Swimming and Experimetns

Our report is brief this week. Each below will have their moment to shine.

Hurricane: He continues to love life. Hurricane has decided to not participate in swim team this year because "it is just too hard." He is a great swimmer and would come home exhausted after practice last year. He loves to thank God for the chickens and their egg laying skills. He is quite the singer and has a series of songs he sings. He plays a game of humming a song and asking us to guess it. He is preparing for his friend, Mr. K-man, to move to Las Vegas in early June. One of his many goals this year was to play as much as possible with Mr. K-man. Hurricane is fantastic at making paper air planes. He always makes 2 - one for him and one for Mr. K-man.

Underfoot: The 1st grade class won the city-wide science fair project. They tested if wearing a helmet was a good idea with eggs. Underfoot was super excited to win. The class was awarded a trophy and money for the class and ribbons for each student. Underfoot is excited about swim team. He willingly practiced in cold water at the local community pool to perfect his strokes. Swim team begins today (Monday) and will continue until the end of May. We participate in pre-season because of summer family commitments. The swim championship and Locey Family reunion are the same week. The regular season is 6 weeks long (the same amount of time as our summer break.) We usually leave to go and see our families during that time. We'd miss 1/2 the season.

Sweetheart: He is deep into his aquaponics experiment. He has been working really hard to bring down the pH level of the water from too alkaline to a more basic water level. He had to add 1/8 cup acid to the water until it got to the right place. He is concerned about the plants getting enough sun. If in one year the experiment hasn't gone well in the location it is currently, the whole system will be moved. Sweetheart wants the experiment to work. We have struggled to grow a garden here and want one to succeed. After mowing the lawn of a friend, he noticed how well their garden was growing and came home a little sad. We want to be successful in the projects we spend our time and seem to flounder.

Mama: The past week was filled with different responsibilities. Tuesday was Cub Scout pack meeting. The Cub Master called and was ill. She asked me to conduct the meeting. It was also April Fool's day. It wasn't a joke. The meeting went okay. I'm not a fun person so I'm sure the meeting wasn't super fun. Wednesday I saw a new Physical Therapist, Josh, and feel that I'm going to get the help I need to get better. I will see Josh for the next 6 weeks. I want to get better. I continue to get help with massage and helping my muscles heal. I think that being hurt has been really difficult for me. I hope I can take this and be better one day. I also got pulled over by the police this week for doing a California stop at a stop sign. He and I talked for about 10 minutes about life. He didn't give me a ticket. What a blessing!

Family: We watched LDS General Conference this weekend as a family. Our boys get super excited for this semi-annual event. We make better foods than normal and have treats. Saturday evening we hosted a potluck to see friends from church. Underfoot listened more this time than he has in the past and noticed different topics.

We hope you are well.