Comin Family News: The Sundquist Update

DON, GAYLE, & DANE

Dear Family,
We thought for our contribution to the Comin Blog that we would share what has and is going on in the Sundquist and Hall households. Don, I and Dane are pretty boring we have decided.

Don is now serving as one of two teachers for the Gospel Doctrine class. He really does a nice job and is enjoying it. He is getting a lot of good studying time in. I have been called as the Visiting Teaching Coordinator and it is helping me to get to know all of the sisters after so many years in Young Womens, Primary and the Nursery. This will be good for me I know, but I am definitely out of my comfort zone again.

We are trying to catch up on doing a lot of work on our home and yard. We are so thankful for Dane being so willing to help us. He is a good worker and has a lot of knowledge that is coming in handy.

Don and I are blessed to have both his mom and Mom and Dad here in Casper where we can enjoy there company and maybe be able to help them a little since they have done so much for us in our lives and have had such a big impact on who we are today.

We are very blessed to have Chad and Teri and their family living so close to us. We enjoy being able to have dinner with them and to be able to watch the kids grow up. We feel awfully blessed, also, to be so close to the rest of our family--not in miles, but close in touch to where we feel definitely a part of each of their families. We feel like they all go to such great lengths to keep us part of their families.

We love you all and think of you all often. Maybe I should take a lesson from our children and do better to keep in touch with all of you that mean so much to me!
Love,
Don, Gayle and Dane

THE HALLS

MaKadie and Tatum just turned two and are as busy as ever. They are 110% girls- the love purses jewelry, dress up, pretend make-up, babies anything that might me remotely considered girly. We just recovered from them being down and out with the dreaded RSV.  We are so glad that they are feeling much better and we are able to enjoy the beautiful weather again.

Damon is getting ready to finish up school He will finish up this summer. He is currently working for the UW police department in dispatch and is hoping to be able to get on there as an officer in the next couple of months. We are more than ready for him to be done with school. This year he has being doing school during the day and working the midnight shift at work. I know he is ready to be able to catch up on a little sleep and to have a better schedule.

I am staying busy with the girls and love that I am able to stay home and enjoy them every day. They are learning and growing so much. They definitely keep me on my toes. I have also enjoyed having a little more time to work on some craft projects- I am sure Damon doesn’t enjoy that as much as I do but it is fun none the less. It has also been nice to take off with the girls and go visit grandma and grandpa whenever we want-  If you can’t tell I am completely sold on being a stay at home mom.  I am just as exhausted at the end of the day but so rewarding.

We love you all and hope you are all doing well.

Love the Halls

**Note from the Editor: To see and of the pictures larger, just click on the photo and it will open larger in a new window.

MARYLAND SUNDQUISTS

Just a quick rundown on our goings on: We have had tons of change in our lives lately. Dirk was medically retired from the Air Force because of his arthritis and the rest of his autoimmune disorders; he has began a new job as a government civilian, still teaching Arabic; we are purchasing a home; and Dirk was called as bishop. Any one of these things by itself would have been significant, but all of these together have been interesting. We are excited about all the changes, though, and feel very blessed.

During the week between Dirk's retirement and his new job (which conveniently coincided with the kids' Spring Break), we drove up to Niagara Falls (that's where our attached picture was taken). On the way back home, we went through Palmyra, New York. It was great. We went to Palmyra several years ago with Mom and Dad, but this time were able to take in a few sites that we missed last time: the printing press where the first Book of Mormon were printed, and the Whitmer Farm, where the Church was re-established.

We love and miss you all.

-The Maryland Sundquists