Life

Wes is doing sooooo well in his classes. He just took his unit 4 tests, and he got above 90% on all of it. That's the best he's ever done on any unit test. I am really proud of him. Not only did he do so well on his test, but he did that with having all sorts of stuff going on. He is doing PT (physical training) twice a day now, and he is in the YM presidency so he has activities once a week. And . . . we have had family visiting. Crazy! He is amazing. Oh, and we are addicted to watching the Olympics - usually we're up until at least 11:00! Funny side story: One day we were watching swimming and told the boys about Michael Phelps, and every time we have seen any type of swimming since then they both yell, "Go Michael Phelps, go!" Ha ha ha ha . . . Bradley also told me today that he needs to get a gold medal for winning his race. :) Oh, and besides that, we have been busy doing stuff pretty much every Saturday. We have been really enjoying meeting other people, especially from the ward. We have gotten pretty involved in that realm of things. We have traded babysitting to go see a movie. We also went to the Strawberry Festival in Watsonville one weekend. We've also been having play dates and helping out with babysitting other kids. I think we are going to a really cool beach this weekend with some friends too. I am glad that we are being social, but sometimes it's hard work!!Last weekend we went to the Oakland Temple to help with babysitting for other people in the ward who wanted to do a session. Let me tell you, that gave us a new appreciation for all the temples in Utah. We left home at noon and didn't get home until after 9:00. When they say, "Stake Temple Day" out here, they really mean it!
It was a really neat experience though. That temple is amazing, and we got to go up on top and look out over the whole bay. Of course, it was foggy so we couldn't see much, but maybe we'll get to see more next time. The boys loved it, and all three of them were really good for the whole trip.
Ok, so I probably could type for another hour and tell story after story, but I won't bore you any longer! Life is grand. We all have our good days and bad, and we all miss the extended family A LOT, but we are doing well!