Curt took the girls up a sky lift to see the views

 So, I haven't written in awhile but I am not sure there is much to report.  Let's think...
Curt took his guys to Utah for a weekend trip.  It was an intense weekend.  They did some climbing (practice for a big trip in the summer) and inevitably with all big trips, things go wrong.  There were a few of those :) but they worked through it and had a great adventure.  All 6 of his guys went, which was really cool.  Dave's 3 guys also went so there was some time of connecting between the groups.  Good times had by all!
Curt is loving watching his guys learn about God.  He has his BBS and then meets each of them, 2 on 1, for individual discipleship throughout the week.  He has seen them grow in leaps and bounds. It is so exciting to watch God work in their lives.  Thank you for praying for them!
My girls are doing really well.  Last week at BBS was so fun.  I saw them really open up about some stuff in their lives and was so proud of them.  I am praying for close friendships with each other and God.
One of my girls, Kellie, is praying about interning with us next semester.  She graduates in December.  If she did, she would take over leading the group and some other things.  Pray for her as she makes this decision!!
The kids are great!  Curt took the older three up the skyride on our local mountain (Mt. Humphreys) last Sunday.  What should've been super-fun turned into super-cold.  They were glad to get down!   

How Can I Name This?

We told her to put a cork in it.

There are too many things to talk about so I couldn't name this post!
Turism: she is doing great in 6th grade.  She finds herself with a lot more work and a lot less play time.  She claims she hates getting older.  Every night she comes home with homework, which can sometimes keep her busy until bedtime.  She does love school, though.  There are 3 other kids in her class: a fourth grade boy, a fifth grade boy and a seventh grade girl.  The girl and her are quickly becoming good friends.  She took some recent field trips to a professional baseball game, an airplane crash site on our nearby mountain and a lab, where she got to look through a $20,000 microscope.
Bitsuanit: she is doing SO well at school.  She is homeschooled and pretty much runs the show. 

 She is taught by a teacher on a DVD and she does all her work on her own. I just check it.  Recently, we had a talk about how she felt about being at home and if she would like to try going back to school.  She said no.  She likes setting her own pace and having no distractions.  This week she really focused, did her work well and fast, had extra time to do all her chores and was ready to play by Friday mid-morning!  So, I took her on our girls camping night last night, which I'll tell you more about later on.  She LOVES camping.
Tihitina: also doing well in school.  She loves going and seems to be holding her own with the third graders.  She is ahead for her age but her work doesn't seem to reflect that.  She enjoys all the kids and all the fun things they get to do like: the lab where they went and looked through the microscope, a museum trip and a trip to the fire station.
Carmen: So far, we haven't seen much of the terrible twos, although I am very afraid of it :).  "No" was his favorite word for awhile but we really tried to work on that.  He loves playing outside and I recently spent an hour with him at the playground.  He could've been there all day!  He continues to be gentle and sensitive, good with Zoya, loves playing with his sisters and turning very independent, with wanting to do everything himself.  Getting him dressed takes A LOT longer now.

Zoya: She turned 10 months recently.  We can't believe her birthday is right around the corner.  It's crazy.  She is crawling, cruising and pulling herself up and standing on her own.  She continues to be super-extroverted, mellow, relaxed and just plain fun.  She loves following Carmen around and trying to do everything he does.  She does great with going up stairs and not so great coming down them.
Ministry: the girls have been SO much fun.  We have had girls invite others so the group now has 12 girls in it.  Some of the older girls are meeting with some of the younger/newer ones and that mentorship relationship is such a joy to watch.  I just love watching people get connected with each other and forming real relationships.  Our recent trips have been a girls climbing trip and a girls camping trip.  Bitsuanit got to come on the camping one.  It was such a FUN time!!  And Bitsuanit got to learn how to play "never have I ever".  Phew.  One less thing to teach in school....