My belly’s too big now for prone surfing, so I had to succomb to using Nate’s stand-up board. Although I am not converted yet (as so many people are), it is a great workout. It even works my abs, which seems like the impossible when prego. One time I paddled up the river in Haleiwa. It was so beautiful and peaceful. I have been able to catch some waves on it, too.

The Great Beginnings class (the Montessori-based preschool I teach on Wednesdays) is going well, although I am trying to figure out how to individually teach all the kids during classtime. Kezia is much more advanced than the other kids, maybe because she is the only girl, and I feel like she always gets left out of the individual teaching, so I am trying to figure out what to do. I have been thinking of making her a teacher helper to help teach the other kids.

Another Primary Program over and done with. Ahhhh….. Kezia did great. She sang a trio with 2 of her friends (Faith is like a little seed) and then she covered a speaking part for someone who was sick. The Bishop wanted Primary to run as usual afterward, instead of the typical “chill-out” movie session most wards do. Let me tell you, I have a firm belief in the importance of chill-out movie sessions after primary programs!!!!! It was soooo out of control!! Kezia had a new Sunbeam teacher who started that day and left in tears. Enough said.

My hula class is having a performance at the beginning of December. At first I wasn’t going to do it, when I heard all that was going to be involved in the preparation (sewing, making our own adornments, extra stress at the practices, etc.) but Nate convinced me I should still do it, and that he will help me. And although he’s helped as much as he can, I am still feeling a bit overwhelmed. However, by the end of the week, I should/have to have everything completed. Besides the added stress, I have really enjoyed dancing hula. Most people are older-grandmas already—and it’s nice to glean from their wisdom. You can smell the fragrance of the plumeria outside the gym where we dance, and as the teacher plays his ukulele and sings the Hawaiian songs while I hula surrounded by beautiful women in flowing skirts, I feel transported back to old Hawaii. Besides, it’s also a time for me. What more can I ask for?

Nate’s old mission companion and his wife were out here for a bit at the beginning of the month. It was a lot of fun to have them here, even though it was for a few days. We love company!!! We love visiting with people we don’t see that often, and we feel like we are on vacation too when people visit.

Nate and I were just talking the other day about how important quality education has been in our businesses. We spent a lot of time and $$ going to business seminars and buying courses and such to better our businesses, and we are able to see it pay off. Nate has been learning a ton about internet marketing by a guy named Armond Moran. I’ve mentioned before about Nate’s ability to learn things really quickly. Well, so many times at night he will tell me about a problem that just can’t be fixed with one of his websites, and then by lunch the next day he’s found some ingenious way to fix it.

Nate’s www.supsurfmag.com website has been bringing him some free perks, like a stand-up board and a surfboard transporter. Sweet. He put on this silly surfing game on a link at the top of the website if you wanna goof off for a bit.

He’s also excited about improving our real estate website, www.1866myezsale.com. He’s been turning into a web designer wiz. And we are happy we sold another condo this month.

Last night we went on parent-daughter dates. Nate went with Ivy to the pet store and then to the grocery store where she could get what she wanted for dinner (she chose the expensive sushi with slabs of salmon. Nate said she would not take any of his suggestions for something different) and Kezia and I headed off to the Fun Factory, where they have video games and such, and then went to a Korean BBQ to eat. It was so much fun for all of us. I learned kids are so much more fun when you can spend uninterrupted playtime with just one of them at a time.

Well, thanks for letting me write your eyes off (would that be the equivalent to “talk your ears off”?); I needed some serious zoning out, talk-about-myself time tonight. If you are wondering why, please review the last letter. ;)

Lots of love,

Heidi, Nate, Kezia, Ivy, and Wish-I-Had-A-Name