Cub Camp - Aaron's last one

This year the Cub Scouts went back up to Scouter's Mountain to Camp Discovery. The boys all loved camp. The weather cooperated too, as it wasn't as hot as it was the week before us or as wet as the week that followed. This isn't to say that we didn't roast up at the stage area at the end of the day. We had 16 boys attend camp this year! As a Webelos at Camp, Aaron got the chance to earn the Sports Pin for BB Guns. He did really well and shot up the bull's eye area until it wasn't there anymore. He also managed to get a few bull's eyes on the Archery range as well. As a leader, I was scheduled to go up only 2 days, but - as a leader - I ended up going 4 of the 5 days. (Some people don't realize that when you sign up to help for the day, it means the WHOLE day.) I wouldn't have minded as much if I could have been with Aaron's group, but I ended up being with the Wolf group. Oh well.

WOW! Dance Festival was amazing!

The three older kids and a few of their dearest and closest 2000 friends from around the surrounding area have been working since January on learning their dance moves. Friday night and Saturday all those hours of hard work paid off. I wish you all could have been there to see the event.

Photo updates

I recently took the boys into have their pictures updated on the family room wall. If I don't label and date them, I am going to be in BIG trouble. I always said that I have "cookie cutter" kids. They continue to look like each other. I think the photographer captured their character though.

Time keeps rolling on...

Well, we are still unemployed at the moment, so no new news on that front. With Conference Weekend coming up Ed, as Bishop, is taking the priests and laurels down to Salt Lake City. I am supposed to go along, but since Grandma and Grandpa Greenfield are in Hawaii there is no one to be with the boys, thus I may stay home. Ed challenged all of us to read the Book of Mormon prior to conference, and I am happy to report that Jennifer and I just finished, while Ed has also finished it and the Doctrine and Convenants, the Pearl of Great Price, and everything else in the Pearl of Great Price. I guess it was a blessing to not have to have work get in his way.

The Union Titans basketball team won the State Championship this season. Jennifer got to cheer at several of the final games in the Tacoma Dome. We made the trip up there every day for about a week so the kids could cheer them on.

Still no news

Actually we do have news...Jennifer was accepted into BYU-Idaho!!!! Yeah!!! We are so proud of her. Now we just have to figure out financing.

Well, Ed has been off work for over a month now. We are still waiting to hear about a job offer. In the meantime, I have been busy working on getting rid of a lot of the fabric I have in my craft room. The kids and I made 12 baby quilts and 4 bigger quilts to donate to Project Linus. In return we will receive a voucher from Disney for 6 one-day passes to a Disney resort. (The kids all want to go to Disney World.) We need to use them by December 15th, so we have some time for Ed to get a job so we can afford to go. It was a fun way for them to see that it takes effort to get to go do something fun. Right now I am in the process of making a new flannel quilt for Ed. I made him one for Christmas, but he decided it was too small (it was a lap quilt) and so now we will have one for our bed. It will keep us really cozy and warm.

This year has really flown by, and during most of it I have been hiding a secret. Ed's job asked him to move to Denver early this year. He told him that we would, but asked if it could wait until our oldest graduated from high school this coming June. They agreed. Well, then back in October they informed Ed that the position was no longer available. (Gads, I'm glad we didn't rush into moving there.) They instead offered him a position in Oregon which he was unwilling to take. We were expecting his final day to be right before Thanksgiving, but then the bosses wanted to look at alternatives. December 18th was Ed's final day with the company. Ed had worked at this job for the last 25-26 years. The company had changed hands around him, but he had always managed to remain. Now, not many of the original folks are left.


Keep us in your prayers as we seek out new employment.

The past months in Review

September: The start of a new school year. Both Jennifer and Edward are at Union this year and loving it. Andrew started playing football for Pacific Middle School. Aaron is back to homeschooling at River Home Link.
October: Halloween. The kids all dressed up this year. Jennifer went to a party the week before as Cleopatra and a college student on Halloween. Edward was a very convencing doctor. Andrew recycled his wolfman costume. Aaron went as a Nija, and Dapple went as "Sherlock Bones."

November: It's hot and heavy into Union Titan Football. Jennifer cheered a lot of the varsity games and all of the JV games, but really got into being the Varsity team's "manager" (she taped up the boys prior to practice and games, went to all their practices, handed out penalities for tardiness, and was "water girl" during the games she didn't cheer). She loved it! She even got to ride the bus up to Tacoma with the boys when they won 3rd place in State!

Andrew started wrestling for Pacific this fall/winter. So far he is 3 for 3! Way to go Andrew!