3 Day Marathon

I've been quite busy in the last three days so I haven't gotten my pictures posted. Friday night after I worked all afternoon we played games with some friends and didn't get home until 11 or so! We hadn't stayed out that long in a long, long time. Saturday I cleaned the entire house and then sat down to post right as Keera and Eric pulled up to work on their wedding announcements and then I had to go to work and didn't get home until almost 1am! There were 29 people at the Mania last night, it was crazy!!! So here I am....with 3 days of pictures.

First of all....here is the Valentine ladder kit picture that everyone has been waiting on. I finally remembered to take it on Saturday!

It's really not my favorite of the kits, but still fun to have! Now on to the daily pictures.

Day 41- Feb 10:

This is the time we got up this morning. This is the latest I've slept in my entire life and also the latest we've ever slept being married. Usually even on Saturday's we are up by 9, I think that comes from the fact that growing up my Dad would not let us sleep past 9. I didn't get home from work until 1am last night though, and then it took me a couple of hours to actually go to sleep so when the alarm went off at 7:45 this morning there was no way I was getting out of bed. So I turned off the alarm, went to the bathroom, and then crawled back into bed and put my arm around Russell and I hear "Why are you waking me up???" I reply "Because I don't want to go to church" and he promptly says "We don't have to." So.....we went back to sleep! And...the stabbing pain in my side also helped contribute to the decision to stay in bed rather than try and sit through church. T minus 20.5 hours until that OB appointment!

Day 40- Feb 9:

As I went upstairs to clean the bathroom yesterday I realized I couldn't put the Pine-sol in the sink to clean because the last time I cleaned I pulled the drain trigger right off the sink! I hadn't bothered to look under the sink because I was convinced we wouldn't have any of the tools needed to fix it. But.....I called my Dad before I cleaned and asked him if he thought I could fix it or if we would need to call someone. He was under the same impression, it was probably an easy fix but we probably needed some tools. So....I took a dive under the sink and found out that it was just a loose screw!!!! One little screw holds that trigger in place so that it opens and shuts the drain! So the facet is fixed and the bathroom is clean once again.

Day 39- Feb 8th:

In the couple of hours we had between work and playing games we went to our favorite store....Target! I finally bought a basket to put our shoes in by the door. For those who have been to our house you can imagine that it is much more organized than how they used to be....which was thrown all over the little entry tile area! I'm hoping the basket will also keep the tile a little cleaner too!

Nursery Time

Day 38- Feb 7: After our Primary leadership meeting last night I felt a lot better about nursery. We decided it would be best to have the kids split by age. They are going to have three classes, and Russell and I will be in charge of the oldest kiddos! I think it will be tons of fun really. I went and bought a manual and also two activity books for nursery. Now I just need to find time to copy, color, and laminate so that we can have the best nursery class ever! One book has little activities the kids can make and take home, the other has games we can play during nursery like Sabbath Day Bingo! Oh.....we also decided there will be no more throwing balls in nursery which I am grateful for.


Day 37- Feb 6: We did manage to make it to the post office before they closed on Wednesday and got our valentines box from my mom. Our pillowcases went straight to the pillows! My favorite pillowcases are the ones with snoopy. We also are enjoying our candies and decorations. Boy am I glad my mom still sends goodie boxes even though I'm married, otherwise our house might be quite bare for the holidays!

USPS

Day 36- Feb 5: I don't know why the postal service will sometimes deliver the packages from my Mom and other times decides to leave these nice little notes even though Mom says she makes it so we don't have to sign for them. To me it's just a hassle. I would much rather have had the Valentines goodies from my Mom today rather than waiting until Friday (my first opportunity to get to the post office before it closes)! And of course, they never actually redeliver even though it says they will at the top of their annoying little note they leave on your door which in essence means: You got something really cool but we are holding it hostage at the post office for days on end until you rearrange your entire schedule to get there before we close......even though the mailman drives to your home each and every day!

Never-Ending Ironing

Day 35- Feb 4: As we were getting ready this morning, Russell said "I might need some shirts this week." This statement I guess proves his theory that "When I put a shirt in the ironing it doesn't come out for a month!" So tonight I lovingly ironed three of his shirts so he could make it through the week. The rest of the basket will have to wait until a more convenient time. I could make it easier on myself by not insisting that his shirts are ironed, but I can't have my husband wandering around looking anything but 100% put together! I guess I could teach him how to iron, but then I would have to convince him ironing is necessary first. He still manages to sneak some shirts upstairs without being ironed, especially when he does the laundry while I'm not home!

Thoughts

First of all Happy Birthday to Cooper! I can't believe she's 13, it seems like the little girls have grown up faster since I've left home.

I watched President Hinckley's funeral today. I had to work yesterday so Russell recorded it for me (and mom, and sis if you want a copy). As I watched I had two pressing thoughts, the weird thing was neither were actually about the Prophet.

My first thought came as he daughter was talking about him while they were driving to the cemetary. She was saying that she worried for the longest time about how she would teach her kids the things they needed to know about the gospel etc. and said that when she heard him bear his testimony in a sacrament meeting she realized the best thing she could do was live the gospel in a way that would allow her children to use her as an example.

As much as I long for children, I am scared to death that I will not be able to teach them the things they need to know to live a good life and return to our Father in Heaven. Her words reassured me that if I am trying to be the best example I can, they will learn and hopefully choose to do the same things.

This leads to the picture of the day Day 34- Feb 3:

I have this picture of Christ holding this little boy in my living room. I hope I can teach my children as tenderly as the Lord taught those children who walked with him.

My second thought, which has stayed with me the entire night is more of a feeling. I feeling of sadness for President Monson. In a matter of less than a year President Monson has lost the two men he worked closely with for 40+ years. To me, this would be just short of losing his wife. As I watched him, especially at the grave site, it was obvious that he felt left behind a little. And in the midst of all his sorrow, he has to shake it off and be in charge. I can't even imagine having that responsibility. I pray that he will have the strength he needs to continue on as the Lord would have him.

365 Days

One year ago today a handsome boy walked into Archiver's with a friend and needed some help making wedding invitations. He happened to ask me for the help, I didn't think anything of it and quickly showed them where the paper was they needed, how to emboss, and then checked them out. He did make it clear before they left that the two of them were not getting married...her fiance lived in Atlanta. The next day I found a message from him on my facebook account and a few months later we were married! It's kind of funny that as of today we've been married for 225 days and we've finally known each other for 365 days!

And...the picture of the day is on a different subject. Day 33-Feb 2:

I've finally had some time to sit down and get a couple projects done that have been needing attention. After I finished a present for Camille, which I can't post because it would ruin the surprise, I made these cute little books for Larkin and Allyson's twins. Don't worry, they were born in November but at least I've finally got them done! They turned out even cuter than I thought, the only hard part was getting the ribbon through the tiny holes to bind them! Can't wait to give them to the proud parents, and to make some for myself someday.

A New Month!

I'm pretty glad January is over actually, now it seems like I can move on with the rest of the year. And....the semester is one-fourth done! Here's the picture for Day 32 - Feb 1:


Russell put up the valentines decorations for our ladder yesterday, he couldn't wait anymore! But...I did wait to put up my one other valentines decoration until February began, my love sign from the quilted bear. I love to decorate for holidays, I think mostly because my mom always has so this is the beginning of the valentines decoration collection!


I'll post the picture of the ladder once it is light outside again to take a picture~!