Marlowe Family

August 21, 2007

Dear Family,
Thought we would take advantage of Eric and the new family blog. Thanks Eric!!!

It’s always good to hear from you all and we hope that everyone had a super first day of school. Summer went by very fast. Mikayli and Anna had a good first day of school. School orientation was Aug. 19… Sunday…during Stake Conference. So we went Monday morning and found their teachers names and where they needed to be. Their teachers, Mrs. Gordan and Mrs. King, seemed very nice. Mikayli is on the second floor and Anna was on the first floor. They wear uniforms
which will make mornings simple…as long as they have a clean uniform ready to wear. The girls rode the bus home the first day. They are the last pickup in the morning and the first drop off after school.
They are on the bus for a short time. This is a very good thing! They came home very excited the first day. Mikayli made a friend with Silva and Anna made a friend with Charlotte. I packed lunches
for them and Anna asked that I don’t send her with peaches next time because she spilt the juice on the floor and then slipped on the juice. I asked if anyone helped her or checked on her. She said
that only Charlotte and Trent saw her and Trent thought it was cool when she fell.
So know the boys and I get to spend some quality time together. Honestly, the morning go by pretty quick. The girls start school at 8 :00 a.m. and are home at 2:00 p.m. This is an exciting part of the
day. I’ll be excited to hear how Waklee and Jace’s first day goes. They will be very ready for kindergarten.

The summer past quickly and these are a few of the things we did… Moving (again) Getting kids in Bernadette Silva’s swim class at the Appletree Montessori It was only twice a week and the girls and Kellen loved it. The kids took off after one month. She is the R.S. president in
the Weston Ward. Went to a couple free movie’s at the theatre with Johnson’s and Ameigeiras Family
Swimming, swimming, and more swimming. Going to the beach Going to the Miramar Park (just a park with a large umbrella over the playground Corinne visiting and going to Orlando and to Biscayne Bay (Bill Baggs State Park) Mikayli emailing Blake and Stockton Watching Doris Day in “Calamity Jane” and Shirley Temple in “Little Rebel” KatchaKid net put on the pool

Fun quotes/happenings…
Met up with Mark in Sunday School and he said, “You’ll never guess what I just did. I saw Juana’s husband and greeted him by saying …Hello, President Lopez” He then took a few steps and turned around and said, “I mean President Sanchez.” He knew that this didn’t sound right as well…and
then it dawned on his that it was President Gonzales.

Max fell in love with the Spiderman costume and it’s muscles…had to put it on whenever he saw it and when it was on he went around acting like a tough guy and pushing everyone around. I had clothes cleaned, ironed and folded ready to put in a suitcase to go to Orlando. Before long Mikayli came running in to tell me that Max and Kellen were throwing clothes down the stairs. I went to go and check and it was every stitch of clothes or diapers that I had ready to pack. Unglued is the word that comes to mind.

When we sit down for Sunday dinner we usually ask the kids what they learned in their Primary class. One Sunday Kellen answered that he had talked about dinosaurs and fighting… obviously this was not part of the lesson but the discussion he had with another little Sunbeam. The next Sunday we
asked what he had learned and his immediate response was “Jesus”.

Kellen talked to Mark on the phone the other day. Mark asked how he was doing and he replied, “I am good and healthy Dad.” Two things that Kellen does not like collared shirts and bread. Sundays are a joy… Hopefully, he will learn to like collared shirts and bread by the time he is eight.

There is a house around our house that always has a limo out front (limo service) and the kids call it the limo house. The other night Anna layed down on her pillow that is extra long and starting calling
it her limousine pillow.

One evening I was going to take the kids to the park…Mikayli didn’t want to go and Mark was home so she stayed. While driving to the park I called Mikayli to say no TV and no computer…only a book. I
then told Anna she wanted to talk to her. Anna was thrilled and began talking to her like they hadn’t seen each other in a long time. “Mikayli can we be friends until I make real friends.” she said.
“So what do you want to talk about?” “Will you read me your President paper?” … she felt so big being on the phone it was so fun to listen to. They really have had to be good friends and they do
pretty good most days.

The first day in Orlando we skipped breakfast because we wanted to get to the park and we weren’t sure where a McDonald’s was. We at lunch and didn’t eat until late that night. This wasn’t smart…I
know. The next evening Anna said the family prayer and in the prayer was sure to thank Heavenly Father for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

After a long day at Magic Kingdom we raced to the train that would take us back to our car. We were standing in line and after the train doors open realized that there were open car further down. So we walked down a couple doors and got on and sat down. We waited and the doors closed and then the doors opened. We wondered if they were loading more people on. Suddenly one of the workers showed up at our door with Kellen at his side. Mark reached out and grabbed him and
all the people waiting out in the line began clapping and cheering. What a scary thing. What wonderful parents. Ugh!!!

We love you all and hope to hear what your all up to.
Michelle