We Bought A House!

We became official homeowners for the first time ever this week. We feel very blessed to have bought a house that is only two blocks away from my sister. It also keeps us at the same elem. school for our kids and the same ward. I will have to post pictures soon. It's nothing fancy. But it's quite spacious and has room for visitors. =)

Playing Catch-Up

Life has been pretty busy lately. Joel had a visit to the ER a few weeks ago and we found out he had pneumonia and the super flu. That was exciting. So he was down recovering for a week while I was trying not to have a break-down. I was pretty stressed out about handling everything without his help and trying not to get sick myself. As a great blessing to me, the Relief Society jumped in and brought us meals all week. We had more food than we knew what to do with, but it was very helpful to us. Thank goodness, Joel is healthy again and my mental health is in tact (I think).=)

Anna and her cousin Gabe performed recently in a patriotic program at school. Anna was talking about this and practicing for it for weeks. She was very excited. Two of my favorite songs performed were "We're Coming to America" (It cracked me up to hear them sing this one, "Far. . . we've been traveling far. . . without a home. . ." too cute) and "What's More American".

This picture is priceless. Grandma Ruth came for a visit!! She and Lily met for the first time and of course, Lily was charmed. Ruth is very good with babies and got her to smile quite a bit while she was here. I am so grateful for her visit. It was great to spend time with her and very helpful to have her support with the kids while Joel was traveling for work.

Lily is doing very well with her casting. The Dr. has been changing her casts weekly and adjusting the foot position each time. The left foot was a little bit more stiff than the right. But so far, it looks like she will not need any feet surgery at all. I am glad that everything has gone well. But we still have a ways to go with about three weeks worth of casts and a few months of wearing the shoes with the bar.

Flat Stanley Visits Utah

Anna's 1st grade teacher in Hawaii has been very sweet to keep in touch with her. Recently we got a request to take some pictures of her friend Flat Stanley and send them back for the class to see. The class is reading the book and each student has sent their version of Stanley to relatives or friends in hopes to receive pictures of his adventures. We had a lot of fun taking the pictures. If you are wondering about the bear and rhinocerous, we took those at the Bean Museum at BYU. =)