A quick update

Alex:
Alex is....well.....Alex! He's such a DUDE! Honestly, if you know him, that's about the only way to describe him....DUDE! He is working very hard on his speech and is doing wonderful. He hardly stutters and his clarity is really getting better. My dad hasn't seen him for probably about a month and last night at dinner commented on how well he thought Alex is speaking. I am so proud of him! He likes preschool pretty well and enjoys going to both of his speech teachers. He is a hilarious kid who loves to play rough and encourages you to throw pillows at his face and tickle him until his face turns red! He is a lot of fun!

Samantha:
Today Samantha was doing addition! I didn't know they were working on that in school but she came home with some homework and was adding up groups of kids.......3 kids and 3 kids is 6 kids. I was a bit impressed! She is also working pretty hard on reading and writing. She ADORES art and loves to sit and draw. Her pictures are getting more detailed and colorful and beautiful. Lately she has been drawing a lot of houses (can you tell she's ready for a house of her own??). Samantha has a ton of friends at school and just loves to go to school everyday. When she is sick and can't go she cries and exclaims how much her friends will miss her!! I think it's probably true!

Kristi:
I finally finished my first independent study course through BYU and ended up with a final grade of a B!! I was quite happy seeing as how some assignments I got D's....and I completely flunked the midterm. And I quite literally mean FLUNKED!!! As in an E!!! It was a proud, proud moment! I am busy running kids back and forth from school and speech all while trying to find a new house. I have driven past more homes than I can count! It's getting ridiculous. We have an offer in on a house right now and the owner countered, then we countered, and now we are waiting to see if he will accept our final offer. In case he doesn't we have 4 homes lined up to see tomorrow. I am ready to have a home again.

Andy:
Andy works. He hasn't traveled much lately which has been nice for house hunting. I'm sure he'll have a few places he'll have to visit in the near future, but hopefully not until we are moved and settled. OH, and he's wicked excited for our Hawaii trip in 2 weeks! All of us are, but I think Andy the most. Hmmmmmm, that's about all with Andy I think. He's kind of boring now that he's done with school. We like it!

So, all in all, life is good. We are happy, healthy, and get along. We are loving teaching the kids about the Olympics and spending time together watching all the events. Good times!