Drafts for November 2006 Newsletter

Hey Heather,
I am really sorry about the delay in responding. I have thought about doing
to for several days now I have just been really busy. So here goes, sorry it
is late! I think it is a wonderful idea to keep doing it, thing everyone
will get in eventually. Well, here is mine:
  Life is grand and wonderful and I am just having so much fun right now.
Work is going really well, probably the best it has gone the whole year I
have been there.  I just received another raise, a very  ssmall one but it
is a raise none the less.  I have gotten 3 raises in the last six months, I
am soooo blessed. All I can say is I know there is always someone watching
out for me.  I was interviewed for the promotion I was going to receive but
I haven't gotten it yet, I am waiting and hoping. So that is what is going
on with work, I am pretty excited.
  Other things that are going on now is I am on the missionary committee in
my branch and I love it. I haven't done a whole lot with it yet but I am
excited.  It should be really good.  Life is grand and I am so grateful for
the gospel in my life. Thank you all so much for all you do on a daily basis
for me and for all the very nice things I received for my birthday.  I truly
appreciate it.  I also want to wish little Kota a happy late birthday and
know she is growing to fast for her own good.  I love all of you and truly
appreciate all you do. You are the best!  well, I guess I will close this
now and get off my soap box but not before I leave you with the inspiring
quote of the month, so here it is.

Quote of the month:
excerpt from Sister Hinckley's book, "Small and Simple Things"
"Robert Louis Stevenson said, "To be what we are, and to become what we are
capable of becomign, is the only end of life............
  Sister Hinckley continues, "The gospel calls to us to stretch ourselves,
to embrace our talents, to concentrate on our strengths, to be productive,
to be creative, to reach our full potential, which few of us ever do. We
seem to get discouraged by such trivial things and fail  to see the great
things we are capable of doing."

That quote has just motivated me to such a higher ground and helping to
become a better person. I love it!!

Hi Heather,
    Here is my newsletter.  Sorry I am so late.

    Hi everyone.  I can't believe November is gone!  Well, time moves on
when you stay busy I guess.
    Devin started in wrestling two weeks ago.  He comes home tired and
sweaty and hungry every night.  All he has to eat for dinner is a salad.
His first match is next Wednesday.  He has finished up the first semester of
his Junior year and is glad it is over.  He will have to miss his Junior
Prom because he has a big wrestling tournament. He was a little sad about
that.  He is playing church basketball and having fun with it.  He laughs
because everyone on the team takes it so serious.  He just goes to have fun
he says.  It was great for him during Thanksgiving to have someone else in
the house.  He gets pretty lonely around here.  He and dad spent another
hour or two, putting chicken wire over the entire top of Mia house because
she was climbing over it and jumping out!!!
    Dad continues to love his job and stay very busy with it.  He went to
Boston to see how Harvard does their case studies.  He also has a couple
more trips in December.  The thing that relaxes dad, (I think) is working
with the cows.  But, the work is never done, so that causes stress.  His
stress right now is having enough wind breaks for all the cows and bulls.
He keeps saying that things continue to get easier and better as we make
improvements.  He is looking forward to getting a few new cows delivered
this week from Nebraska.
    I am just mom.  Preschool is going pretty good.  The children are
excited for the holidays.  I am trying to find connections to see if I can
get Santa Claus to come to preschool some day in December.  He is a very
busy man though so I hope I can at least get one of his helpers to come and
see the children.  I started Decorating last night.  Before I could put the
tree up though, I had to get the livingroom carpet scrubbed. It had been
over a year since I had it scrubbed and it needed it.  Then I finally got
Devin to bring the tree in.  When we got it in the house, we found a
squirrels nest in it.  It had dog food in it and straw.  We took it outside
to clean it out good and broke the stand when we went to stand it up.  I
guess that means we will have to get a new tree!!  I won't put it back in
the house with all that squirrel mess in it anyway.  That tree has been good
to us, but it is time to say goodby to it.    Besides decorating, I am
trying to get a package ready to send to Dallin, make some gifts for
grandchildren, make Christmas cards and get them sent, feeding the steers
and Mia every day, doing errands and many other very interesting duties.
Life is good and I am grateful to have a family who loves the Lord and tries
to do what is right.

Heather,
I am so sorry I haven't gotten to you before now. I am
playing catch-up with all of my email, and it is not
fun. Sorry sorry.
For me, I am really enjoying the newsletter idea.
However, as you have noticed by my totally spacing the
deadline, this month may not be the best for me.  If
everyone else thinks differently, you can just tell
the that the Kimballs are doing good.

Sorry again, I will write more later when my brain
isn't drained from never ending email responses.
Love ya,
Alisha

Heather,

 

I am so sorry that I haven't gotten the newsletter to you.  I spaced it. 

 

Here it goes.

 

Everything is great in the Zirker house.  We had a great trip out to Idaho for Thanksgiving.  Camden thought that she had died and gone to heaven with all of the dress-up stuff.  We had a lot of fun.  They were probably ready to get rid of us.  The kids were as crazy as ever.  While there we had the opportunity to check out some stuff in Bozeman.  It was okay, but probably not our focus anymore.  Darrick also interviewed for an AEGD residency in Pocotello.  They have a great program there.  We will find out if he gets in or not the first week in January.  It was a long drive out there and back, but it was worth it.  Every time that we make the trip, we say that it will be the last one in the Cavalier, but who knows.  It sure is squished and cozy in there.  

 

Things have been crazy around our house over the last little while.  I had to play the violin at the ward Christmas party last week.  It was The First Noel and I played a Jesu Joy of Man's desire part to it.  It was 9/8 and I had 9 notes in every measure.  Boy was it crazy.  I am so glad to have that over.  I have to play a song with the ward chior this next week in Sacrament meeting, so I think it will be another fun week. 

 

The girls got to sit on Santa's lap at the ward Christmas party.  Camden did so good.  Kota, not so good.  Camden praicticed all day and got right up and said exactly what she wanted, (which included a princess nightgown, and polly pockets) :) It was fun.  It is sad to be leaving the ward, but it will be a good change.  I think the Sunbeams will be great for Camden.  She will love it! 

 

We love you all and hope that you have a very Merry Christmas!!!

 

 

Let me know if that works.  Thanks for doing this.  Love you tons.

 

Camille