Well, quite a bit of activities have happened during the past 2-3 weeks and I have not been able to keep up with journal posts. So here is what we have got.

Yesterday, Desiree, Luke and I took Grandpa out for dinner for his birthday. We went to SoupPlantation. Afterwards, I shot another tire chains movie and captured and uploaded it from his house. His computer lets me do it. I cannot do it on mine. He is doing well. My mom is visiting Melanie who just had surgery. She will be back in a couple of days. Val and I plan to visit Melanie over Labor Day weekend taking Desiree and Luke along with us.

I am about to embark on a new journey. My plan is to move to Arizona in another two months. The intention is to home school Desiree part time while keeping her in her current school near her Mom’s home. This will not be easy as it will require a sacrifice on my work schedule. I believe this is the right thing to do due to her struggles in school. This may be the ticket to getting her on track to making it through high school. It also gets me closer to Valerie. I would also do the same with Luke so as to not separate the two kids. I still have the details and logistics to work out with the school and other parties involved. I have also found a Tai Kwon Do school for her to attend which will cost less than half what I am currently paying. Through my prayers, I firmly believe this is the right thing to do. I do have fears of the finances as this would require me to leave my current employment. Time will tell. I picked up Desiree’s History and Algebra textbooks for next school year purchasing them through Amazon. We will get working on them next week.

I am still planning to do what I was planning to do six months ago, namely go to China around March or so next year to teach English for 6 months or so. I have not been working so much on my TESOL certificate lately but will get back to it when the time is right. This is another thing that I feel strongly I must do.

Things actually are very exciting for me now. Luke is progressing in Cub Scouts. Desiree is progressing in her personal progress. Many aspect of life just seem correct and good right now. I am also doing a lot more scripture reading now reading in the Doctrine and Covenants. Also made it to the temple this week and plan to go again next week. I am averaging visits to the temple every other week. I would like to attend every week, but it is difficult as that means less time with the kids, so I will continue to mostly attend when they are at thier Moms.