Wow, life is different!

I knew moving to Rawlins would create huge changes for us. Small town life doesn't always present the same opportunities as "bigger" town life.

We are so busy here! We recently had homecoming week. Growing up homecoming was confined to the high school....but not here. All week long the elementary school had spirit week right along with the other schools, and don't forget the practicing for the junior cheerleading, tumbling classes and soccer games (not to mention the football game)...oh and the fact that Stuart volunteered to judge the class floats which involved nightly rounds of judging.

By the end of the week I was tuckered out just from all the running around and making sure they were all at the right places at the right times!!

We drove to Casper last weekend to do our grocery shopping...how exciting, there is a mall, Wal-Mart, Target and don't forget SAMS!!! And it's only an hour and a half away. We had to drive that far in WA just to get to a Wal-mart. People keep asking us how we are handling such a small town. We just laugh and tell them that Rawlins is HUGE!

KatieJo is able to take dance lessons and Samuel is playing soccer (very succesfully I might add. they don't keep score at this age, but last week he scored all the points for his team and tonight he scored 3 out of 5.).



And, we are part of a ward again....which has to be one of the most exciting parts. No more funny looks in sacrament because Phillip is talking to himself (or his truck) a little to loudly, and Samuel actually gave a talk last week in Primary without me asking if our kids could give a talk.

So far Rawlins is terribly exciting!