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Happy Halloween!

Ben is OFFICIALLY a Thatcher!

We (finally) went in for Ben's 1 year checkup. And we found out...

HE IS A THATCHER! That's right: tallish and skinny with a big noggin!

Length: 67th percentile

Weight: 27th percentile

Head: 87th percentile

You are doing great, Kiddo! We love you!

Giving the Homeless Homes

There are a number of wonderful housing projects here in Salt Lake City that are designed to place the homeless in temporary or permanent housing (project-dependent). The idea is that people who are homeless often need to start by getting housing before they can obtain a job, tackle a drug addiction, deal with mental illness, etc. It is refreshing to me when people are willing to think in new ways about old problems. Here are a few examples of their efforts:

http://www.haslcutah.org/homeless.html

Anyway, I just got notice that a study was completed in LA that finds it is more cost-effective to provide housing for the chronically homeless rather than to deal with the costs of them remaining on the streets.

To see the summary, please see below:

http://www.unitedwayla.org/getinformed/news/Documents/HomelessCostStudy_09_r2_v3.pdf

Yay Falkes!

May and the kids were wonderful enough to drive down from Sacramento to hang out with Ben and me. Some highlights:

The Wii won over a lot of hearts.

Galla was SERIOUSLY amazing at some penguin balancing game. It was great because half the time she wasn't even watching the screen...and she still rocked the rest of us! Great job, Gal!

May tried the same balancing game, although she was at a slight disadvantage because she was holding Finn the whole time. Sadly, she still did better than me.

Ben probably could have watched Papa play soccer for hours.

At the park, most kids get excited about swings and slides, but Paisley found the REAL goods in Ben's stroller: SNACKS! She has a well-developed palate and picked out every yogurt bit and puffed grain in the bunch, leaving behind the bland Cheerios. Smart girl!

Thanks for coming, Falke fam!

GO, BEN, GO!