The Hall Round-up

The biggest news is that Ben will be leaving the Utah State Hospital on Tuesday and be coming to the CRU which is in Layton.  This is the inpatient unit connected with Davis Behavioral Health.  Ben has been there many times and it is not his favorite place but he is thrilled to be leaving the hospital and getting one step closer to home.  Although we feel that there are things he could have benefited from by staying a bit longer (mostly vocational opportunities), it will be a relief to have him closer to us.

Jena will be finishing her mission in TWO weeks.  It is hard to believe.  It has been a great experience for her and for us.  She will be changing to full-time at the Vista Center in Farmington where she goes to school for the rest of this school year.  After that we are undecided what she will do.  Her desire is college and we are checking into opportunities for that--this year or next year.

Tosha, Austen, and Niki are in the waiting game (as are the rest of us) for Baby2 Russell to make his appearance.  His due date is April 15.  Stay tune for more details.

Starting him young to love cars

Scott, Chantel, Scarlett, and James are all adjusting to their new lives together.  Scott is busy with work at IHC Instacare in Sugarhouse and working on the weekends at Red Lobster.  He is anxious for his next move upward which should allow him to quit work at the Red Lobster.

Scarlett and James

Jessica, Elessia, Liam, and Zander are all well in Magna.  Liam is enjoying the new swing set that they found on KSL and also rides on the city bus.  Their car has been in the shop for a while and they have been taking the bus everywhere they can't walk.  Liam loves it, but everyone else is ready to get that car back this week.  Jena and I got to babysit yesterday.

Zander playing with his aunt Jena

Liam was so excited that it was hard to
get him to stop for a picture.

 With James's arrival, Zander is now seems so much older even though he is just four months old.

Aunt Jena and Zander

Gary is busy supporting all of us in our crazy lives--picking up swing sets, running Jena here and there, helping his mom and spending lots of time doing family history work and going to the temple.

Me--I do homework, a little bit of stuff for the Utah Down Syndrome Foundation, housework rarely and cooking even more uncommon around here.  I did accept a full-time job with The Children's Center.  That means I will continue as an intern part time through the summer and then start full time in the fall when I have my CSW license-- around the first of September, I would guess.  That will be a big change for me as I haven't worked full time since I got married in 1978.  It has been an interesting life and I can only say that I believe that my life will continue to move in interesting ways. All I can try to do is follow the direction that I should go---and I couldn't do it without Gary's 150% support.

It has been Conference Weekend and so we have been touched and inspired by the leaders of the Church.  It has been a great reprieve from the busyness of the world, but it is time to get back and to move forward--a little bit better than before.  May it be that way for you as well.