Official.......

It's official.....Craig was set apart on Sunday as the 1st counselor in our Bishopric. Some of you have been waiting for weeks to hear what his new calling is (It was like a tease to tell us that he would be called & have to wait a month to actually have it done.) So, it's finally done. The Stake Presidency was out of town all month, so it was a little delayed. Craig was a little nervous about being sustained. For some reason he wondered if people would sustain him or not. I don't know why he worried. I know he'll do a great job! He's gotten quite a few comments about how happy people are that he was called & how he'll be great in the Bishopric. I agree. He's such a great Father & Priesthood holder. I am so lucky to have him. I look forward to seeing how this helps our family grow & I hope I can handle everything that the future holds. I guess that's why there are grandparents that live close by, right? Hint, hint......

We received a letter in the mail today that made Craig & I feel really good. It was from a member who has been excommunicated & has been coming back to church for a few months now & was there on Sunday (some of you may know her.) She says in her letter that she was happy to see Craig put in the Bishopric & she's been watching our little family at church & knew Craig would be put in the Bishopric. She said our children are so well behaved (she doesn't see me silently squeezing their knee when they misbehave. LOL) She also said how impressed she was with Adam as he passed the sacrament & how much that says about us as parents. She said how great a job Craig would do & what a wonderful family we have. It was so nice to hear that someone thinks we're good parents. No matter what our kids say.LOL It's just not everyday that someone tells you that. It was such a nice letter. I really need to get to know her better. She lives about a mile from us. Even more reason to friendship her.

Anyway, enough of my blabbing. We're excited for the new chapter this opens up in our life & the chance for opportunity & growth. I hope we can live up to the expectations that come along with it too. Wish us luck, say your prayers, cross your fingers, whatever you do....we'll need it! LOL

Busy Life

Ok, I'm finally updating after a few people told me that I have been a slacker at blogging. This is for you guys...

I know everyone is busy, but we have been so unbelievably busy I don't really even know where to start. Ok, here goes....

First, we had our bedrooms all torn apart so we could have closets built in every room, the drywall texture & ceilings fixed & new flooring put in. Well, the closets are done, drywall done & ceilings fixed. So, while the 2 rooms were being worked on, everything from those rooms was shoved into the other rooms. What a mess!

I have felt so unorganized for 3 weeks now! I'm already having a hard time finding something to wear (something that fits), let alone actually FIND where it is! For a few days our jacuzzi tub was FULL of clothes from our closet that wouldn't fit hanging up anywhere else. I went to take the clothes out & accidentally turned the water on!! Yes, now we had a tub full of soaking wet clothes. Joy. Now I had to find a place to hang everything to dry....

Finally, Emily's room is pretty much done. We have to replace one of the windows in there so we can put our front porch roof on this spring, so we can't totally finish her room until that is done. Hopefully that will be done this week. Her room is a soft pink on top with white bead board on the bottom half with chair rail . It's so pretty. I love it. It seems so soothing. She loves it too, which is what matters.

The boys' room is a denim blue color. I told them they could choose the paint color. They kept choosing colors like orange, black, red. Finally I gave them a choice between 3 colors & they all decided on the blue. It looks great. They are really happy with it too. It feels good to have rooms that are finished with baseboard up & every piece of trim painted!! Both of their closets are done too with closet rods. Now, I need to go through their clothes & start giving some away! They have way to many clothes!

Our room has never been painted. It's like the last room in the house to be done. We've had the paint for 4 years! It is a taupe color. We had carpet in there, but Craig & I decided to do hardwood instead. So, that became our weekend project last weekend along with our closet system. We love it. Our new bed & mattress was delivered yesterday, so we got to sleep on it for the first time last night. Our headboard is HUGE!! Craig & his brother, Chad, stood it up & it's taller than Craig is. It's at least 6 1/2' tall. Craig says he's embarrassed at how big it it. I love it! Today we are finishing baseboard in our room(that is where Craig is, picking that up) While I paint the baseboard, Craig is finishing the closet system. I'm excited that things are finally getting done. This morning I spent 3 hrs just cleaning downstairs. I feel like all of our energy has been going to the upstairs that our downstairs has been lacking ANY attention. I have been like drill sargeant mom lately! I think the kids are sick of me.

This last week was also spring break. I painted trim a lot & cleaned upstairs sorting stuff, but I wasn't going to do that all week with the kiddos home from school. The last few days have been so nice out!!! We've been to the park (the boys had baseball practice too), we washed the car, played in the yard & just had fun. Now, I feel like It's back to work time.

I'll post pictures of our rooms later.

Ultrasound

Well, today was the big day! There is definately a baby in there.......Everything looked good & measured right. Baby is 11oz, so why have I gained 10 lbs? Hmmmm.........interesting. LOL Anyway, the Technician couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl. She tried many times & I even asked her to try again a few times. I think she was getting annoyed with me. Oops! I couldn't see any boy parts down there though. The Tech wouldn't confirm one way or another if she couldn't tell us with a 70% accuracy. So, we still think it's a girl. We got some cute pictures though. One is of the bottoms of 'her' feet the others are profile pictures. The baby was very active too. The Tech had to keep moving the wand to keep up with 'her'.

Don't you love how I keep using 'her'?

I heard there is a place nearby who does ultrasounds for fun. As soon as I'm done on here, I'm calling them! I have to find out!