Newly Arrived - Charlotte Haupt Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Executive Office of Ken Woodward
Dear Family,
October was a good month, but then any month for me is a good month if at the end I am still breathing.
I was extremely disappointed with the outcome of the World Series. Kevin finally won our long-standing milk shake bet on the outcome, the first time in several years. And Aaron's beloved Dallas Cowboys probably couldn't beat Rio Americano high school this year, of which I'm very pleased, and which incidentally, for you Rio alumni, upset the pride of Carmichael, Del Campo high school the other evening. Rio was so surprised they wanted a replay to see if the outcome might be different.
We are now into almost two and a half months of the school year, and as usual I'm impressed with the amount of time spent by both boys' schools in non-learning activities, such as creating a wax museum, and spending afternoons with a kindergarten buddy. Whatever happened to the reading, writing and arithmetic concept of learning of earlier days? But I guess that is only to be expected with Kristy bailing out the "so called" learning profession.
As you can tell by now, there has been a paucity of activity in our home worthy of reporting this past month, but with the coming of the holiday season the future prospects look much brighter.
Love, Dad
October was a good month, but then any month for me is a good month if at the end I am still breathing.
I was extremely disappointed with the outcome of the World Series. Kevin finally won our long-standing milk shake bet on the outcome, the first time in several years. And Aaron's beloved Dallas Cowboys probably couldn't beat Rio Americano high school this year, of which I'm very pleased, and which incidentally, for you Rio alumni, upset the pride of Carmichael, Del Campo high school the other evening. Rio was so surprised they wanted a replay to see if the outcome might be different.
We are now into almost two and a half months of the school year, and as usual I'm impressed with the amount of time spent by both boys' schools in non-learning activities, such as creating a wax museum, and spending afternoons with a kindergarten buddy. Whatever happened to the reading, writing and arithmetic concept of learning of earlier days? But I guess that is only to be expected with Kristy bailing out the "so called" learning profession.
As you can tell by now, there has been a paucity of activity in our home worthy of reporting this past month, but with the coming of the holiday season the future prospects look much brighter.
Love, Dad
Haupt, Levi & Torrie & Family
This past month has settled down only slightly…. We made it safely here to New York. We had a great time with my mom for the first part of the month. By the tenth Grandma had gone home and I was on my own in a new apartment, with two kids, and a husband with an actual work schedule. I am trying not to get overwhelmed and to take it a little at a time. We have enjoyed going to our new ward and getting to know the area. It’s been beautiful, there is nothing like a East Coast autumn, however, the leaves are fading and winter is on its way.
We also celebrated Levi’s 27th birthday, the girls and I made a dinner and cake and the girls helped Levi blow out the candles. After the candles were blown out they posed with Emma’s patented “ smile . “ Emma had a blast being “Captain Hook” for Halloween, she scored big time bringing home a completely full pumpkin of candy.
Levi has enjoyed the job thus far, although it’s been an adjustment for both of us since he can’t tell me anything about what he is doing, for all I know he leaves for work and meets up with other engineers to play video games all day… Charlotte has been growing and changes by the day.
She is over 6 weeks old now and has an opinion all her own. It’s been so fun to see the sisters interact, Emma is quite the one woman show and charlotte is her captive audience. We should be able to report more fun stuff next month, since we have double the source of entertainment. We hope the holidays treat you all well and can’t wait to read your reports.
Love,
Levi and the girls
She is over 6 weeks old now and has an opinion all her own. It’s been so fun to see the sisters interact, Emma is quite the one woman show and charlotte is her captive audience. We should be able to report more fun stuff next month, since we have double the source of entertainment. We hope the holidays treat you all well and can’t wait to read your reports.
Love,
Levi and the girls
McClintock, Robert & Susan
Happy November, Family.
Another quiet month for the McClintock's. Anna is well. Bob is well. Susan is well. Uncle Bob took several hundred Football pictures, Anna worked on her life story and Susan stood for Proposition 8, the Definition of Marriage initiative. In fact Susan spent one Saturday afternoon in the rain holding Prop 8 signs along with 2000 other people lined along a five mile stretch in Sacramento County. Quite an experience to be applauded and insulted in rotating and successive order during that afternoon.
We hope the rest of you are well and families are growing and progressing and happy.
Love,
The McClintocks
Another quiet month for the McClintock's. Anna is well. Bob is well. Susan is well. Uncle Bob took several hundred Football pictures, Anna worked on her life story and Susan stood for Proposition 8, the Definition of Marriage initiative. In fact Susan spent one Saturday afternoon in the rain holding Prop 8 signs along with 2000 other people lined along a five mile stretch in Sacramento County. Quite an experience to be applauded and insulted in rotating and successive order during that afternoon.
We hope the rest of you are well and families are growing and progressing and happy.
Love,
The McClintocks
Monday, November 3, 2008
Mercier, Cesar & Kelly & Family
Dear Family,
We have had a very difficult month. On Mom and Carol's birthday we found out that Cesar was laid off from his job. He worked for CIT, a financial institution. They have been hurt by the economy and have been laying people off by the hundreds over the past two months. Well, on the 22nd Cesar, along with 40 other people, was called in to a "meeting" and told their jobs were being outsourced to India. This is Cesar's 3rd job to be outsourced to India. When will our country figure out that we are sending too many good jobs overseas!!!!
I am student teaching until mid-December so I cannot even work. We are looking here in NJ, NY, and CA for jobs. We would be willing to move again only if it will take us home. If anyone sees anything that looks good please shoot us an email. Cesar is a systems engineer.
We are enjoying the beautiful fall that the East Coast brings. Halloween was absolutely a beautiful day and we really had fun. Jilina told us this year she "was NOT going to be a princess again." She was thrilled to be SpongeBob.
We hope all is well with the family and we hope Todd and Sarah had a wonderful blessing for Katelyn.
With love,
The Merciers
We have had a very difficult month. On Mom and Carol's birthday we found out that Cesar was laid off from his job. He worked for CIT, a financial institution. They have been hurt by the economy and have been laying people off by the hundreds over the past two months. Well, on the 22nd Cesar, along with 40 other people, was called in to a "meeting" and told their jobs were being outsourced to India. This is Cesar's 3rd job to be outsourced to India. When will our country figure out that we are sending too many good jobs overseas!!!!
I am student teaching until mid-December so I cannot even work. We are looking here in NJ, NY, and CA for jobs. We would be willing to move again only if it will take us home. If anyone sees anything that looks good please shoot us an email. Cesar is a systems engineer.
We are enjoying the beautiful fall that the East Coast brings. Halloween was absolutely a beautiful day and we really had fun. Jilina told us this year she "was NOT going to be a princess again." She was thrilled to be SpongeBob.
We hope all is well with the family and we hope Todd and Sarah had a wonderful blessing for Katelyn.
With love,
The Merciers
Wilcox, Todd & Tracy & Family
The Wilcox family is doing well. Not much to update. Halloween was fun! Alexis went as Hannah Montana and Brenton was a bat.
We got way too much candy, and my kids barely even care. I don't know where they came from. All I know is that I have to hide the candy from me!
Happy Holidays to come!
Tracy
Woodward, Kevin & Tammy & Family
This past month, we effectively crisscrossed the lower 48. Tammy spent the first 10 days of the month in Saratoga Springs, New York with Torrie, Levi, Emma and Charlotte as they were getting settled into their new home and surroundings. Tammy was impressed by the color and the abundance of trees and lakes. She loved the small-town feel of Saratoga Springs. She was even impressed by the ease and efficiency of the nearby Albany airport. She had a wonderful time. Yet in due course, she had to say good-bye to the Haupt family and set out for California, with a brief overnight stop in Provo with Alexis and Ryan.
As Tammy was traveling to California, I set out to intercept her. We arrived about the same time at LAX, picked up a car, and traveled north to Palmdale. I had a week long business trip scheduled at the same location I had worked at for many years. Tammy’s brothers and sisters also came to Palmdale from various parts of the country. We met together and went to visit Tammy’s mother Mable. For several years now, Mable has been slowly suffering from dementia. Recently she also experienced a small stroke. She is currently residing in a private home where she can receive full-time professional attention. It was good to have all of Mable’s children there to be with her. She seemed very pleased and surprised to see everyone. We also had the chance to visit with dear friends in Palmdale, and to attend our old ward. At week’s end, we returned to Colorado Springs.
Later in the month, I traveled to Orlando for a week to attend an annual corporate symposium. The symposium went well. However, the weather was a different story. As beautiful as Florida is, it was warmer in Colorado during the period I was gone. In fact, it has been quite the Indian summer in Colorado this year. Although we had an overnight snowfall in mid October, it has been consistently clear with highs in the 70s. The fall colors here have been fabulous.
As Tammy was traveling to California, I set out to intercept her. We arrived about the same time at LAX, picked up a car, and traveled north to Palmdale. I had a week long business trip scheduled at the same location I had worked at for many years. Tammy’s brothers and sisters also came to Palmdale from various parts of the country. We met together and went to visit Tammy’s mother Mable. For several years now, Mable has been slowly suffering from dementia. Recently she also experienced a small stroke. She is currently residing in a private home where she can receive full-time professional attention. It was good to have all of Mable’s children there to be with her. She seemed very pleased and surprised to see everyone. We also had the chance to visit with dear friends in Palmdale, and to attend our old ward. At week’s end, we returned to Colorado Springs.
Later in the month, I traveled to Orlando for a week to attend an annual corporate symposium. The symposium went well. However, the weather was a different story. As beautiful as Florida is, it was warmer in Colorado during the period I was gone. In fact, it has been quite the Indian summer in Colorado this year. Although we had an overnight snowfall in mid October, it has been consistently clear with highs in the 70s. The fall colors here have been fabulous.
Arianna is getting closer to finishing her year of cosmetology school. She is now down to the final weeks. Once she finishes, she will then take her state boards. That will take her into the early part of next year. She has been accepted and plans to start school in May at BYU. In the meantime, she plans to take some BYU online courses here at home and work during the months prior to her departure to Provo.
Eternal hope can bring about amazing outcomes as evidenced by the Phillies’ World Series win. I guess I was fortunate to eke out a baseball draw with Grandpa for the year.
Much love,
The Woodwards
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