August Family Newsletter

August 14, 2009

Dear Fabulous Flake Family,

Thanks for all of you who made such a great effort to come out west for the family reunion. It was so great to be together with nearly everyone! Of course we missed our dear missionaries and a few of the young married couples. Thanks so much Jon and Lesa and Apryl for a job well done. We are already on the countdown for next time. We are so glad that we got a few Rook games in and that no one was injured too badly on the slip and slide. Justin is still complaining about a shoulder injury from the football game.

It was so fun to go to Portland and welcome little baby Alexa to the world. Danielle and Steve are off to a great start as parents. Steve is number one in his dental class of 72. He is just finishing up summer quarter and will now have a 6 week break. They are excited about that. They are going to bless Alexa in Orem at Steve’s home ward over Labor Day weekend on Sunday, September 6. We invite all of you Northern Utah Flakes and cousin Flakes to come a meet her and have lunch with us after.

Lindsey got her release date of November 11, Wednesday at 11:00 AM. She’ll be flying into St. George. We are very excited about that. She may get transferred one more time but she has really enjoyed summer in beautiful Kelowna, BC. I have a scholarship ready for her at Dixie when she returns and will return to school in January.

Dawson and Justin start Dixie State on the 24th of this month. Dawson is excited to get one semester in before he goes on his mission. He will be starting to work on his papers in the next few weeks.

Andrew started as a 10th grader at Desert Hills High yesterday. He is going to be taking physics, woodworking, and a pre engineering class. He is running on the cross country team again and has his first meet this weekend. He keeps growing.

Dan hopes to find some work here this fall. He enjoyed his jobs in Wyoming, California and Hawaii this summer. Dave Suttner just got accepted to law school in Toledo, OH and he will start next week. The family will join him at Christmas time.

I started back to school this week and am excited to be back on a schedule! I used my movie making skills that I learned this summer taking 6 credits to make a back to school video for the kids. I am always trying to motivate them to graduate and move on to tech school or college. I am very proud of all our college going kids this fall. We have a great group who are furthering their education. Good Job and good luck! College is the best place to be during a recession.

Grandma got some good news on a back treatment that they are going to start. She’ll have to have a shot everyday—but we hope that this will really make her back strong. We took her to a concert in the park on Monday night and she had a great time. We love you all and wish you the best in all you do.
Love, Shelly and the Dan Flake family