Hello from the Meridian Mechams

Yes, I have been a little quiet since the cruise. I have been very busy with work and everything else. I really enjoyed attending conference this week. It was a great recharging experience. I so love listening to the leaders of the church. I realized that we must do more to help Diane and John. We need to make a stronger effort to keep in contact with them and to share our family successes. I had many strong impressions during this conference. Elder Holland's talk was simply amazing. I want to be able to bear testimony like that. Boy do I have a lot of work to do and things to change but I think it is worth the effort.

Brielle is enjoying soccer. Her team doesn't win but she is learning and having fun. She loves being an Aunt to Macy. Kaitlyn is very busy this fall with Marching Band and student council and mutual and school activities. She is doing great.

It is so fun to have Charlie, Chelsea and Macy in our home. We enjoy good times together. We enjoy working and playing together. I can hear Macy in singing right now as her parents are wanting her to go to bed. It is funny in a way to see your children go through what they put us through. :-) Charlie and I are playing basketball and racquetball together. We are having a lot of fun. The racquetball tally is Bryan 13 and Charlie 10 so I am still hanging with the youth but I don't know for how much longer as Charlie is getting better every time I play him. It is also fun getting motivated to start playing basketball again. I am enjoying it very much. Not to brag, but it is still fun when I hear the other team say "you cannot let him shoot." I still leave the gym only after making a three point shot. I jokingly say that this is what I want on my grave stone that "my last shot was a made three pointer." :-)

We are getting a new Bishop in a couple weeks. Our bishop was called to the new Stake Presidency. We have heard that the new Bishop has been called and are very excited about that.

We are happy with our current callings and enjoy the association with such great leaders and youth. I love teaching the 14 and 15 year old young men. This is the greatest age. I love their excitement for life and their transition from boys to young men. We all earned our varsity letter and I even earned the triathlon pin with the boys. It was fun running in the two mini triathlons. It is fun to see young men achieve their goals.

We cooked scones the other night at the football game and made the softball team about $185. We sold over 250 scones. They want us to do it for homecoming too. We haven't decided yet if it is worth the hassle. I will have to check the weather.

We had our first frost which ended our gardening for the year. We might get a few more raspberries and apples, carrots, potatoes and onions but not much else. I have to start my pepper relish on Monday night so the peppers don't go to waste.

I love all of you very much. I am grateful to be part of such a great family. I hope and pray that we will be those members who comit to living the gospel principles so that we may gain eternal life together. We have and are truly blessed to have such a legacy as we do and to have parents who show us by example the meaning of enduring to the end. Mom and Dad, I love you. We love you. Thanks for all you do and for the time you spend in the service of our family and the church. We have been truly blessed because of your diligence and perseverance.

Well, I am still working on getting the weight off that I gained on the cruise. Boy is that a workout in and of itself.

Hopefully, I will soon be able to report that I have done it. :-)

I love you!

Bryan