Not much of note happened through September.
The kids got to play some prelude music on the organ one Sunday. That was pretty cool. Emily was scheduled to give a talk that day as well, so she thought it was pretty unfair to have to be up there so much that day. But the kids did well and we thought that it was pretty neat.
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Emily is doing much better in school this year so after she got her first progress report, we let her go back to soccer practice. They had already had tryouts, so it was a little late, but since she played last year already, they were not so concerned with her late start. However, because of last year's performance, she is pretty much skating on thin ice with us though, so if her grades start to drop or if she even misses an assignment, she won't get to go to practice or play at all. We'll see how it goes. She usually does pretty well at the beginning of the term and peters off at some point but she is still going pretty strong so everyone is happy.
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Caitlyn and her friend had a brief inclination to join cross country but after we took them on a hike over the summer, we got them to drop that notion as they would have to run over similar trails in the heat of the summer for practice. She has no interest in any other sports, although Emily and her friends tried to get her to join soccer.
Instead she has joined a couple of clubs on campus. She is giving ASU (Asian Student Union) and Art Club a try. She showed some interest in joining Key Club but they meet on the same days as ASU and has only made a slight effort in attending any of their meeting so nothing has materialized on that front.
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I had my birthday this past month. My sister and mom came over to take me out to lunch. Christian joined us as well. We ended up at this little gastro pub downtown for some Pork Belly Burgers. Actually, my sister and I tried the Pork Belly Burgers and my mom and Christian decided to try a portobello sandwich, so we all shared and got to try both. Christian is going to try to make the Pork Belly sandwiches at home and see how that turns out. It was pretty tasty.
Unfortunately, that was it for our plans as Christian and I had to be at church that afternoon for Primary practice for the Primary Program. It was to be the last practice before the program and they provided pizza for dinner afterwards. The girls had leftovers at home for their dinner.
Christian did get me a really neat and fancy wheat grinder for my birthday though. It grinds wheat effortlessly in minutes. Previously, we were doing it all by hand and it took hours. You can imagine that we only did it in fits and starts as it was kind of a pain in the butt to use.
