All Mid-West

On Saturday, Michael auditioned for and made the All Mid-West Tennessee Honor Band. It is for 7-9th grades and he will be sitting third chair in the 2nd band. We are so excited about this! He will get to play where the Symphony plays, down in Memphis and I think the reason we are so happy is this is the first time he has been really excited about music. He sounded so good prior to his audition, and thought his audition went well. I think he owes it all to his first teacher ... that would be Briana!

He also tonight gets inducted into the Beta Club, which is a national honor club for middle school students. They have added more responsibilities to his Deacon Quorum Presidency calling ... and between that and all of his basketball/karate, etc. he is turning into quite the busy kid. I will be glad for a couple weeks off at Christmas.

Erin made her first basket! It was so fun to watch her, but more fun to watch her excitement. She is the point guard on her team and is doing such a good job.

Andrew is potty training - YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lindsey started taking the bedwetting pill (actually nasal spray) and has not wet the bed or needed those overnight pants for about 2 weeks. She feels so good and we are thinking that by not buying those or diapers (those overnight pants are about 60 cents each!) that will be half of our car payment, which we have not done anything about yet. We are very slow moving people and need lots of time to mull this all over. Most likely, we will make a decision on what to do by the end of this week.