Determination!!

This mornings sunrise from our bedroom window.

I am determined, yes, determined, to keep up with this blog! I have looked at so many blogs that I just love and they are so great for keeping in contact with people and letting them know what is going on. Mine will also take the place of a journal since I am such a slacker at doing that. (I still kick myself for not keeping any kind of journal when I met and dated Steve! )

So, the reason I am posting my newfound determination, I want all of my friends and family to trust that I will have something new to look at every few days!! Thanks for all those that have kept looking when nothing was posted for such a long time! I will keep up with this, I will, I will, I will! Promise!

New Calling

I was called this last week to be in the Young Womens. I'm really excited to work with the girls again and be part of a Presidency, but I have to admit, I'm a bit overwhelmed! I hope that I can keep up with everything the way that I want to. I guess that is the problem, my expectations of how things should be done. I already feel like I haven't been keeping up as I should, and now I will be busier than before. Well, I have been reading a lot of talks that remind me that we do not pray for less work, challenges, obstacles, etc., we pray that the Lord will qualify us to meet those challenges, whatever they may me. I love that!! In the end, we improve, we are able to do what we couldn't do before. Isn't that amazing.

Back From Utah

We just got back from Marie and Keaton's Wedding in Utah! It was a quick trip and we wished we could have stayed longer. We were planning to come back today, but we had to come back a day earlier to attend a memorial service for Steve's Uncle Randy. He will be missed. He was such a kind, compassionate man.

A Suprise Visit!

We had a surprise visitors this last Friday. I was just getting the kids ready for bed when Andrew called. We talked for a minute and he asked to speak with Jakob. I gave the phone to Jakob and they talked for awhile. After about a minute I heard Andrew tell Jakob to go and open the front door. I couldn't believe it!! I opened the door and Erin and Andrew were here!!! We are so glad they are here to stay awhile! I guess they just decided that morning to jump in the car and drive here to visit us. Fun surprise!

The Mall!

We went to the mall today and had so much fun! We got Jakob's 4 year old pictures done. It was funny, we had all the pictures taken and Jakob did great! I was so excited to see them! The lady came out a minute later and told us that those pictures didn't work! She hurried us through all the photos again! I was a little disappointed! The second set did not have much of a selection, but we got a couple really cute ones.

Isabelle did great in the mall. Our neighbors are moving and offered to give us their old stroller/car seat combo set. I jumped on the carseat, ours is an old one, but almost past on the stroller. I'm trying to be more mindful of what I bring into our house. I decided to take the stroller, since it had the carseat attachment for the next baby. (Whenever that happens!) At the mall today I took the stroller and totally fell in love with it! I have a double stroller and an umbrella stroller. The double stroller is way to big, it is a pain to take around, and I have no use for both seats. The umbrella stroller doesn't stand tall enough and I have to crouch down to use it. This was great! I through my bags down below, it had a cupholder for when we stopped and got a Jamba Juice, and it even reclined when Isabelle drank her bottle. It made going to the mall so much fun.

We went and got some close for Isabelle at Baby Gap for her birthday. They were having a great sale! We also went and let Jakob play at the play center. He had a lot of fun. It was a wonderful afternoon together.

Jakob's Not Feeling Well

Tomorrow is Jakob's birthday and he isn't feeling well today. I think that I will have to cancel his kid birthday party and postpone it for next week. It was going to be so fun! I feel so bad that my almost four year old boy is sick. He woke up today and was just complaining that his stomach hurt. He just wanted to lay around all day, watching TV, etc. He took a nap at 11:30am and at 7:00pm he told me he was tired and wanted to go to bed, so not like him. He has a fever that I am worried about, but no other symptoms. I gave him Tylenol for the fever and I hope it comes down. He is so sweet, too sweet to be sick on his birthday that he has been looking forward to for months. He has been talking about his Pirate Party forever. I think that I will hold off until tomorrow morning and see if he is feeling better then. I just love him so much.

We Are Back!!

Yes, we are back and I am getting back into the old routine of things. We have a lot to get ready for over the next couple of weeks. Katy is leaving for her mission this next week and we are having a BIG get together at my house this Sunday. Next weekend is Jakob's birthday and Father's Day and I just got ask to give a talk Father's Day Sunday at church. Lots to get ready for!! I just need to make lists, lots of lists.