Wake Me Up When September Ends.

(Like the title? It was the only song I could think of with September in the title. Good thing I like Green Day.)
September has been an excellent month so far and it's just going to get better. August was long and a tad difficult, but I'm glad it's behind us now. Franco's back to normal health after a few weeks back at the beginning of school when, well, let's just say nerves and anxiety got the better of him. I'm happy I've had the flexibility to be with him every day to make sure he eats and sleeps well, and to encourage him and convince him he didn't make a mistake by deciding to go to optometry school. Now, he's an exemplary student, getting excellent grades and providing weekly vision screenings at elementary and high schools! They are the blessings that come after the trials of our faith, I strongly believe that.

I won't make this a long diatribe, so I'll bullet point just a few highlights of September:

• the weather has cooled down a bit. It even rained and thundered a couple of weeks ago, it was so refreshing!

• something absolutely amazing happened within my own family. It's been a long time coming and it's brought our family even closer together. Blessings, I tell you, blessings!

• Franco's playing on his school's basketball team and in October they will play their rivals in Fullerton, SCCO.

• I'm the new Young Women's secretary at church! I'm loving it so far and am trying hard to learn all the YW's names.

• I booked my ticket to New Orleans for my uncle's wedding this weekend. I'm excited, I've never visited anywhere east of Utah. I'll be sure to take lots of pictures!

There might be something I missed but I hope to update again soon. I've skipped so many events--my sister's Quinceañera for which I planned and made most of the decorations, our family reunion pictures and our big beach outing, Franco's Convocation and White Coat Ceremony, the LA County Fair and the awesome OneRepublic concert...sigh. I'll get to them eventually.

Sorry for the long post! We miss everyone in Camarillo, so if anyone from there reads this, we send our love. Mostly we just miss the perfect weather. Hasta luego!