Update - by Emily

Geoff is REALLY busy with school. He leaves the house at 6:00 am and doesn't get home until 11:30 at night. Then he studies usually for another hour, and goes to bed. He is doing fine in school, but can't wait until the "school" part is over... only 7 months. After that he will have his internship, and it should be a little easier! He still works on Saturdays at Walgreens and plans to stay with them after graduation.
Emily is busy being a stay-at-home Mom. She is just about the same with her health, but hope to get some relief soon. She loves this time of year, but isn't ready for winter yet! She misses all of the family down there... but knows this is where we are supposed to be, and is happy. The just opened a D.I superstore by her house so she doesn't miss Goodwill as much as she used to.
Jackson has lost 4 teeth in the last 3 weeks. He is in it for the money now! He likes school, and has a large group of girls in his grade that want to marry him when he grows up. Hopefully he will have inherited Geoff's ability to not be really interested in girls until he is home from his mission. If he inherited anything from Emily that way, then we are in trouble! He is going to be an Army guy for Halloween and is excited 'cause we found a camouflage machine gun at D.I. for him to carry around.
Natalie is just a sweet little thing right now. She is loving everything about life and finds joy in just about everything. She goes to "mommy and Natalie pre-school" (because it's free) a couple of times a week, and loves that one on one time with Mom. She is constantly singing and dancing, too.
Staci seems to be healing from her broken arm pretty well. We have another appointment for her at the Dr. this week, so we'll hopefully hear more. She is the epitome of "terrible two" right now, and keeps us all on our toes. She thinks there was a open position for "boss" of the family, so she hired herself. She doesn't want anyone to tell her what to do, or what to wear - she is mostly content just being left alone to do whatever the heck she wants. I get the feeling that I am already holding this one back in life!!