I can't believe June is almost gone! Well, as always life continues to be extremely busy! Thomas is busy getting packed and ready to head to Nashville, Tennessee tomorrow for an international barbershop competition. He sings with a men's barbershop choir called Spirit of Phoenix and they are really good. I've gotten to go to several of their rehearsals, and they all sang to me one night. I was their "inspiration" as I was the only female in the room. It was kind of fun having a bunch of old men make romantic faces at me. Of course, Thomas' was the best romantic face, but I'm probably biased or something. But I'm really excited for him to get to go and compete and have a wonderful time over there! But I will miss him while he's gone. :(
As for me, I'm keeping busy also- there's lots to do as far as packing up the house that I've made a lovely long list of, however not a whole lot has gotten done on it yet... ;) I did manage to get the bedroom cleaned last week- and it looks amazing. But I have grand plans for this week as Thomas will be gone and I won't have much else to do but all the things on my lovely long list. :)
Thomas has also continued the job search up in Rexburg- he's really trying to find something that will let him work part time from home, so he's been investigating a lot of phone/customer service type jobs. He hasn't found anything concrete yet, but he has found a few leads that look promising. In the meantime, he's still selling shoes like MAD so if you know any Elders that are going out soon, or are out already and need an awesome pair of shoes- you know who to call! www.MissionShoe.com
My baby sister is up in Wyoming... and we miss her a lot!!! I hear from her every now and then and it sounds like she's having a great time, between falling off horses and getting snowed on in the middle of June. I am excited to get to maybe see her a little once we get up to Idaho- we'll only be about an hour and a half away from here up there! Of course, it would be nice to see some PICTURES... HINT... HINT... ;D
So on Saturday Thomas and I made a shopping day out of it and we went to Burlington Coat Factory to find me a good, warm winter coat (we had a gift card). While we were there, we discovered that Burlington has a whole huge baby department- something unbeknownst to either of us previously. WOW! We have just had so much fun registering and getting ready for Baby to come- we are way excited!
In the meantime, Thomas is feeling SO ready for us to just be moved and settled already! He is way excited to finally get to go back to Idaho, and he's tired of living here in the heat. I think he's starting to realize that we're leaving a lot of family and friends behind though. I am definitely looking forward to it as well, but I am going to miss my family terribly. It will be an adjustment- but I know it is the right thing for our little family. Also I am excited about the highs being in the 80's instead of the 110's. :)
Monday, June 30, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Life is Busy!!!
So it's official... we have a house in Rexburg! We made an offer last week on a lovely double-wide mobile home owned by a little widow who has taken wonderful care of it and it was accepted! We just have to go through all the lovely paperwork and all and fun stuff! How exciting is that!?! We are really excited to get to actually have a place of our own. It makes me feel so... grown-up! We will have a room just for baby too... so that will be exciting! I was kind of wondering where she would end up as we were searching for apartments and not finding very much of anything. Most of what we had seen would have been a tight fit for us. But- we don't have to worry about that! Hooray!
I am starting to look further at the ever-daunting task of packing up our house. It seems like it will be a lot of work. I can't say I'm terribly excited about doing it- and yet I'm way excited because it means we are that much closer to moving! I have mixed feelings about moving. I realized the other day that we are leaving in like- 6 weeks. Wow- that seems like such a short time! I am very excited to finally move to Rexburg, because we've been talking and planning for what feels like forever. There is a lot that is gonna have to go into this move though- it's a long ways away up there in Idaho! I'm glad to have so much family and friends and ward people around- I definitely will need a lot of help to get this done.
Thomas is deep in the throes of job-searching for when we get up to Rexburg. He's actually fixing up his resume right now as I'm typing this to send it off to someone he found up there. He definitely won't find as good a job as he has now- I think we've been kinda spoiled living here. But it will be a great learning experience for us and everything will be just wonderful.
My next goal in learning how to blog is to put pictures up. My mom just gave me a whole bunch of pictures on a CD of me all pregnant and stuff and I have to figure out how to get all the pictures from Thomas' computer onto our big hard drive where the rest of my pictures are- and then I can start putting pictures up here! Yay!
I am starting to look further at the ever-daunting task of packing up our house. It seems like it will be a lot of work. I can't say I'm terribly excited about doing it- and yet I'm way excited because it means we are that much closer to moving! I have mixed feelings about moving. I realized the other day that we are leaving in like- 6 weeks. Wow- that seems like such a short time! I am very excited to finally move to Rexburg, because we've been talking and planning for what feels like forever. There is a lot that is gonna have to go into this move though- it's a long ways away up there in Idaho! I'm glad to have so much family and friends and ward people around- I definitely will need a lot of help to get this done.
Thomas is deep in the throes of job-searching for when we get up to Rexburg. He's actually fixing up his resume right now as I'm typing this to send it off to someone he found up there. He definitely won't find as good a job as he has now- I think we've been kinda spoiled living here. But it will be a great learning experience for us and everything will be just wonderful.
My next goal in learning how to blog is to put pictures up. My mom just gave me a whole bunch of pictures on a CD of me all pregnant and stuff and I have to figure out how to get all the pictures from Thomas' computer onto our big hard drive where the rest of my pictures are- and then I can start putting pictures up here! Yay!
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Tag-ified...
Ok so my friend Lisa "tagged" me a while ago, and being new to the whole blog scenario I wasn't sure what that meant for a little while- but I finally figured it out. Way to go, me! So here are the questions I have to answer, and my subsequent answers to them:
My joys:
1. Doing housework. I love the feeling of making my little home clean and taking care of it! It's been nice recently to get to spend time at home rather than running to and from work and school and all that- and just get to feel like a wife for a change.
2. Feeling my baby girl kick me from inside! It's comforting to know that she's still there and she's doing ok. It makes me very excited to get to be a mommy.
3. Teaching Sunbeams. I absolutely LOVE it! I love coming to church every Sunday to be with those precious kids. Sunday mornings are hard because we have early church, but it's one of the things that really gets me out of bed and makes me want to be there- because it's so worth it every time I do. I know that when I get there they will be there smiling and waiting for me. They are so adorable- and it just makes my day to have one of the parents tell me "so-and-so asked about you all week!" or have one of my little girls ask me if I'm feeling better since I was sick last week. They teach me so much.
My fears:
1. Being alone. I have recently realized how much I really love having Thomas in my life. He does so much for me! I don't know how I could have done any of this without him, and I don't want to have to do any of it without him! Life seems so much better when I think of facing it all with him by my side.
2. That I won't get enough food in me to help my baby girl grow! I've been so sick it's constantly a struggle to get myself to eat so that I can actually have some nourishment. But so far, so good- I had gained 9 whole pounds (total) at my last appointment! Yeah!!
3. Being able to take care of my little girl and raise her the best way I can. I know this is kind of more like a goal, but I sometimes worry that I won't do everything right- and I know I ultimately will make tons of mistakes cuz I've never done this before, but I really am concerned with doing everything right that I can. I suppose that's a natural feeling that most parents have.
My goals:
1. To read the Book of Mormon every day out loud to my baby girl until she is born. I'm interested to see how far we get before then!
2. To survive this move up to Idaho. It's gonna be a lot of work! But I'm gonna do it! :)
3. To complain less about not feeling well. I don't think I really complain a lot as it is, but I just think I could be enduring it all better. Really I think Thomas is the one who hears most of it, but that's probably because I tell him everything that's on my mind.
Obsessions:
1. Music!!! It really does make life so much better. My life would be so empty and lacking... music!
2. Hugs. I love hugging- it makes me feel so loved. I love hugging, it loves me...
3. Water. I drink so much water. It's good for you- you should all drink lots of water! Especially you AZ-ers!
Random/surprising facts:
1. Tuna fish and pregnancy do not mix. At all.
2. I get to play one of the 10 virgins in a readers' theatre/musical skit my mother-in-law is putting on for the Young Women in her ward at the end of the month as a kick-off to their camp theme. I hope they don't mind a pregnant virgin... maybe no one will notice...
3. I got to see the Queen of England once. Briefly. I have a picture.
So there you go- hooray for tags! I am actually pleasantly surprised with my answers. I thought a lot of them would have to be lame because I never can think of good answers to questions like these- but I think they came out pretty good. And now apparently I'm supposed to tag other people... I don't know really who to tag because I really have no idea if anyone even reads this! So if you are reading this, and you have a blog and feel so inclined... consider yourself tagged!
My joys:
1. Doing housework. I love the feeling of making my little home clean and taking care of it! It's been nice recently to get to spend time at home rather than running to and from work and school and all that- and just get to feel like a wife for a change.
2. Feeling my baby girl kick me from inside! It's comforting to know that she's still there and she's doing ok. It makes me very excited to get to be a mommy.
3. Teaching Sunbeams. I absolutely LOVE it! I love coming to church every Sunday to be with those precious kids. Sunday mornings are hard because we have early church, but it's one of the things that really gets me out of bed and makes me want to be there- because it's so worth it every time I do. I know that when I get there they will be there smiling and waiting for me. They are so adorable- and it just makes my day to have one of the parents tell me "so-and-so asked about you all week!" or have one of my little girls ask me if I'm feeling better since I was sick last week. They teach me so much.
My fears:
1. Being alone. I have recently realized how much I really love having Thomas in my life. He does so much for me! I don't know how I could have done any of this without him, and I don't want to have to do any of it without him! Life seems so much better when I think of facing it all with him by my side.
2. That I won't get enough food in me to help my baby girl grow! I've been so sick it's constantly a struggle to get myself to eat so that I can actually have some nourishment. But so far, so good- I had gained 9 whole pounds (total) at my last appointment! Yeah!!
3. Being able to take care of my little girl and raise her the best way I can. I know this is kind of more like a goal, but I sometimes worry that I won't do everything right- and I know I ultimately will make tons of mistakes cuz I've never done this before, but I really am concerned with doing everything right that I can. I suppose that's a natural feeling that most parents have.
My goals:
1. To read the Book of Mormon every day out loud to my baby girl until she is born. I'm interested to see how far we get before then!
2. To survive this move up to Idaho. It's gonna be a lot of work! But I'm gonna do it! :)
3. To complain less about not feeling well. I don't think I really complain a lot as it is, but I just think I could be enduring it all better. Really I think Thomas is the one who hears most of it, but that's probably because I tell him everything that's on my mind.
Obsessions:
1. Music!!! It really does make life so much better. My life would be so empty and lacking... music!
2. Hugs. I love hugging- it makes me feel so loved. I love hugging, it loves me...
3. Water. I drink so much water. It's good for you- you should all drink lots of water! Especially you AZ-ers!
Random/surprising facts:
1. Tuna fish and pregnancy do not mix. At all.
2. I get to play one of the 10 virgins in a readers' theatre/musical skit my mother-in-law is putting on for the Young Women in her ward at the end of the month as a kick-off to their camp theme. I hope they don't mind a pregnant virgin... maybe no one will notice...
3. I got to see the Queen of England once. Briefly. I have a picture.
So there you go- hooray for tags! I am actually pleasantly surprised with my answers. I thought a lot of them would have to be lame because I never can think of good answers to questions like these- but I think they came out pretty good. And now apparently I'm supposed to tag other people... I don't know really who to tag because I really have no idea if anyone even reads this! So if you are reading this, and you have a blog and feel so inclined... consider yourself tagged!
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
College Graduate!
Ahh Wednesdays... I'm not really sure what it is in my life that makes Wednesdays so different from other days. Every day is pretty much the same nowadays! But nevertheless, it is Wednesday, and thus it is. Amen.
As some of you know over the past few years I have been going to ASU pursuing my degree in Music Education. I was all set to graduate this last May and be done forever with ASU! Yeah! However... since I've been pregnant this last semester, I got really sick while student teaching (and I've still been really sick all this lovely while) and I wasn't able to actually finish it all. So here I was, sitting on just a few weeks of student teaching shy of graduating and there was nothing I could do. So... I spent a couple months wrangling with ASU and various big-wigs and important people and such trying to work something out so I could salvage my degree. Things were just so complicated what with me going to have the baby in September, the middle-ish of the fall semester there; and then Thomas got accepted to BYU-Idaho and we were headed north to be up there and ASU wouldn't let me try and do student teaching up there. Anyway- long story short- they went through a number of options with me, and continued deliberating on what should be done.
So a few weeks go by and I hadn't heard anything, and so I emailed all these important people and asked them what was going on. I got a reply from Karen Kimerer, the head of student teaching there at the College of Education telling me to call her as soon as I could, that she had "the best news". I'm figuring- ok, they worked everything out, and I don't have to do any more paperwork. Great! So I called her, and she told me that after working with my teachers and people from both the School of Music and the College of Education, they had decided to reduce the number of credit hours that my student teaching was worth from 12 to 10, and then they felt they could give me a passing grade for it all. This meant that I could still receive my degree! She said they almost never do anything like this- but they felt that I was really deserving of it and they really wanted to help things work out for me. So... I still have a hoop or two to jump through before everything is completely set and done, but I am a college graduate. Hooray!
I had already gone through all the emotions and all of not graduating, and I had accepted the fact that I was going to have to finish some time later in life. I didn't like that, I would have rather had my degree done and move on with things, but I had accepted it as what needed to be and I was ok with it. But being handed this back with almost no effort on my part- that really spoke to me as something the Lord is blessing our little family with because of our faithfulness. We didn't know what was in store for us when we decided it was time to have children, we were just acting on what the Lord told us to do. And He blesses us every day because of that choice! It is an amazing feeling to get to see that, and to have something tangible (like my degree) to know that we are doing all right, and that everything will be just fine.
As some of you know over the past few years I have been going to ASU pursuing my degree in Music Education. I was all set to graduate this last May and be done forever with ASU! Yeah! However... since I've been pregnant this last semester, I got really sick while student teaching (and I've still been really sick all this lovely while) and I wasn't able to actually finish it all. So here I was, sitting on just a few weeks of student teaching shy of graduating and there was nothing I could do. So... I spent a couple months wrangling with ASU and various big-wigs and important people and such trying to work something out so I could salvage my degree. Things were just so complicated what with me going to have the baby in September, the middle-ish of the fall semester there; and then Thomas got accepted to BYU-Idaho and we were headed north to be up there and ASU wouldn't let me try and do student teaching up there. Anyway- long story short- they went through a number of options with me, and continued deliberating on what should be done.
So a few weeks go by and I hadn't heard anything, and so I emailed all these important people and asked them what was going on. I got a reply from Karen Kimerer, the head of student teaching there at the College of Education telling me to call her as soon as I could, that she had "the best news". I'm figuring- ok, they worked everything out, and I don't have to do any more paperwork. Great! So I called her, and she told me that after working with my teachers and people from both the School of Music and the College of Education, they had decided to reduce the number of credit hours that my student teaching was worth from 12 to 10, and then they felt they could give me a passing grade for it all. This meant that I could still receive my degree! She said they almost never do anything like this- but they felt that I was really deserving of it and they really wanted to help things work out for me. So... I still have a hoop or two to jump through before everything is completely set and done, but I am a college graduate. Hooray!
I had already gone through all the emotions and all of not graduating, and I had accepted the fact that I was going to have to finish some time later in life. I didn't like that, I would have rather had my degree done and move on with things, but I had accepted it as what needed to be and I was ok with it. But being handed this back with almost no effort on my part- that really spoke to me as something the Lord is blessing our little family with because of our faithfulness. We didn't know what was in store for us when we decided it was time to have children, we were just acting on what the Lord told us to do. And He blesses us every day because of that choice! It is an amazing feeling to get to see that, and to have something tangible (like my degree) to know that we are doing all right, and that everything will be just fine.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
And so it begins...
This is my first adventure in blogging! I realized that as we are about to take our little family all the way to Idaho that this would be a great way to keep people updated on life and stuff. I've never done this before so this is the GRAND experiment!
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