School has started

Aaron's school year has officially begun. He quit both of the jobs he was working over the summer so he could take a bigger class load this semester. He is quite busy with homework, and it will be busier later on in the semester. We still enjoy having him home every night. Joseph is starting to enjoy having him home more often, and is taking advantage of more Papa playtime. Aaron has also started teaching seminary this semester. He teaches seniors and juniors from the surrounding area. It has been a challenge getting up so early, but he's doing great! He just received his assignment for observations. He'll be going to a local middle school to do observation hours as part of one of his classes. It should be fun!

Great news for Julie's schooling! After starting a Math class, we found out that Julie did not need to take it! Julie was extremely excited because math is her least favorite subject and after one day of starting her math class she was already frustrated! All we had to do was fax Julie's SAT scores to BYU, which would fulfill her math requirement. It took about 3 faxes, but we finally got it done and Julie officially has ONE class left! She's getting close to her halfway mark in her one class, HUM 202. It's not too bad. She just finished HUM 201 over the summer. Our goal is to have it finished before Christmas. It is getting harder and harder for Julie to stay motivated, but she is determined to finish and have her bachelor's degree done!

Joseph is doing great. He's stretching out quite a bit and we're starting to notice that he's getting skinnier...finally! His vocabulary is skyrocketing. It's so fun. Just yesterday he finally said "milk" instead of "mum" which is what he used to say. He is just getting the "k" sound. He learned it from "Frank" in the movie "Cars". Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Burnham. He watches it once a day. Only because we won't let him watch it more. Thankfully he's starting to want to watch other things. We don't really have much, but at this point Julie will take anything other than Cars. After 2 months of Cars everyday, anything is better than hearing Cars.

In fun news, Joseph has gotten pretty good at having Family Home Evening with us. We started playing "Find Jesus" a few months ago. We have a picture and we'll hide it in a room and he goes and finds it. He really likes it. We also started reading scripture stories from a scripture picture book. He really likes to look at the pictures of Jesus, and baptism. It's so sweet!





In outside our family news, Julie's sister Heidi is due to have her baby girl Carly September 30, but is feeling like she'll be the first of her babies to come early. We can't wait to meet this precious little lady. Aaron's mom had an emergency surgery over the summer which has put her in recovery at home for a few months. It's been tough not being at school teaching her third graders, but she's keeping her spirits up.

Oh, and in old news, Cyrus moved away back in August. Julie hasn't taken many pictures lately, so we just uploaded the pictures from her camera of his last day. His dad is finishing up his med school in Seattle. Joseph sure does miss him, but luckily he only asks for him every now and then. It would be so sad if he asked for him everyday. But Joseph and Olivia are getting along great! She recently got over an ear infection and ever since she started her antibiotics she has been a new girl. Julie's job arrangement couldn't be smoother. The kids love each other and both take great naps at about the same time. It's awesome!