What's New?

The last few days have been busy, fun, and overwhelming.

First, an update on swim lessons. They have been going great. The first day, was a little hard on Ashton. I put him in his line (Pre-school) and went to take my shirt off. When I looked up, he was gone. I don't know what distracted him, but he got lost. You would think with bright green shorts he wouldn't be hard to find, but he was harder to find than I thought. He was almost to leave the swim area when I found him, and he was crying. When it came time to start his class, he didn't want to leave my side. It took 15-20 minutes for him to go into the water and play with his teacher. In the mean time, Emma and I were trying to figure out what was going on with our Parent-Tot class. After the first day, things at swim lessons have been great. Ashton likes his teacher Megan, and Emma loves swim lessons. She has loved learning new songs - Hokey Pokey, and Tiny Tim the Turtle. We have lots of fun. It has been great for me to be able to take them. I hope I can do it next year, because it is lots of fun.

On Friday, we went to Pirates of the Caribbean II. It was good. I don't know what my deal was, but I was having the hardest time following the movie. The plot is a lot different from the first. And it is definitely PG-13. I don't think I would take a 10 year-old to it. It's not that kind of movie.

Saturday was a long day. We went to a grave side service for Andrew Fry's mother (Heather Fry). Our condolences go out to their family. And then Mike and I did dinner with Paul and Mindy (congratulations to Mindy - due date, Jan. 19). We went to Happy Sumo. That made Mike really happy. A special thanks to Melinda and Jason Randall who watched the kids while we went to dinner. I really appreciated it. It was a long day of chasing the kids around the graveyard and church during the lunch.

Today is Sunday, and I really don't know how we are going to make it six more months of this terrible church time. Mike had to go into work at 12:30 instead of 2:00. That meant no sacrament for me, because Emma didn't fall asleep for an hour (1:00 is when she fell asleep). So, I put Ashton down for a nap too, since I wouldn't be going to sacrament. I had to wake both of them up from a nap. Ashton did not want to go to church. I had to take a crying boy to church. I, with the help Melanie, was able to get both the kids in nursery. It's a good thing there are women who can help other women.

I guess that is my blog today. Thanks to my women friends. And thanks to Cass and Nate who are going to baby sit my kids tonight so I can go to the Bishop's Fireside with the youth.