V is for...Very Long Absence!!

Wow, it's been quite a while since we last posted. It's ok, we're still alive and well.

There's not too much to report. Sarah finished up her semester at BYU-I and is relieved to have a little bit of a break. Only one semester left! She's enjoying working at the dry cleaners, and is going to be bumped up to full time. She also goes up to the Pinecone Playhouse with Craig and gets to work in the box office while he's doing the show. It's been nice to spend that time together. Sarah's birthday was on August 11th, and although we weren't able celebrate it that day, the 12th was a lot of fun. We went through the idaho Falls Temple, which Sarah had never done before. We had a nice little lunch at the cafeteria, and after the temple we went to Reeds Dairy for some ice cream. (A tradition of ours). Then Sarah got to go shopping! She bought some clothes (pictures to come soon) and new stuff for the kitchen that was needed. It was a fun day. Tomorrow night, Craig's parents are taking us to the zoo in Idaho Falls for Sarah's birthday because Sarah has never been and she's excited to go and have fun.

Craig is still doing pretty much what he always does...work. Winger's is going well. He gets tired of it every now and then, but we are both just so grateful that we even have jobs right now, and it's been a good place for him to work. He finally gets to start back up in school here in just a few weeks. Luckily all of his classes came together in a way that he can work much more than most. If everything goes well he should be graduated in April. Whew!

We both got new callings in church a few weeks ago. Craig is the piano player in primary and Sarah is in the nursery. We both really love our new callings but sometimes miss our 14 year olds. The kids in nursery are starting to like having Sarah around. One boy, whose dad is Craig's home teaching partner, calls Sarah the pretty new lady! We both love working with little kids and are excited to have our own one day. Craig enjoys the opportunity to just sit back, relax, and watch the primary teachers try to keep the kids quiet. He does like to participate though, and today he played the piano well, so he got to join the reverent kids and look inside the secret dot box. We're so proud of him.