Celebrate September

September is nearly gone this year in the blink of an eye. To say that this month has been eventful would be a gross understatement. At the beginning of September, I had a clear view of what was ahead. Now it is all clouded with new challenges and twists.

I suppose the biggest change has been that Jim was made the Bishop of our Ward at church. To those of you who aren't member of the LDS church, this is a very busy calling. We do not have a paid clergy so the responsibility to run our church rests on it's members. Jim is responsible for the people who live in our geographic (Ward) area. It is a bittersweet undertaking for us. I am happy that he has the opportunity to serve in this capacity, but I will miss the quiet times we have been able to spend together. He is so busy right now.

We also celebrated the 13th birthday of our son, Jace this month. Yes, in his own words, "13! Snotty teenager ahead..bring it on!" He isn't unbareably snotty at this point, but it still remains to be seen if things change. I think he'll be okay :).

My parents celebrated their 50th Anniversary this year as well. It is the day after Jace's birthday, so we actually left that day. Jace was a really good sport about it. If you have had a chance to read my note about this, you already know that we went to New York City to see the Season Gala of "Tosca." There were such good voices in the cast; however the set were terrible! The audience actually booed the creative staff. It was sort of deserved because about 20% of the audience could not see the action on the set. It was too far down Left. Sad.

We enjoyed our time there inspite of the terror threats that plagued the city. I did see President Obama out of his car window, and Kiefer Sutherland walking with a beautiful woman. That was kind of neat!

Things are starting to settle a bit. Jim is beginning his annual travels now, which means he'll pretty much be gone for the next month. I'll love the time that he's here, but know that there will be other demands on his time and attention. :)

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