Plans certainly change

Well, in case you haven't heard, we will be coming out to Utah for Thanksgiving. We hadn't planned to, but Jennah's Grandma passed away last week and the funeral is Tuesday. Jennah's Dad was pretty insistent on having as many people there for the funeral as possible so Jennah and the kids are driving out tomorrow morning. Between school and work, I'm not going to make the funeral but rather than having Jennah rush back Wednesday so we could spend Thanksgiving together I'm going to fly out Wednesday evening and we will go down to St. George Thursday morning. Its just the way things work out sometimes. It'll be nice to see as many of you as possible. I wish I was going to have time in northern Utah to see you all, but my plane doesn't get in until after 8:00 so that would make any visit a bit late, especially with a drive the following morning.

Christi, I have thought about the whole idea of congratulations for callings, especially after everyone congratulated me at church today when I was sustained, and I've decided that for me it seems almost out of place. Congratulations almost implies that a person has accomplished something. I guess a person could argue that's true if someone is getting a calling. However, I think that now its time to accomplish something. Heaven knows I didn't accomplish anything that makes me feel ready to lead the young men. But, off we go and with Heaven's help all will go well. So, in short, congratulations aren't necessary but I could use all the prayers you can spare.

Caleb is really starting to show tremendous progress with speaking and comprehending what's going on around him. Its fun because its seems to be happening so suddenly. Oh, you know how I used to make all kinds of sound affects when I played games and with legos and such. Well, Caleb has taken up the torch and I think he has triple the number of sound affects is his repertoire than I ever imagined. I goes along well with his love of rockets, airplanes, and cars.

Signing of for now. Love you all.

Dave

Back on!

Sorry for the delay in posting. We have had our computer in storage and therefore didn't remember to get on and check things out. We are settled in to our small appartment as much as we can, considering its only for 3 months. Katie is going to her new school and for some reason has a block on remembering to follow her teacher out to the front to be picked up from school. She got lost once, and then if the sub teacher hand not have seen her go the wrong way, would have gotten lost a second time the next day. Needless to say, Jenn was pretty concerned.
Life working in the base has good and bad parts, as I'm sure Dave could attest. It is really cool helping out the brave men and women that serve our country. I think we are all looking forward to the day after boards. Life for us is somewhat of a quandary right now with things being so impermanent, and I think that we are all being effected by it somewhat. I just hope that the country is still in one piece by the time we graduate so I can find a job.
Anywho today we drove over to see the Mesa temple, and yesterday, we went hiking in White Tank reserve. Hope everyone is doing well. We look forward to being home for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

loose ends

So I think most of you know the Martin Christmas Exchange List for this year, but here it is all in one place in case you have forgotten:
Christi -- David Jana -- Mindy David -- Stephen Mindy -- Christi Stephen -- Jana.

Hope you all are enjoying the onset of winter.
David, I would congratulate you on your calling, but only if you want me to. When I was called as provident living leader, I kept having people congratulate me, and I couldn't figure out why. then I realized they were all congratulating me because they were glad it wasn't them. . . But really, gratitude respect and love will take you a long way, and you already have a great handle on those traits. I also think that the youth who have things they are responsible for and expected to do to navigate their own spiritual journey will have more tools for life than the kids who just show up and have everything planned and done for them.

Still no employment news -- EEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!
Love you all :).

HAPPY BE-LATED BIRTHDAY CHET!!!

Just wanted to say.....

I just wanted to drop a line and say that I love you all very much and am grateful for having such a good family! Glad that you are more than my family, you are my friends! Hope this Thanksgiving season finds you all well and you all know that I count you among my greatest blessings!
Dad and Mom, you also need to know how glad I am to have you as my parents! I am a better person, Mom and wife for having watched you and the example you are and have been. Thank you for the life lessons. I am truly blessed!

Hello All

Well, we've got some snow here today. They actually cancelled our church because of it. I don't know if its that bad, but the roads are a bit icy I guess. I was going to be sustained (hopefully) as the new Young Men's President today. Maybe they'll change their minds between now and next Sunday. It'll be a new challenge for us.

Everyone is well here. Jennah conducted the Primary Program last week in church. It was great. During several parts of the program, Eryn stood up next to Jennah on the bench and started to conduct the songs along with her. She was actually on the beat most of the time.

Love you all. We'll share more later.

Dave

Winter Time Is Here

Hi!everyone I guess it is time I did a post... This past week I had the flue but I am happy to report that I am almost all over it.. Mom is fighting a cold, but won't slow down long enough to really take care of her..I had a Dr's appointment this past Friday, my blood was 11.4 down from 11.8.. Part of the reason is becaause I got sick and it had that effect on me.. hopefully next appointment it will be back up and will keep going up to where it should be.. Today uncle Paul stopped by to visit us for a short time and take a tour of our home.. He was here on a business trip to meet an attorney about an Ins. case they are working on..I had a good visit with Dave today.. he had spent overnight on a scout trip.. He reported that it was pretty cold and it did snow on them a little bit, but they still had a very good time.. He also shared that he was just called to be the president of the Youngmen in his ward.. he said he isn't to sure about that calling.. I think like all things he will do very well after he learns a little about the calling..I have enjoyed the daily blogs that Jan, has been making over the past week.. Thanks Jan.. Stephen and his family are now in AZ. Glendale.. they left St George Fri. aaprox 8am and arrived there aprox 7pm. They where all tired but glad to be unloaded and in their new appartment..Love you all very much DAD