Here we go again. October is over and I’m trying to remember what we did; unfortunately nothing very eventful. The month started off with a great general conference. We were not able to watch on Saturday, but we did enjoy the messages on Sunday. Also church related, I received a new calling. It’s kind-of a funny story. Our ward just split so I have been waiting for a phone call and while Mike was out of town the second counselor wanted to come over for a visit, so I knew that he was going to give me a calling. That’s not the funny part. The funny or maybe I should say the shocking thing was what he asked me to do. He asked me to be the Relief Society pianist. I looked at him and said, “I don’t know how to play the piano.” I could tell he felt a little awkward, as did I. He said the calling was cleared through the bishop. Well, I was put in a very peculiar position. I have never turned down a calling but I honestly knew I would not be able to learn how to play the piano in three days. So I went to talk to our new Relief Society President. She told me my name was on some list that said I was a piano player, when I told her I didn’t know how to play, she felt terrible and told me not to worry about it and she would take care of everything. Hopefully, my name is no longer on the list however; I have been practicing more just in case. A few weeks later I received a second phone call. This time the first counselor (I think the second counselor is scared of me now). He called me to be the assistant to the cub master. I will take care of organizing the awards for the cub scouts and purchasing them at the scout office. So it looks like I’m following in my Dad’s footsteps.
The kids are continuing with their sports. Amberley and Jackson are both doing soccer. Last week while I watching Amberley I could see a big improvement from the first of the year, this is fun to see. We also have everything setup for basketball. Mike will be coaching Amberley’s team and both the boys seem to have good coaches too. Basketball starts the last week of soccer so we will be staying busy.
Everyone in our family is generally very health. However, this year our luck is running out. Of course I had my broken ankle, which has healed nicely, but also this month, while Brenton was playing football at school he was hit in the mouth which caused his braced to break and we had to go in to have them fixed. A few days later while I was at school, the school nurse called me and said Jackson has a fever of 105 degrees. Luckily, we have an in-house sub, so I could leave immediately. We ended up at the doctor and found out Jackson had pneumonia. He has been on two antibiotics and has to do breathing treatments four to six times a day. Then three days later, while Brenton was playing football with Mike and some friends he jammed his finger, which is still black-n-blue and swollen. I hope for the rest of the year we can stay health. 
At school, Brenton and Amberley performed in the Fall Showcase. They both did a great job. I’m so great to be at Kitty Ward. It’s given the kids so many more opportunities that most kids don’t have. We also had our annual fall festival. I was in charge of the duck pond. It was fun to see the littler kids in their costumes. Our kids had a great Halloween. We went to our ward’s truck-or-treating party and then Mike took them around the neighborhood. By the time they were done they had five big buckets full of candy. I think I’m going to be sick. Brenton was Harry Potter, Amberley was a witch, and Jackson was Dracula. I even dressed up for school in a Japanese costume.
