New Calling

Today I was called and sustained to serve in the Stake Young Women's Presidency as Secretary. I am very excited about serving in young women's again. Blake and I have been serving as primary teachers in the CTR 6 class, but we will be released next Sunday. I've never served in the stake before so I am excited to learn about how that works and hope that I can be an influence for good in the lives of the young women in our stake.

Did We Mention That....

We're Expecting!!!

Baby's Face

Baby's foot and face (unfocused)

Position of the baby, leg up by the face

And....that we're having a GIRL?

We are super excited!! I am 20 weeks and due January 9, 2010. I've been really healthy and have been feeling great. The baby looked good in the ultrasound. I took Kelsey with me and Blake was able to come to part of it--yeah! Kelsey is super excited!!! Blake and I told the girls the other day.

Back to School Fair

Some friends invited us to a back to school fair over the weekend. We had a blast and best of all, it was all FREE. We love things that are free. Kelsey got to ride a horse--she thought she was in heaven! When I asked Mylee if she wanted to ride she said, "Uh, uh, uh, uh" (meaning NO!). They had a fun play gym to bounce in, a train to ride around in and free snow cones and hotdogs, drinks and chips! Wha--hoo!!

Nadia (3), Anya (5), Kelsey (4), Mylee (almost 2)

We got all our ages covered here :)

Mylee a little unsure

The highlight for Mylee

That's Mylee for you

Today me and the girls went over to a friends house for lunch. We had a great time and it was fun to visit and let our kids play with one another. At one point during our visit I noticed Mylee was nowhere to be found. Well.... I wish I had my camera. She was in my friend's master bathroom and had taken off her diaper, put it in the trash actually and then found some pads underneath her sink and was opening them and taking the stickers off trying to put them on herself. Thankfully I know this friend really well and we do a lot together, so I wasn't too embarressed, but we sure did have a good laugh. What do I do with that girl? She is always getting into mischief! But man, she just melts my heart--how can I do anything but just LOVE her?

Last Day of Swim Lessons

Kelsey had her last day of swim lessons this past Friday. She absolutely loved it! I'm so glad we signed her up. She finally overcame her fear of putting her face in the water. It took a lot of prying and bribing one night in the bathtub for her to put her face in the water and then once she did it, she was so proud of herself and would do it over and over again and was so proud and excited to show her teacher. She also became brave and jumped off the diving board, but the little pickle had to have the lifeguard drop her off because she wouldn't jump off herself. She's not quite like her daddy who was doing flips off the diving board around her age, but we are so proud of the progress she made. She is our sweet little Kelsey and she is such a joy to have around the house!! It's my guess that she is going to be an artist one day because she will spend hours and hours coloring and drawing. One of the first things she asks for in the morning are her crayons and markers and off she goes. I'll often have to pry her away to get her to eat her breakfast.

Kelsey hanging out in the lazy river.

Mylee's designated spot during swim. Why? Because if she wasn't strapped in, she would be in swimming with Kelsey.

Sprinkler System

A little over a week ago Blake put in a sprinkler system at our house. It is SOOO wonderful!! We got all the pipe laid and trenches dug one day, but it took us the remaining week to finish with his work schedule. My job was to fill in all the trenches. It really wouldn't have been that bad except it poured rain on us the day after we dug them so it was a big muddy mess and the dirt was very heavy and hard to work with. It got better as the days went by and it dried up a bit. I was also the messenger that went to and from Lowes way too many times. The sprinkling system passed inspection with flying colors. It was funny actually, the first guy that came to inspect one part of the system said, "Wow, we don't get too many medical people putting sprinkling systems in!" Blake had just gotten home from work and was still wearing his scrubs. But O, that guy doesn't know just how handy my husband is!! Then the other guy that came to inspect the last part of the system said, "Wow, it looks really good! Have you done this before?" He then told us about this guy down the street who was putting one in and he had to walk through mud and all sorts of mess. Like I said, my husband is amazing! The picture is the system getting put in. I didn't get one of the finished product, I should do that.