Sunday, September 9, 2007

Darrell's September newsletter entry

Dear Family,
August was a rather unusual month for our family. Laurie started it off by taking off to see her sister who just moved to Wyoming. She was gone for a few days. That is the first time she has ever taken off on her own like that. When she got back, she and Laralyn flew to southern California to take care of Laurie’s mother. Laurie was gone for about a week and a half. Laralyn came home a little sooner than that. I took those days off work and we had a family vacation with those who stayed home. We just made small trips to fun places here in the Salt Lake area. That is the first time we have done that. We also spent a lot of time replacing the back patio during that week and a half. As soon as Laurie got back we took Bethany up to Logan to go to school at Utah State. That was Bethany’s first time to move out of the home, and our first to go to school at Utah State. Then Laralyn moved back down to Provo to go to BYU. That wasn’t a first. The kids all started school and for the kids in elementary school they are going to the school near our home which is a first in about 10 years. Laurie doesn’t have to drive kids back and forth to Willow Creek every day. That is a very welcome first. The local school finally changed to a traditional schedule. This is Austin’s first year in High School. This is Bryce’s first year in Middle School. He has decided to play the tuba. What a monster of an instrument. I just opened up a new office outside of Utah. That is a first for my company. We are expanding into the Denver, Colorado area. So as you can see we have had a lot of first this past month. Definitely, it was not a usual month at our home. We are all doing pretty well and everyone seems pretty healthy. We send our love to all of you and hope you can enjoy the beautiful fall colors soon to be upon us.

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