Can't wait to talk....

How is it Wednesday?!? So excited to talk to you.... It's been a great week. You'd be so proud of me...I went mountain biking a ton. Today I went on BST and I am so proud of myself. There were hairy moments but I made it. Did I tell you that I volunteered to be a ride leader for the DPMS mountain bike team? I'm doing it for Gwen. It's making me face my fears BIG TIME! I have a lot of work to do...but maybe...just maybe...when you get home, I can ride the BST with you? Jane lost her other front tooth. It's a big deal. Do you remember when losts tooths were big deals? She wrote the tooth fairy a note and asked her to bring a barbie instead of money. That girl knows what she wants and she goes for it. Sorry to report the tooth fairy only brought money... I had the opportunity to go to the Provo City Center Temple on Friday and it was amazing. So much fun to be in that type of pioneer temple. It really reminded me of the Salt Lake Temple. We took the YW and it was so wonderful to be with them. I seriously think that the magic bullet to any youth program is to be in the temple as much as you can together. I also included a picture of Gwen rappelling. She is doing so great at facing her fears. She had the mtn bike time trial last night and she did great. She made it the entire way without putting her foot down. That was the goal. And she was VERY scared to rappel but she did it. It's so good for Gwen to do these things. It's totally not her natural way but she's learning a lot and building confidence. You can really feel the end of the school year creeping in! Spring fever is definitely on big time. Infact, I've gotten three calls from the school system as I've been writing this email to let me know that Gwen, McKay and Henry all were either late or absent today. Typical. AP tests start next week for McKay and Henry. And prom is on Saturday. Lots of fun things to look forward to. Especially graduation for McKay! I can't believe we are doing it again. Well, this one is a little short and sweet. Just a quick tide over for our main call and visit tonight. I'm anxious to hear how you are feeling about transfers. Have a great week. Sprint to the finish. You've been on a marathon run and now it's time to sprint. I know you can! Love you TONS! MOM

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