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Hi Everyone

I'm so glad to hear that you all are doing so well. We are well also. Fall sports are in full swing and have spent the last few Saturdays motoring between three games. Jesse is playing flag football and Bree and Paige are playing soccer. Its fun to see them learning to challenge themselves and be acitve.

Jesse really enjoys football. He loves to go out in the evening and practice his pass routes. He's had a number of fun plays go his way. Last week, on the first play of the game, he intercepted the other team's pass. Yesterday, he had a great fun for about 15 or 20 yards.

Bree was trooper yesterday. In the morning, she woke up with a sore knee. Of course, our drama queen (#1 of 4) made it seem unbelievable so we really weren't sure how much was drama and how much was real. She wavered throughout the day about whether or not she wanted to play. In the end, she did play through the pain it turns out. Last night, after she got cleaned up for Sunday, we checked out her knee and it was a bit swollen and she couldn't straighten it out without nearly going to tears. Fortunately, its much better today. If it persists, we'll certainly need to have it looked at.

Paige is enjoying soccer, though sometimes she's not sure how much. She gets distracted easily and the way she processes information makes it difficult sometimes. The quick fire instructions she gets from her coach (Jennah) and others take a second for her to fully comprehend. By then, sometimes the play has passed her by. We did notice yesterday that she does much better when she is in the middle of the action because she's naturally more focused. Its fun to watch her improve.

Having been a coach for these young teams, sometimes its hard for me to be a pure spectator. Jennah has to remind me to periodically be quiet (not when she's coaching of course - I know better then). I can't help it, though I really do try. I do love to see the kids have fun and grow. As long as they're doing that, I should be happy. Right?

We're doing some preparations for Halloween, getting costumes in order and such. Jennah went to Goodwill (great place) and got a few costumes yesterday. Caleb found a Batman costume. Kylee has wanted to be a horse and Jennah found a flying unicorn costume. Kylee was so thrilled! When she saw what costume Caleb had she said, "Well, horse don't love Batman." with a little cock of her head and swing in her hip. I suppose that's alright as long as Kylee still loves Caleb.

Well, we love you all and hope you continue to be well.

Dave