Thanks Stephanie

I have once again been remiss in updating my blogg. Thanks to a friendly email from Steph I have decided to start again. So much has happened I don't know where to begin. So I will not begin. I will only write about what is happening from here on out. Work is going well. I was promoted to Senior Sales this year and have some extra responsibilities that go with it. The boys are growing like weeds. They are going to be gone before I know it. Geoff had a job interview. He did not get it, but it's a step in the right direction. I had a fun birthday--went shopping with my sister Quel. All in all--life is good! I am making a commitment to write in my blog once a week. Steph--if I do not stick to it--send me an email!

Christmas is here

I have successfully let an entire month go by without updating my blog. I can always blame it on being busy, but it comes down to laziness. So here I am attempting to atone my my misdeeds and start jotting a few memories down before I forget them.

Sometimes I feel like Christmas is par with this video--crazy! This year I'm tying to do less and feel more Christmas cheer. So far it's working.

Richard G. Scott

Elder Richard G. Scott came to speak in my parents Ward today. My dad is the bishop of the Salt Lake 9th Ward and Elder Scott was my dad's mission president in Argentina. He spoke on the Atonement and bore a powerful testimony of Christ.

Sam and Athena

Athena came for a visit this weekend. She is a Standard Poodle belonging to my brother Rob. Sam loves it when Athena comes for a visit. On Friday morning as I was leaving for work, they decided it was time to play so I had to throw them outside so they would not wake up the rest of the house.

Gavin Alexander Fletcher

Matt's new baby was born on 10/19/07. I thought it was extremely funny to get an email on the 19th that he was born at 4 something pm and it was only 11am when I was reading the email. It was a twilight zone moment--he was born in the future!

Caryn

I finally downloaded all the pictures from Caryn's memorial to my computer so I can email them out. I miss Caryn. At the strangest times I will feel an overwhelming sadness and cry. It's not as if I am trying to think of Caryn, but some odd moment will spark a memory and the tears will start to leak. I wonder if there is a time frame known for when the sharp pain of missing turns into a dull ache?

When Geoff and I were engaged and the Fletcher crew descended on California for the wedding, Caryn and I went for a walk alone. She ask me why God would let something so bad happen to her. The only answer I had for her was free agency. People could choose to do things even if they hurt other people. It sounded like a pretty lame reason at the time. Caryn always lived her life hurting no one even though she could have chosen differently.

Here are a few picture I think she would have enjoyed.

Iain's Swim Meet 10/18-10/20

Iain had a swim meet this weekend. His 1st event was the 500 freestyle which is 20 lengths of the pool. Geoff told him if he made a state qualifying time he would not have to swim it again until the state swim meet. Iain swam it in 6:36.70 and state qualifying time is 6:36.49. He missed if by 21 onehundreths of a second. He was sad he missed the time, but he did drop almost a minute off his time from the previous time he swam it so he was happy about that. In all the events he swam he dropped time.

He got a new swim suit a few weeks ago and he named it Blue Lightening!

I made Iain false start by taking this picture. I forgot about the flash on the camera and how the start uses a beep and a flash. I took the picture and he fell in. He was very upset with me after the race. I told him I would only take pictures of him from the oter end of the pool.

The video is of him doing 50 fly.