Almost half way!!!!!

We have almost made it to the half way point! The end of this week will be the end of week 4! It is so great to be headed towards the downhill slide part of it. I'm not sure that it is going to be as easy as a slide though. I am really missing Chris and I'm excited to see him at graduation. I have started to look into flights and lodging and am planning to have that done by the end of this week!! Yay!
Communication has been slow because we are writing letters, but I have received a few now.
Chris is playing the piano in church on Sundays and he is a TRS lead, meaning that he is in charge of making sure that new trainees that are members make it to church on Sunday! He really likes having a calling and he thinks that it is pretty cool. Chris is also an element leader and he says that it is a lot of responsibility. When his guys do something wrong it is his fault and he takes the heat for it. They are cleaning the dorms and lockers twice a day. He says that is the hardest part so far. The running and exercise isn't hard, but he was in good shape before he left. Everything is pretty easy as long as you just do what they tell you to. He is making some friends and there are a couple of guys that go to church with him. One is even from Meridian, ID! What a small world!
They got to start doing some combat training last week and they even crawled in the dirt in tactical positions and combat marching, which Chris helps lead because he is an element leader! He says that they are finally getting into the fun activities and training.
I'm so glad that he is enjoying basic and I love getting his letters! He is doing really well, and standing out as a good leader! I know that he is working hard and that it is all going to pay off! I'm looking forward to finding out what his job will be and how long his tech school is going to be! This is such a fun and exciting adventure that we are embarking on.

I have been keeping myself pretty busy in California. I started coaching volleyball at Palm Valley School this last week and there is always something going on with my brothers around! I have finished yet another quilt and the piece work for a very large one! I have really enjoyed spending this time with my mother and being able to do all these fun sewing projects!!!

 So this pinwheel, blue and yellow, quilt is about full size! It turned out really nice. I'm proud of it!

This last weekend we went to a bunch of stores to look at long arm quilting machines and it was a lot of fun. I think that we might end up taking a class in Calimesa! They are kinda intimidating though. For those of you who don't know what a long arm is...  look at these Handi Quilters here!
There is still so much that I want to do and need to do that I know I will be able to stay pretty busy for the remaining time that I have here at home! I'm looking forward to more letter from Chris and I will update everyone once I get some new ones!!