Time is Just Passing By...

Good Day!

It's been awhile. It seems 'time is just passing by.' We are already about to greet October. What happened to September? The kids have been in school now since mid-August and are about to have a fall break already. They are off of school all next week. I think it's a great schedule. It's the same school schedule we had in Hawai'i. It's a modified year 'round schedule. The kids start school mid-August, then have a fall break in October (1 week), a christmas break in Dec/Jan (3 weeks), and a spring break in March (1 week). Then they get out of school in June. They still have a good 2 months off in the summer as well. It works out really well for the family that likes to vacation at different times of the year and really breaks the year up for the kids.

It has been really busy for us. Danny and Sammie are both busy with after school activities. They've been participating in basketball (Danny) and Cheer (Sammie). They've really been enjoying that. They all attend Sunday school and have just begun AWANA at church for two hours on Wednesday nights. AWANA is a national kids club in which they learn more about the bible, memorizing verses, have bible story time, play games, fellowship with other kids their age, snack time, healthy competitions, and can earn rewards for their efforts. I (Sofie) am a teacher for the little ones, age 4-5. It will continue for the whole school year! I have also joined a women's bible study at church on Tuesday mornings. We are doing Beth Moore's 'Jesus the one and only.' Tristan enjoys a great children's time during the study as well. After the study we head to the library for his preschool hour there. He really loves all the time he gets to spend with his friends.

Daniel, Buggy, and I took a day while Danny and Sammie were in school and went down to the Santa Monica Pier. I've always wanted to check that out. So many times you see it in Movies and Tv shows so that was a real treat.

We had a great time a few weeks ago at the Boys and Girls club national "Kids Day." The kids got to ride some rides and we enjoyed music and activities that they had. It's such a great program. They do this every year in most cities and the entire thing is sponsored by the B&G club. They even provided food and snacks to everyone there! What fun!

My birthday was last week and Dan took the kids and I down to the Universal Studios City Walk. That was a lot of fun. God blessed us with such a beautiful cool and rainy day! For those of you that know me you know that was the perfect birthday present for me. I have been waiting for it to rain since we arrived. This was the first day in 3 months! And the temps were down in the 50's which was such a relief from the 90's to 100's that it's been in early September. We checked out all the stores and ate at Bubba Gumps. Then we headed back to Santa Clarita and stopped in at Dippin' Dots for some ice cream. We finished out the night at home having snacks and watching some of our favorite shows on TV. It was a really nice day.

Dan is really liking his job. He has been so busy though. The Col. needed a special creative project done to start the new fiscal year and Dan was the perfect guy for the job. He had to create a mystery with all kinds of clues and had to write a 12 Act manuscript with 10 characters or so. This was really challenging for him which is great! He's very creative but he's used to writing stories in a basic format. He's never really had to write a 'play.' They are currently working on filming some of it and recording their voices for some of it. What fun!

October brings some fun fall activities. I will be heading out to a women's retreat with the church. I'm looking forward to that. I might even get to experience a zip line! How exciting. The kids of course have their break and they are looking forward to their Harvest Festival at school as well as Sammie's birthday and Halloween along with our ongoing activities!

That's all for now. Later!

***C***