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Another month full of stomach bugs. Talmage had another 9 days of the bug; not as intense this time, but just as long. I was very grateful that Audrey didn’t get it again with him. However, she had a 24 hr. episode later in the month as well as me. So, since we went through it again I tried to think about what I didn’t learn from the first time, which I think was slowing down and playing with my kids. So, I really took the time to play with my children as we were isolated at home. We had a great time amidst the sickness.

I have been enjoying my yoga class. It is really great to have someone leading you and being able to push yourself. I also had an adult modern master class this month that was really fun. I love being able to move my body like I use to everyday, and feeling sore is so wonderful. Also, this month I had a primary party. The party was all about the sacrament; it wasn’t the most exciting of parties, but I think that the children learned a lot. The weekend of the party was crazy, first I had the primary party, then we had a farewell party for friends and then the next day we spoke in sacrament. We were happy to relax when it was all over.

Audrey has decided that she wants to put her own pants on. One night we were playing upstairs and she decided to take her pants off, and then she decided to put them back on by herself. For about twenty minutes she worked on getting her pants on. I tried to help a couple of times, but I was quickly told to back off. She was very cute as she would put both legs in the same pant leg and realized that she couldn’t stand up. Then she also kept putting them on backwards, and that is what we ended up with after twenty minutes and she was quite proud of herself.

Mid month we had a wonderful visitor, Gordon’s dad Richard. He was hear for the week on business, but their was a lot of time to hang out with family. We all benefited from he daily perdium, and had fun going out to eat with him. Gordon especially had fun going out to lunch every day with his Dad. We had a special day with the kids and moms, we went to Chucky Cheese, and the kids were in heaven. Talmage especially loved playing the games and riding the rides and having time with his Papa and cousins. Audrey fell in love with her Papa this visit. She would wake up asking for him, constantly ask for him when he wasn’t around, and relished in his attention. The way she says “Papa” is very sweet; it was fun to see their bond get stronger.

Talmage continues to be our sweetheart. He is so fun to watch play as he imagines his way through life. He likes to pretend that he has his own kitchen and makes me lunch or dinner; we have fun. He of course also likes to pretend to get the bad guys. We run around with sword and fight the bad guys; we also save each other. It is cute how he likes to include me in his battles.

The other day I was putting on a show for Talmage and Audrey and as I was flipping to the kid’s station Talmage saw a little bit of the Price is Right. The little bit that he saw was of an exercise machine being used to bid on. Well, after their show was over they began to play. When I came over to check on the kids Talmage said “Look mom it’s my exercise machine.” He had taken a shoe lace and laced it through the ladder of his fire truck and was pulling it back and forth. Wow, I could believe that the 30 seconds of the Price is Right had such an affect on him, and that he would use two unrelated toys to make his exercise machine. I was impressed and also thought it was really cute; he even had me try it out.

Gordon had a fun adventure of going to a playoff game for the Jazz. I was supposed to go with him, but alas I was having another stomach bug. So, Gordon took he friend Louis and they had a great time. Unfortunately, the Jazz barely lost that night to the Rockets.
Well, life is good. Love, The Thomas’