Thursday, January 28, 2010

Home from Utah!

Jan. 28, 2010

Just got home from Kirsti's yesterday afternoon. I went to help when she had to go on bedrest for a few days do to high blood pressure. I went to help with the kids and house work and just to keep her down. (I got there Jan. 21st.) Well it worked. She is now up and about. The doctor is pretty sure he will be able to keep her BP down now with medication at least long enough for the baby to grow some more. Today her BP was 120/60. You can't get any better than that! Hopefully it will stay down for at least 8 more weeks. She will then be 32 weeks along and it will be safe to deliver the baby if need be.

I sure enjoyed being with my girls!! I miss them already, but have learned why you have your children when your young. Wow! Do I ever feel old and tired today!! I've now got to get some laundry done and try to get back into my routine. I've also got to try and prepare to go back to Kirsti's when the baby comes. The doctor said the baby probably will have to be delivered early so I've got to get the Adovn books caught up and all our taxes ready to take to the accountant. I'll start that Monday. For now I'm just going to try and get the laundry caught up and get the Avon cataloges sent out. Oh and I have to work on my VT corrdinator duties. Oh so much to do!!

Monday, January 18, 2010

Guess who turned 55!



You guessed it, Rick! His birthday was Sunday Jan. 17 and we had a fun party with Kirsti and the girls. They came to spend the weekend with us and helped celberate!! He got some really nice gifts. He got some new shirts for work, season 4 of "Lost", "The Joseph Smith Papers" book 1 and 2, the books "Reflections on Christ" and "Another Testament" by Mark Mabry (he also got a CD and DVD that goes with "Another Testament"), and a wallet. He loved his cards. Becky and Scott sent him a neat one that played Star Wars music and commented on how long ago he was born. My Mom sent him a great card with a cute monkey in sun glasses on the front that said OK... Light the candles. It took him a while and help from Kirsti to relize the back of the card said "and call the fire department". Tommy called to wish Rick "Happy Birthday" and said he was sending the new "Star Trek" movie in blue ray. Thanks so much everyone for making his day special.

It was fun having Kirsti and the girls here for the weekend. It was kind of low key, but Rick did take Kenzie and Ashley sledding. They had so much fun!! Of course I had to run over and get some pictures. They were gone a lot longer than I thought they would be, because it was so cold. They were sledding almost 2 hours. Wow! They akso helped Grandma make banana bread. We used my new Bosh mixer. (It was my mother-in-laws mixer she had for years, but never used.) It was the first time I had used the mixer and just loved it. We made 7 loaves of banana bread. And you should of seen us covered in flour, bananas and eggs. It has been a long time since I baked with little ones help. It was so fun!

Monday, January 4, 2010

Happy New Year 2010

Jan. 4 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! It is going to take me a while to get used to the 2010 thing. I'll probably just get used to it and then it will be 2011.

We spent new years eve with the Burtenshaws playing games and eating goodies. We really had a fun time. Nicole and Scott (Torri & Curtis' daughter and son in-law) were there too. Scott even played games with us which made it even more fun. (Scott doesn't like to play games very much.) Thanks Scott! At midnight we watched the ball drop in Times Square and yelled HAPPY NEW YEAR! (Unfortunately I didn't remember to take my camera so got no photo's. Maybe next year!) Since it was way passed our bedtime we went home and were in bed by 12:30. One of my favorite ways to spend New Years Eve.

Yesterday, the first Sunday of the year, we started church at 9 am. It sure was hard getting up early, but I do like the early schedule better. It will be nicer once I get used to getting up and not sleeping in on Sundays. We also started teaching the "Marriage and Family Relations Class" again. That was our church calling a couple years ago and we were never released from that calling before we were given the ones we now have (High Priest Group Leaders 1st counselor and Visiting Teaching Coordinator). Unfortunately our new Bishop remembered that and so now we are teaching that class again in Sunday School, along with everything else. When I told my Mom we were teaching that class again she laughed so hard I thought she might fall off her chair. (That was my reaction when they originally called us to teach the class.) There must be something I need to learn that I'm just not getting from this class. I sure hope I get it this time through. I did ask the Bishop if Rick and I were going to be the eternal "Marriage and Family Relations Class" teacher. He laughed about that but never answered me. I hope he's actually not considering it.