The season's first major winter storm has suddenly changed beautiful, sunny 60-degree fall days to windy, cold, snowy 30-degree days almost overnight. We hope the motor home water does not freeze up with daytime temps in the 30's and overnight temperatures forecast to be in upper teens and lower 20's for the next few days. Days have been filled with shuttling boys to and from doctor appointments, school, soccer practices and games, preschool, band practices and shopping. Dillan and Brandyn have both had a couple days of coughing, fever and strep throat but they seem to be getting better. There has also been plenty of changing diapers and helping with little Jaxon. So far he is growing and doing well. Dad has kept busy with various routine household jobs and minor repairs and even helps with dishes. Last weekend we went back to Inkom in hopes of raking leaves before winter sets in but most of the leaves had not yet dropped. In the process we got to play with Taylor for a couple of hours Sunday while Dad helped Lance replace a leaking water heater. At present Lance is home alone taking care of Taylor while Aubri is in Seattle for training for about a week. He sure is a kind and loving Dad to that little sweetheart! Dad would never have been able to take on that kind of an assignment with our children, especially with a baby. For the last two days I have been on the crippled list with a very sore back for not apparent reason. Dad has a follow-up doctor appointment for his surgery Thursday and we will return home on Saturday with hopes that by then Leslie will have recovered sufficiently to handle things on her own. We have tickets won in the raffle to the BYU Ballet Theater at the Marsh Valley Performing Arts Center Saturday night. We then hope to make final preparations and be on the road headed South for the winter by next Tuesday.
