This month has absolutely flown by. Glad that it has been so busy and full of life. We're doing good things.
First of all, we jumped on the 'let's buy a house' train, once again. This time in a much serious way. We had our loan pre-approved and had an offer on a house all within a week. That offer ended up being outbid, which was a blessing because A) I pushed Steven into and offered more than he wanted to and B) It wasn't in the ward we are currently in. A week after that another house came on the market. Steven seriously took way too long thinking about it and by the time we had seen the inside of it and decided to put an offer on it, it was sold. It went on the market on Thursday and was sold by Saturday. The houses in our range are seriously going like hotcakes. Just two weeks ago there were 5 that we looked at and all but one are sold now. It seems like house buying is such an emergency affair. Our realtor sends me an address of a new listing, I beg Steven to come look at it with me when he gets off work and then we decide if we want to see the inside and then decide if we want to put an offer on it. It happens so quick!
This time around it was so easy to get our paperwork in for the loan, too. The guy had it all set up for us in just a matter of days and I had Steven step into high gear to get it all in. I ended up putting 90% of the paperwork in, but it was nice to know that it was all there and not have to get frustrated with Steven for forgetting to ask for papers and stuff from work. I just took care of it myself and it was super empowering. It's really not that hard.
Right now we're just waiting for the next house to come on the market. I am going to be in Utah next week and I really hope something comes on before then or after. Not during. Steven is such a stickler for rules and I know he would refuse to sign my name on an offer. Which means we would have to wait and by then the house could be gone. It's been an exciting process and has made this month go by so super fast.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Friday, April 4, 2014
March 21 - April 4th
March 21 - Friday
Chilled at home
March 22 - Saturday
Shopping in the morning for stuff to make our Sunday picnic a hit
Adult session of stake conference. 12 years-old and up invited for the first time that I can remember.
March 23 - Sunday
Stake Conference.
There's a grandma in our ward that sometimes has her granddaughter with her that is the same age. They love playing together so we to help her out with Mihayla sitting quiet and still for two hours we sat together. Stacked in the side pews. It was awesome and I can totally rock having two kids, but you do listen a considerable amount less to the speakers.
Family dinner at the river/park.
Pulled pork sandwiches, a new green bean and potato salad with chips and soda.
March 24 - Monday
First day of spring break and the only day that it was sunny and warm.
Skipped music class and went on a hike with my family instead.
Went to Portland with John and Mommy to get him some new running shoes
March 25 - Tuesday
Music class and found the nearest Winco to music class.
Got lost on the way back home and ended up over by the airport.
March 26 - Wednesday
Glucose test. Had to stay at the doctors for two hours while they did all the tests. Was definitely kind of sick for the rest of the day.
March 27th - Thursday
Thrift shopping for frames to craft with
March 28th - Friday
Brittany came over and we made a few pinterest treats and watched The Book Thief.
Went to a Mary Kay party and got ordered some coral lip-stick. Really excited to wear it at women's conference.
March 29th - Saturday
Feeling really worn out.
General Women's meeting and I couldn't get the energy together to get dressed or do makeup or get Alaska done up. She stayed in jambes the whole day. My mom came over and we watched it online.
March 30th -
Fifth Sunday
The yw went in with the primary and helped teach the song that they are all going to sing for Easter while the teachers went to Relief Society.
Stayed home. Steve had a lot of scout stuff to talk to people about so he wasn't home until 5. I put Alaska down for a nap and ate dinner by myself.
March 31st
Music class.
Swim lessons were supposed to start but I couldn't find the energy to shave my legs. I haven't shaved since December. We didn't go. And we didn't go on Tuesday, either. We'll have to catch the next session.
April 1st
Most boring day ever in a long time.
April 2nd
Spent the morning at the gym
Spent the afternoon talking to Dorian and cleaning.
Combined activity was a total bust. Was supposed to be about leadership and they had one activity planned. Boys were in charge and the men didn't step in until one group left the gym because no one knew what was going on. Ironic that it was about leadership and there was not good leadership that put it together.
April 3rd - Thursday
Morning at the gym, came home and did laundry and ran up to my mom's house to dry it. Our dryer is busted right now. Ran back down to spend some time with Michelle. Her and Dorian went on a few dates and he kind of left her hanging. She looked like she needed someone to talk to last night but it was so busy that I made a date with her for the next day
April 4th - Today. And I already said how that was going. The youth have a temple trip this evening and somehow today I need to get Alaska to my mom for her to watch her. Steven is going, too. I absolutely love my dress that I have, but I know I am going to have to rent one this time around because my belly is much too big to fit.
Chilled at home
March 22 - Saturday
Shopping in the morning for stuff to make our Sunday picnic a hit
Adult session of stake conference. 12 years-old and up invited for the first time that I can remember.
March 23 - Sunday
Stake Conference.
There's a grandma in our ward that sometimes has her granddaughter with her that is the same age. They love playing together so we to help her out with Mihayla sitting quiet and still for two hours we sat together. Stacked in the side pews. It was awesome and I can totally rock having two kids, but you do listen a considerable amount less to the speakers.
Family dinner at the river/park.
Pulled pork sandwiches, a new green bean and potato salad with chips and soda.
March 24 - Monday
First day of spring break and the only day that it was sunny and warm.
Skipped music class and went on a hike with my family instead.
Went to Portland with John and Mommy to get him some new running shoes
March 25 - Tuesday
Music class and found the nearest Winco to music class.
Got lost on the way back home and ended up over by the airport.
March 26 - Wednesday
Glucose test. Had to stay at the doctors for two hours while they did all the tests. Was definitely kind of sick for the rest of the day.
March 27th - Thursday
Thrift shopping for frames to craft with
March 28th - Friday
Brittany came over and we made a few pinterest treats and watched The Book Thief.
Went to a Mary Kay party and got ordered some coral lip-stick. Really excited to wear it at women's conference.
March 29th - Saturday
Feeling really worn out.
General Women's meeting and I couldn't get the energy together to get dressed or do makeup or get Alaska done up. She stayed in jambes the whole day. My mom came over and we watched it online.
March 30th -
Fifth Sunday
The yw went in with the primary and helped teach the song that they are all going to sing for Easter while the teachers went to Relief Society.
Stayed home. Steve had a lot of scout stuff to talk to people about so he wasn't home until 5. I put Alaska down for a nap and ate dinner by myself.
March 31st
Music class.
Swim lessons were supposed to start but I couldn't find the energy to shave my legs. I haven't shaved since December. We didn't go. And we didn't go on Tuesday, either. We'll have to catch the next session.
April 1st
Most boring day ever in a long time.
April 2nd
Spent the morning at the gym
Spent the afternoon talking to Dorian and cleaning.
Combined activity was a total bust. Was supposed to be about leadership and they had one activity planned. Boys were in charge and the men didn't step in until one group left the gym because no one knew what was going on. Ironic that it was about leadership and there was not good leadership that put it together.
April 3rd - Thursday
Morning at the gym, came home and did laundry and ran up to my mom's house to dry it. Our dryer is busted right now. Ran back down to spend some time with Michelle. Her and Dorian went on a few dates and he kind of left her hanging. She looked like she needed someone to talk to last night but it was so busy that I made a date with her for the next day
April 4th - Today. And I already said how that was going. The youth have a temple trip this evening and somehow today I need to get Alaska to my mom for her to watch her. Steven is going, too. I absolutely love my dress that I have, but I know I am going to have to rent one this time around because my belly is much too big to fit.
April 4th
I am so sick of March. Tired of thinking about it, tired of looking at the calendar, trying to remember what we did each day so that I can record it on here with a few other thoughts and mostly tired of looking at the green border around the calendar part. I never get to see the pictures on the calendar anymore because I always have it folded in half. All I see is the color that the calendar people thought was fitting for that month. I would prefer some plain black and white. I really need to get one of those desk calendars that teachers have. Write stuff on that and keep that as a journal. And I am also tired of April slipping past because I keep have to keep buggering my mind about journaling about March.
That being said, I woke up today and couldn't get back to sleep. It was one of those mornings where I even went in a checked on Alaska, just to watch her sleep. Usually I am not so sentimental. It is definitely Steven who is more all about bed time and tucking in. I am so tired and done by the end of the day the last thing I want to do is play goodnight games and talk about the day. I hope that will change as she gets older because I do know the value of a tuck-in, it's just really hard for me right now to hang around any longer than I have to after a full day.
Plan A right now is to just pound out the last week of March so that I can start in on our adventures in April. Perhaps right now I need to resort to bullet points and not try to fill in any stories. Even though I feel like that's the whole point of blogging and journaling. Is to tell a story and learn and examine what I am feeling because of the situation. Maybe just for one week I can let that go and just get the facts down and leave the story-telling for another time.
That being said, I woke up today and couldn't get back to sleep. It was one of those mornings where I even went in a checked on Alaska, just to watch her sleep. Usually I am not so sentimental. It is definitely Steven who is more all about bed time and tucking in. I am so tired and done by the end of the day the last thing I want to do is play goodnight games and talk about the day. I hope that will change as she gets older because I do know the value of a tuck-in, it's just really hard for me right now to hang around any longer than I have to after a full day.
Plan A right now is to just pound out the last week of March so that I can start in on our adventures in April. Perhaps right now I need to resort to bullet points and not try to fill in any stories. Even though I feel like that's the whole point of blogging and journaling. Is to tell a story and learn and examine what I am feeling because of the situation. Maybe just for one week I can let that go and just get the facts down and leave the story-telling for another time.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
March 20
March 20th
Spent the first part of the day cleaning up the house hard-core style and put in a couple of maintenance requests that didn't necessarily have to be done, but it would be nice just to have the house updated. I read some good advice from a blog. If you keep your house up to par like you are about to move, you will love your house that much more. I totally agree. There's something satisfying about having clean walls and having everything working and the lights matching and all that.
Steven had the day off and after Alaska's nap we went to Washington Square to get ourselves an apple computer. We opted for the 13" laptop and it has been absolutely perfect! We even got to use my sub ID to get an educator's discount. All that schooling is starting to pay off. So glad I chose the major that I did.
While Steven was doing all the paperwork Alaska was trailing a stink aura and I had to make an emergency exit to get her to a bathroom. Only, you wouldn't suppose who had forgotten the diaper bag, hu? Diapers and wipes are the only thing we need to carry our diaper backpack around for and most times I forget it. Luckily poops lately have been pebbles so I dumped them in the toilet and put the soggy thing back on.
We weren't going to be out much later, anyways. Just dinner and be on our way home. Just dinner turned into swinging by deseret book and looking around a little bit at the new art and new books. Which then turned into swinging by the visitor's center. A hour and a half later we're just barely deciding as to where to eat and her soggy bum has turned into 10 lbs of saturated diaper. It wasn't even soggy anymore. It was rock hard from so much pressure pushing against the lining.
Steven turned left and we searched and searched for a grocery store or a gas station or anything that might carry a diaper. Passing through residential streets and admiring the huge houses was fun but didn't distract us from the possibility of an explosive diaper riding in the back seat. 10 minutes of driving dumped us out by a high school and around the corner a stripmall and gas station. And what do you know. The stripmall housed a store boasting, "The friendliest store in town" named Earth Friendly Grocery. I took one look at that and new we were going to be getting some organic diapers that would cost a fortune.
And I am not even kidding when I say, everyone in there was friendly. Both customers and employees were super nice and everything was presented in the most appeasing fashion. It was absolutely adorable. It was a store no larger than a safeway, perhaps just a tad bit smaller, but they had a whole half-isle with bulk granolas and flours. We found our diapers. All chlorine free and brands we knew nothing about. We grabbed the smallest, most economic package we could find and Steven opened it in the isle, sending me to the bathroom with Alaska while he went to the register and payed.
I might also add that even the store brands were happy, most literally. A whole line of baby food titled Happy Tummies.
We went to Applebees for dinner afterwards and Alaska was absolutely exhausted. But she's too awesome to cry when she's tired. Especially when there's so much to look at. Her sleepy eyes watched the basketball game on the t.v. and when she just couldn't anymore she laid her head in my lap since we were at a booth. She ate her fair share of the onion ring appetizer and even managed to eat a few bites of her own dinner. Which never happens. She was pleasant and laughed and smiled and I couldn't stop telling Steven how lucky we are to have such an awesome person as part of our family.
We weren't even out of the parking lot before Alaska was asleep in her carseat and we drove home with our awesome family.
Spent the first part of the day cleaning up the house hard-core style and put in a couple of maintenance requests that didn't necessarily have to be done, but it would be nice just to have the house updated. I read some good advice from a blog. If you keep your house up to par like you are about to move, you will love your house that much more. I totally agree. There's something satisfying about having clean walls and having everything working and the lights matching and all that.
Steven had the day off and after Alaska's nap we went to Washington Square to get ourselves an apple computer. We opted for the 13" laptop and it has been absolutely perfect! We even got to use my sub ID to get an educator's discount. All that schooling is starting to pay off. So glad I chose the major that I did.
While Steven was doing all the paperwork Alaska was trailing a stink aura and I had to make an emergency exit to get her to a bathroom. Only, you wouldn't suppose who had forgotten the diaper bag, hu? Diapers and wipes are the only thing we need to carry our diaper backpack around for and most times I forget it. Luckily poops lately have been pebbles so I dumped them in the toilet and put the soggy thing back on.
We weren't going to be out much later, anyways. Just dinner and be on our way home. Just dinner turned into swinging by deseret book and looking around a little bit at the new art and new books. Which then turned into swinging by the visitor's center. A hour and a half later we're just barely deciding as to where to eat and her soggy bum has turned into 10 lbs of saturated diaper. It wasn't even soggy anymore. It was rock hard from so much pressure pushing against the lining.
Steven turned left and we searched and searched for a grocery store or a gas station or anything that might carry a diaper. Passing through residential streets and admiring the huge houses was fun but didn't distract us from the possibility of an explosive diaper riding in the back seat. 10 minutes of driving dumped us out by a high school and around the corner a stripmall and gas station. And what do you know. The stripmall housed a store boasting, "The friendliest store in town" named Earth Friendly Grocery. I took one look at that and new we were going to be getting some organic diapers that would cost a fortune.
And I am not even kidding when I say, everyone in there was friendly. Both customers and employees were super nice and everything was presented in the most appeasing fashion. It was absolutely adorable. It was a store no larger than a safeway, perhaps just a tad bit smaller, but they had a whole half-isle with bulk granolas and flours. We found our diapers. All chlorine free and brands we knew nothing about. We grabbed the smallest, most economic package we could find and Steven opened it in the isle, sending me to the bathroom with Alaska while he went to the register and payed.
I might also add that even the store brands were happy, most literally. A whole line of baby food titled Happy Tummies.
We went to Applebees for dinner afterwards and Alaska was absolutely exhausted. But she's too awesome to cry when she's tired. Especially when there's so much to look at. Her sleepy eyes watched the basketball game on the t.v. and when she just couldn't anymore she laid her head in my lap since we were at a booth. She ate her fair share of the onion ring appetizer and even managed to eat a few bites of her own dinner. Which never happens. She was pleasant and laughed and smiled and I couldn't stop telling Steven how lucky we are to have such an awesome person as part of our family.
We weren't even out of the parking lot before Alaska was asleep in her carseat and we drove home with our awesome family.
Saturday, March 29, 2014
March 16 - 19
March 16th
Went to my parents for dinner and we had taco salad. It was absolutely delicious and something I have been needing but with just Steven and I to eat a whole head of lettuce and two cans of beans and a can of olives takes forever. I don't make it a lot because I am definitely not a left-over eater.
March 17th
Music class was small, again. I have definitely gotten faster at getting there, not having to look at the directions for every turn. We got there 15 minutes early so Alaska and I turned into an apartment complex and got out to play at their playground to use up some time. I hadn't brought a jacket or anything and the slide was wet so I wasn't about to let her go down it. She ran around a little and then told me she was cold and we went and got back in the car. First time ever we have left a park because she was cold. Maybe we should leave the coats off more often. It's always me that is too cold to stay out longer than 10 minutes.
We made a little adventure by finding a Winco and then instead of turning around to go back the way I knew I just kept going, trusting that whatever road we were on would take us back to 1-5. Not so. It took us to 205 and dropped us off at the airport. That was an extra half hour of driving that we spent in the car that day and I really wish I were not so directionally challenged. We should have gone to IKEA while we were over there but I totally forgot. We've only got two chairs right now but it is easier for Alaska to sit at a chair than for me to be always getting her in and out of the highchair. Great benefits of having growing children.
March 18th
John did his court of honor tonight. It was combined with another boy from the ward and it was nice to have that many more people there to support both of them but it was a little longer due to that and we were all a little antsy by the end. We were sitting next to a little boy with a video game and Alaska watched him play like it was a movie. He was really sweet with her and even took the time to explain a few things to her about what was happening and all that. It was nice to have something extra for her to do to keep her quiet.
Afterwards she found all the kids and ran to keep up with them, starting a game of chase all by herself. She never actually said chase me or tagged anyone, but she would run up to a little girl her age and then run away, looking over her shoulder to be sure the little girl was going to follow. It was really adorable watching her interact with everyone.
When it was time to go and we were looking for her someone asked what she looked like and one of the young men piped up, "The little girl with the bows." Which is super ironic since that day Alaska had asked for bows in her hair all by herself. All my insistence upon wearing bows and doing hair is paying off! It happened one other time last week, too. When we went to the park after her nap she reminded me that she needed her hair done before we left. She's going to be alright.
March 19th
For mutual we made some healthy cookie bars and apple dip. The girls seemed to enjoy it enough though it was a little big of a group to have everyone helping with something.
Went to my parents for dinner and we had taco salad. It was absolutely delicious and something I have been needing but with just Steven and I to eat a whole head of lettuce and two cans of beans and a can of olives takes forever. I don't make it a lot because I am definitely not a left-over eater.
March 17th
Music class was small, again. I have definitely gotten faster at getting there, not having to look at the directions for every turn. We got there 15 minutes early so Alaska and I turned into an apartment complex and got out to play at their playground to use up some time. I hadn't brought a jacket or anything and the slide was wet so I wasn't about to let her go down it. She ran around a little and then told me she was cold and we went and got back in the car. First time ever we have left a park because she was cold. Maybe we should leave the coats off more often. It's always me that is too cold to stay out longer than 10 minutes.
We made a little adventure by finding a Winco and then instead of turning around to go back the way I knew I just kept going, trusting that whatever road we were on would take us back to 1-5. Not so. It took us to 205 and dropped us off at the airport. That was an extra half hour of driving that we spent in the car that day and I really wish I were not so directionally challenged. We should have gone to IKEA while we were over there but I totally forgot. We've only got two chairs right now but it is easier for Alaska to sit at a chair than for me to be always getting her in and out of the highchair. Great benefits of having growing children.
March 18th
John did his court of honor tonight. It was combined with another boy from the ward and it was nice to have that many more people there to support both of them but it was a little longer due to that and we were all a little antsy by the end. We were sitting next to a little boy with a video game and Alaska watched him play like it was a movie. He was really sweet with her and even took the time to explain a few things to her about what was happening and all that. It was nice to have something extra for her to do to keep her quiet.
Afterwards she found all the kids and ran to keep up with them, starting a game of chase all by herself. She never actually said chase me or tagged anyone, but she would run up to a little girl her age and then run away, looking over her shoulder to be sure the little girl was going to follow. It was really adorable watching her interact with everyone.
When it was time to go and we were looking for her someone asked what she looked like and one of the young men piped up, "The little girl with the bows." Which is super ironic since that day Alaska had asked for bows in her hair all by herself. All my insistence upon wearing bows and doing hair is paying off! It happened one other time last week, too. When we went to the park after her nap she reminded me that she needed her hair done before we left. She's going to be alright.
March 19th
For mutual we made some healthy cookie bars and apple dip. The girls seemed to enjoy it enough though it was a little big of a group to have everyone helping with something.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
March 15
To celebrate bonus checks Les Schwab always hosts a dinner for the employees and their wives. Last year Steven hadn't been officially working for the St. Helens store but he went to the dinner anyway. I opted to stay home.
This dinner for this year was my first time seeing everyone at once and it's always interesting to see who the guys are married to. There were even some guys I didn't recognize at all because there are so many employees at that store. Made me feel a little foreign and I missed our Centerville crew with their guys and their wives that I knew and always made me feel comfortable.
We went to El Tapatio and used a whole string of tables and half another. We got there late, something I had forgotten as a huge 'no no' if you want to pick your own seat and not get seated at the table that takes all the left-over people. I was so nervous that we were the last ones there, too. Meaning we would be the only ones not at the main table. Fortunately we weren't and the guy that Steven works the most with and his wife came after us and sat at our table along with one other couple that came late. I was most definitely out of my comfort zone and watched everyone else. Thank goodness Shayna (the guy's wife) is super outgoing and has no qualms about what stories to share and started up a rowdy conversation with the other wife and I put-in when I could but mostly stayed quiet. One of Shayna's best friends from high school is also a wife of one of the guys and she came over and sat at our table to get in on Shayna's stories and share her own. It was fun to listen to them and they seemed quite content to run the conversation.
I ordered fajitas and they were definitely not as good as the ones that I make. Not even close. It was a little bit of a let-down, but not something that I didn't totally expect. El Tap and I have a hate/neutral relationship. There is a building in Rainier and we had to go there for an assignment for Spanish once and order in Spanish. It was humiliating and their food isn't really all that good. Also, it's 'the place' to go in Rainier, apparently. A lot of kids from high school would go there for their birthdays and special occasions and I just don't know why. I guess it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth being so connected to highs school and people from high school.
There was a baptism for some lady at 2 earlier that day. I had it on the calendar and everything and totally spaced it. I had no idea who it was, she's never been to all three hours of church and going to gospel essentials for Sunday School makes it easy to meet investigators. Why do they do that? Why would someone be baptized without first going to church? Seems backwards to me.
This dinner for this year was my first time seeing everyone at once and it's always interesting to see who the guys are married to. There were even some guys I didn't recognize at all because there are so many employees at that store. Made me feel a little foreign and I missed our Centerville crew with their guys and their wives that I knew and always made me feel comfortable.
We went to El Tapatio and used a whole string of tables and half another. We got there late, something I had forgotten as a huge 'no no' if you want to pick your own seat and not get seated at the table that takes all the left-over people. I was so nervous that we were the last ones there, too. Meaning we would be the only ones not at the main table. Fortunately we weren't and the guy that Steven works the most with and his wife came after us and sat at our table along with one other couple that came late. I was most definitely out of my comfort zone and watched everyone else. Thank goodness Shayna (the guy's wife) is super outgoing and has no qualms about what stories to share and started up a rowdy conversation with the other wife and I put-in when I could but mostly stayed quiet. One of Shayna's best friends from high school is also a wife of one of the guys and she came over and sat at our table to get in on Shayna's stories and share her own. It was fun to listen to them and they seemed quite content to run the conversation.
I ordered fajitas and they were definitely not as good as the ones that I make. Not even close. It was a little bit of a let-down, but not something that I didn't totally expect. El Tap and I have a hate/neutral relationship. There is a building in Rainier and we had to go there for an assignment for Spanish once and order in Spanish. It was humiliating and their food isn't really all that good. Also, it's 'the place' to go in Rainier, apparently. A lot of kids from high school would go there for their birthdays and special occasions and I just don't know why. I guess it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth being so connected to highs school and people from high school.
There was a baptism for some lady at 2 earlier that day. I had it on the calendar and everything and totally spaced it. I had no idea who it was, she's never been to all three hours of church and going to gospel essentials for Sunday School makes it easy to meet investigators. Why do they do that? Why would someone be baptized without first going to church? Seems backwards to me.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
March 13 and 14
March 13
Such an incredibly busy day ahead of me that I only worked on the eliptical for half a hour before calling it quits with my mind churning with all the things I still had to do. Alaska wasn't ready to leave the daycare yet, she was having too much fun. I stayed and talked with the lady doing the watching for a little while until I was able to pull Alaska to the door.
Took off running as soon as we hit the home-front. The house wasn't nearly clean enough for the missionaries to come over and I needed to get dinner in the crockpot (Cafe Rio pork). Hurried along until nap time and my mom came out to watch Alaska while I went and did a funeral. There were only 6 or so people there and it was kept short since the man that died, his twin sister had to check in with her parole officer at 3. Easy peasy. John, the funeral director, had just sold the business the day before and so David, the new guy in charge, was there to oversee stuff. I did an extra-good job at releasing that dove.
When I got back, Alaska and Mommy hadn't left for the park yet. I changed quick and took a shot at going with them. We walked to Campbell and played for 30 or 45 minutes and then walked back. It barely gave me enough time to get the cilantro/tomatillo dressing done before the missionaries were knocking on the door. In my rush of getting everything ready I totally forgot about the rice. Thank goodness it was minute rice that took 10 minutes to make.
Megan's choir concert started at 7 and I knew we had to be there early to get a seat. We left right along with the missionaries, locking the door behind us. I stayed for the whole concert because I was enjoying it so much. Everyone else had to leave after the first song because of mutual or because they were hungry. Steven had come over straight from work and hadn't been home yet for dinner.
Dorian was in need of a date for his army banquet a few days ago and I instinctively had him ask Michelle (one of the yw in our ward). They had met on trek but he had always had a girlfriend since then. I know that she liked him and I was pretty sure that he had at least looked at her twice so when I offered to call her mom up and get permission he took me up on it in a heartbeat. He was a little timid about asking an LDS girl to an army banquet. Under good reason, I guess those things can get a little rowdy with the alcohol and a little grotesque with the humor. I told him not to worry about it. She could handle it. I am sure any LDS girl could handle it, really, sometimes I think he underestimates them.
After Megan's concert I went over to Michelle's house to help her pick a dress. Apparently banquets are dress up Prom-like. She was super excited and we ended up sending two photos to Dorian to get his opinion on a dress. Thank goodness he texted back the next day with his choice and that's what she ended up wearing.
March 14 -
Potluck at the church and I took fried rice. It wasn't super yummy, but at least it was edible. Which is saying a lot considering the other foods that were there. It was a passport potluck and you took your passport with you and checked off any foods that you tried from different countries. I was really surprised at how much variety there was. And as far as I could tell, no one had chosen China, lol. Not that fried rice is really Chinese, but you know. The missionaries were the hosts of the whole thing and they did a great job of keeping it interesting. After most people were done eating we had a little trivia. The questions were printed for us and put at each table and then when read out-loud we had to send someone up from our table as fast as we could with the right answer. We did a few of those, not the whole sheet, and then played some minute-to-win-it games. The primary kids were all over this and they did a great job. Then a little family feud of couples against couples but they had all the boys on one team and all the girls on another team so that couples were competing against each other. Some more minute-to-win-it and we had to leave to put Alaska to bed before they even started the 'messy skits' - I never found out what those were.
Alaska had a good time running around with all the other kids and made herself right at home even though she was the youngest by about a year. The older kids are so good to be gentle with her and she does her best to keep up. It's a good middle ground. The cutest thing ever was when the newest baby in the ward was sleeping in his carseat all the little girls gathered around him to watch. 5 girls around a carseat with ages varying from Alaska to 10 was the most precious thing ever!
Such an incredibly busy day ahead of me that I only worked on the eliptical for half a hour before calling it quits with my mind churning with all the things I still had to do. Alaska wasn't ready to leave the daycare yet, she was having too much fun. I stayed and talked with the lady doing the watching for a little while until I was able to pull Alaska to the door.
Took off running as soon as we hit the home-front. The house wasn't nearly clean enough for the missionaries to come over and I needed to get dinner in the crockpot (Cafe Rio pork). Hurried along until nap time and my mom came out to watch Alaska while I went and did a funeral. There were only 6 or so people there and it was kept short since the man that died, his twin sister had to check in with her parole officer at 3. Easy peasy. John, the funeral director, had just sold the business the day before and so David, the new guy in charge, was there to oversee stuff. I did an extra-good job at releasing that dove.
When I got back, Alaska and Mommy hadn't left for the park yet. I changed quick and took a shot at going with them. We walked to Campbell and played for 30 or 45 minutes and then walked back. It barely gave me enough time to get the cilantro/tomatillo dressing done before the missionaries were knocking on the door. In my rush of getting everything ready I totally forgot about the rice. Thank goodness it was minute rice that took 10 minutes to make.
Megan's choir concert started at 7 and I knew we had to be there early to get a seat. We left right along with the missionaries, locking the door behind us. I stayed for the whole concert because I was enjoying it so much. Everyone else had to leave after the first song because of mutual or because they were hungry. Steven had come over straight from work and hadn't been home yet for dinner.
Dorian was in need of a date for his army banquet a few days ago and I instinctively had him ask Michelle (one of the yw in our ward). They had met on trek but he had always had a girlfriend since then. I know that she liked him and I was pretty sure that he had at least looked at her twice so when I offered to call her mom up and get permission he took me up on it in a heartbeat. He was a little timid about asking an LDS girl to an army banquet. Under good reason, I guess those things can get a little rowdy with the alcohol and a little grotesque with the humor. I told him not to worry about it. She could handle it. I am sure any LDS girl could handle it, really, sometimes I think he underestimates them.
After Megan's concert I went over to Michelle's house to help her pick a dress. Apparently banquets are dress up Prom-like. She was super excited and we ended up sending two photos to Dorian to get his opinion on a dress. Thank goodness he texted back the next day with his choice and that's what she ended up wearing.
March 14 -
Potluck at the church and I took fried rice. It wasn't super yummy, but at least it was edible. Which is saying a lot considering the other foods that were there. It was a passport potluck and you took your passport with you and checked off any foods that you tried from different countries. I was really surprised at how much variety there was. And as far as I could tell, no one had chosen China, lol. Not that fried rice is really Chinese, but you know. The missionaries were the hosts of the whole thing and they did a great job of keeping it interesting. After most people were done eating we had a little trivia. The questions were printed for us and put at each table and then when read out-loud we had to send someone up from our table as fast as we could with the right answer. We did a few of those, not the whole sheet, and then played some minute-to-win-it games. The primary kids were all over this and they did a great job. Then a little family feud of couples against couples but they had all the boys on one team and all the girls on another team so that couples were competing against each other. Some more minute-to-win-it and we had to leave to put Alaska to bed before they even started the 'messy skits' - I never found out what those were.
Alaska had a good time running around with all the other kids and made herself right at home even though she was the youngest by about a year. The older kids are so good to be gentle with her and she does her best to keep up. It's a good middle ground. The cutest thing ever was when the newest baby in the ward was sleeping in his carseat all the little girls gathered around him to watch. 5 girls around a carseat with ages varying from Alaska to 10 was the most precious thing ever!
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