Various Going Ons

It has been so long since I've updated my blog.  Nothing lately has seemed particularly blog worthy. Or at least I didn't have any pictures to share.

I've been busy with the last few weeks of music lessons.  Trying to get my students ready for the year-end recital.  I've also babysat Dane and Bennett quite a bit.  They are such good boys and really aren't any trouble, but it does add to the busyness of the household.  Last week I taught the relief society lesson at church (which I do once a month), and of course there is always choir music to be practicing.  I'm also loving my bookclub!  It feels so good to be reading on a consistent basis and the discussions (and food!!) have been so fun.  Oh, and housework.  There hasn't been a whole lot of time for that lately - I'm feeling a bit behind.

Ashton has been busy with school.  It has been a bit of an adjustment going to a new school this year, but he is doing really well and is enjoying Mountain Park.  We attended his final band concert of the year this past week.  I was impressed how much the Grade 5's had improved in a few months.   He plays the trombone and is doing really well and will continue with the trombone again next year in band.  After Ashton turned 11 in March he started scouts at church, since he is the only 11 year old boy he goes in with the 12/13 year old young men.  He is enjoying the activities and I'm grateful for the good influences of these young men.

Bowen is also busy at school.  The month of June is always so hard to stay motivated.  His new passion is pokemon cards.  He has some very generous friends who have given him their duplicates and he has quite the stack of cards going.  Cubs has wrapped up for the year, but not before they had a soap box derby, and a night of laser quest.  He's had a great year of cubs and I'm appreciative of dedicated cub leaders.  Most days after school Bowen plays with a friend who lives a few doors down, jumping on the trampoline and riding bikes.  I love that both my boys have friends right on our street.  Both boys are really helpful to me watching their little sister while I teach piano.

Cadence continues to grow like a little weed.  She is getting so big.  Running around the house and being a menace!  We love her so much.  Her little personality is so fun.  She is such a tease.  She will wait til we are not looking and grab the remote and then wait until we notice she has it before she runs away with it.  Her new skill is being able to climb onto the couch, but she hasn't figured out that she can fall off it.

Jason is busy with work.  Where do I even start with Jason's work.  His job was in such a good place when we moved into our house 7 years ago, then a hit to the economy and the dental field has never recovered.  So much business now being sent to China has hurt the industry even more and we are grateful Jason still has a job, but there has certainly been less work to go around and several pay cuts.  We know a change is inevitable, but to what is the question!  We just try to continue to have faith that Heavenly Father is mindful of us and everything will turn out okay.  Jason has also been working on doing some renovations in our basement.  He is building a room for Ashton, and an office for himself.  Our weekends always seem to be so busy it's been difficult to find time to get it finished.  It will be nice to have the boys in their own rooms again.

So that's what we've been up to lately!