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We have spent our first full week in the Brown's house. So far things are working out. We ended up making meals the nights of the week and having the Browns cook for us the other nights This week was also the first week of school for Sara and the kids. Sara has been having fun and really enjoys it. The other kids have been fussier than usual, however, Alison says that this isn't really all that unusual. On Friday we went to a picnic at Sara's school. We are with the Plastows and had a good time. Friday night we were invited to a barbecue at the Water's and after that, Mike and Alison went to see the Scarlet pimpernel again. It was enjoyable -we like the way they tell the story and the songs they added. We might end up seeing it again this next weekend with the kids. On Sunday Timmy was sick. He threw up at 3am and we kept him gone from church. Here's hoping it was just him eating poorly (sometimes kids forget to eat any real food all day if you don't watch them

With Jell-O living outside in his Catio, he has taken up a hobby of escaping from it periodically. Sometimes it is because someone forgot to zip up the door, however a few times he affected an escape through trickery. One time he apparently chewed a hole through the wall (Mike is not sure how that could have happened, since it seems pretty amazing, however they're definitely was a hole in the morning.)  One time he also was put into the polson's garage because it was raining and then took a nap in a place that we couldn't see and didn't respond to us for about half an hour, so Sara was pretty sure that he was missing. Either way, wherever he gets off to he has always come back as of yet. We are hoping that we can stop him from escaping. This weekend we moved from the Poulson's house to the Brown's house because Sara was going to begin starting school next monday. We have gotten pretty good at moving considering that we've moved so many times in the last few

Last Sunday we went to a Brown family dinner. It was fun. We talked, ate, and the kids watched something on their TV, so it was a pretty normal family dinner. Timmy has decided to save up for the Lion Knights' Castle , which must be one of the biggest Lego sets ever. It is going to be a lot of work for him to save up enough money for it, however, he is motivated, so here is hoping that he succeeds. We had activity dudes and young women's this week. Activity dudes was a bunch of sponge based water activities, and young women's was a barbecue and seminary graduation. The girls had a fun time, and the boys did too. There was also a combined Relief Society and Young Women pool party this week, which was fun. The girls mostly swam and played and the ladies mostly talked, and there was a barbecue and potluck, and everyone had fun. On Thursday we watched the movie of the Scarlet Pimpernel in preparation to going to see the play at the OBT on Saturday. We find that if we watch the

We missed posting for the last two weeks, so this one is a triple post. The workers got their act together and actually got some work done on the house two weeks ago, so the Car port was half removed and a lot of things were taken off of the walls and more floors were ripped up. We are still not sure how long it will take for the whole thing to be done, however, there was certainly progress made that week. Two weeks ago we also celebrated Sara's Birthday. Rea and Sara planned it, and threw a Harry Potter 2 themed party at the park. They made a decorations, planned various activities, and invited the Rogers and Wilsons. The first activity that they did was decorating mirrors (through which you could look at basilisks safely). After that they played "Pin the pixie on Lockheart". Instead of putting their pixies on the cage like they were supposed to, they mostly ended up on his face, but I guess that that is what happens when you are a bad teacher at Hogwarts. They ate ice c