I wonder what it will be like in Hawaii with just Rick and I next year?
Let's see more news in this family blog before year's end. I love my family. Mom
Monday, November 4, 2013
If at first you don't succeed...
Well, apparently the Lord wants me to succeed where I have failed in the past. Two weeks ago I was called and set apart as the 11 year old primary teacher. This will be my third time fulfilling this calling. I intend to magnify the calling this time! I taught my first lesson yesterday. We have a big class, 18-20 kids, and I have a team teacher, the former counselor in our Bishopric. He is very nice. For the next two months I will have the opportunity to teach Mason's class, before she moves on with the New Year. That part is pretty fun. Either this is revenge for my primary days or have a lot to learn from 11 year old kids, and have not learned it yet. Truly, I don't mind the call, but it is funny.
Our family is doing well. We had a great time at Michael and Catherine's Halloween party. For those that missed it, check out Angela's Facebook page for some pics. It was a good time, and as always our girls had the best time. That is why we do it! It was fun to hang out with some family and just be silly for a night. We are looking forward to the upcoming holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Hopefully we will get to spend some time with family during this festive time of year. Maybe one year we will all be able to get together for Christmas or Thanksgiving again. Before I am too old and soar to run a slant route on my brothers.
Angela is very busy at work, so she and her team are working 20 hours of mandatory each week. Of course that equates to even more than 20 hours for her. As the sup she puts in significantly more hours. She works hard and is doing a great job of trying to work with such a crazy, messed up system. There are just so many rules and stips that make it stressful and more difficult than it needs to be. Anyways, I am proud of the great work she is doing. She is creating organization out of a mess. She is such a hard worker and sets a high bar for all of those around her. I am grateful for a spouse that sacrifices so much for our family. Hopefully, this is a means to an end for her soon. Okay, no one wants to hear me gush over my beautiful, and wonderful wife. I am grateful I am surrounded by amazing women, for my daughters to emulate. Thank you Mom, my wife, Sherri, Kayla, Catherine, and their female cousins. We Hall/Remund/Mayfield men have a lot of work to live up to and be worthy of such beautiful women inside and out. Thank you!
Pretty much our lives are pretty boring, so there really is not a lot to update. Connley just finished running club, which is her cross-country team for sixth graders. She was constantly the first or second fastest girl on the team, and in the top 5 overall. She is more of a sprinter than long distance, so I am impressed at how well she did. If they had a track team, she would love to do more short distances, but for now this is fun and good exercise. Mason is in the ensemble of her upcoming school play, so her rehearsals just began and she is very excited about being a part of it all. Both girls have made a couple friends, but have struggled a little more than in the past. It just gets harder as you get older. However, they do have a couple friends, and we are very happy about that. All they need is one good friend. I continue to work on finishing my masters. I took a semester or two off last year, so right now it is projected I will graduate this coming summer. It has taken a lot longer than I had hoped, and I cannot wait to be done. I just hate having all the assignments constantly hanging over my head. Hopefully, this investment will pay off in the long run. Anyways, that is about everything happening with our family. Pretty dull and quiet, just the way I like it. I wish I knew more about what is going on with the rest of the fam; Jeff where did you go? Hope y'all are doing well and know that we are here if you need anything.
Our family is doing well. We had a great time at Michael and Catherine's Halloween party. For those that missed it, check out Angela's Facebook page for some pics. It was a good time, and as always our girls had the best time. That is why we do it! It was fun to hang out with some family and just be silly for a night. We are looking forward to the upcoming holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Hopefully we will get to spend some time with family during this festive time of year. Maybe one year we will all be able to get together for Christmas or Thanksgiving again. Before I am too old and soar to run a slant route on my brothers.
Angela is very busy at work, so she and her team are working 20 hours of mandatory each week. Of course that equates to even more than 20 hours for her. As the sup she puts in significantly more hours. She works hard and is doing a great job of trying to work with such a crazy, messed up system. There are just so many rules and stips that make it stressful and more difficult than it needs to be. Anyways, I am proud of the great work she is doing. She is creating organization out of a mess. She is such a hard worker and sets a high bar for all of those around her. I am grateful for a spouse that sacrifices so much for our family. Hopefully, this is a means to an end for her soon. Okay, no one wants to hear me gush over my beautiful, and wonderful wife. I am grateful I am surrounded by amazing women, for my daughters to emulate. Thank you Mom, my wife, Sherri, Kayla, Catherine, and their female cousins. We Hall/Remund/Mayfield men have a lot of work to live up to and be worthy of such beautiful women inside and out. Thank you!
Pretty much our lives are pretty boring, so there really is not a lot to update. Connley just finished running club, which is her cross-country team for sixth graders. She was constantly the first or second fastest girl on the team, and in the top 5 overall. She is more of a sprinter than long distance, so I am impressed at how well she did. If they had a track team, she would love to do more short distances, but for now this is fun and good exercise. Mason is in the ensemble of her upcoming school play, so her rehearsals just began and she is very excited about being a part of it all. Both girls have made a couple friends, but have struggled a little more than in the past. It just gets harder as you get older. However, they do have a couple friends, and we are very happy about that. All they need is one good friend. I continue to work on finishing my masters. I took a semester or two off last year, so right now it is projected I will graduate this coming summer. It has taken a lot longer than I had hoped, and I cannot wait to be done. I just hate having all the assignments constantly hanging over my head. Hopefully, this investment will pay off in the long run. Anyways, that is about everything happening with our family. Pretty dull and quiet, just the way I like it. I wish I knew more about what is going on with the rest of the fam; Jeff where did you go? Hope y'all are doing well and know that we are here if you need anything.
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