3 Jul 2007

July 3, 2007
Dear Elder Sean,

I thought I better write you just in case you happen to check the mail before next Monday. I feel so bad that you didn't have a letter waiting for you when you wrote us today. You had said your pday was on Wed, so I was waiting until Tues evening to write.

You sound great for your first week. Sounds like you're just taking everything in stride, which is great. And you have a wonderful attitude about it all. Attitude is everything. Just keep the faith about learning the language. Know that it will come as you continue to work hard and use what you already know. Just like learning a new song on the piano. Soon enough you won't be thinking about where each finger needs to go, it will just go from your eyes to your fingers and how sweet that will be.

So it sounds like dad is pretty capo after all. He must have known all along that the Ford Ranger was hot, that's why he's keeping it so long. We have the white van on the lot at Bill's, but haven't heard anything about it selling yet. Dad can actually park his truck in the garage now. woohoo And with the shed finished, we have all kinds of room.

It's very hot here now. Supposed to be in the 100's this week. Not looking forward to that, so I'm going to call Aunt Nancy and see about using the pool a few days or else we're going to melt. I'm jealous of your cooler weather.

Were you able to open up the pictures I sent you through email? Just wondering what works and what doesn't. In a couple weeks, we'll send out a test package. Sounds like we're some kind of military operation here.

So Jared and his window washing crew were here the other day. They actually did an amazing job and I can't get over how clean the windows look. I think some of our windows haven't been cleaned since we moved in. Jared's boss, who came also, went to the DR on his mission, in fact he went to Kirk's mission and he told us all about the different cities where Kirk has served. We showed him some of Kirk's pictures and really enjoyed talking with him. I'm also hoping that Alex will start working with them when Jared leaves on his mission. I think it would be a good job for Alex.

Alex is now taking drivers ed officially at Excel. He's really enjoying it and the teachers are entertaining as you remember. He starts driving this Friday with Quinn. Quinn's such a good driver already (having stolen the family car and driven himself to school) that Alex is sure it's going to make him look bad. So he wants to go to a parking lot and practice, so I'll take him out tomorrow for a spin...

Kristina has started babysitting quite a bit now for the Kent's. She loves it and is starting to rack up the big bucks. Leah and Nikki manage to keep busy every day. First they destroy the basement by spreading toys from one end to the other, then they defrost the freezer unbeknownst to me by leaving it open after getting 43 otter pops out during the day, then they dress up and leaves high heels on the stairs, then they have 14 string cheeses and ask about lunch all before 9:30am. Fun, fun, fun.

We're looking forward to our bbq at the Jones's. I'm bringing the drinks, and of course dad went out today and bought all kinds of fun fireworks.

I truly enjoy your letters. I'll keep this one short, since I'll write again Sunday evening.
Love you much,
mom
xoxoxoxoxoxoxooxox