MTC Blues

This is my family at Mimi's Cafe for breakfast the morning Justin leaves for 2 years!

Tony and my brothers dropping off Justin's luggage

Last week we had to say goodbye to my little brother Justin as he entered the MTC. He is going to the California, San Rossa Mission. My other brother Josh is serving in the Jackson Mississippi Mission, and he gets home in October. I know that it is good that they go and serve missions, but I am not a fan! I miss them way too much! But Justin will be an amazing missionary. He is an awesome person, and even though he is my younger brother I have always looked up to him. In fact I look up to all my brothers!

Kangaroo Zoo

Every time we go up to Orem Maddie wants to go to kangaroo zoo. So this last time we went up there my brother Justin and I took the girls. They had so much fun jumping on all the inflatable slides and toys. When it is too cold to be outside that place is the best to go to get out of the house. Another plus is the girls play so hard that they sleep good that night! I just wish there was a place similar in Cedar City.

Madilynn's Preschool Graduation

Maddie learned so much this year from the Busy Bee Preschool. She loves going to school with her friends and seeing Miss Brenda. Because she misses the school deadline for kindergarten by four days she will be in Miss Brenda's class next year too! I'm happy that she has one more year home with me!!

Storm

Last night was basically a nightmare! Imagine the scene.... night time, huge drops of rain pounding at my house, Thunder and lightening every minute, oh and did I mention I'm home alone with the girls?

So this huge storm is going on outside and I am trying not to scare myself as I put the girls to bed. I'm reading Madilynn some stories, and I keep hearing noises, so I get up and start locking all the doors. I get to my back french doors, and as I am turning the lock...the power goes out. So I am trying to stay calm, but thinking in my mind that as soon as the lights come on the scream guy is going to be staring into my face!

Meanwhile the rain is coming down so hard that it started to come through the window wells in our basement.(luckily it is unfinished!) So I'm a mess and my friend Ashley calls. They are building their house right across from us in the cul-de-sac. They just got the sheet rock up, and Ashley was worried about her roof leaking and ruining the sheet rock. So she called me at about 9:00 p.m. and wanted me to go with her to walk through her house to check on it. She was scared that hobos were hiding out in her house, so she didn't want to go in alone. (If you know anything about me, you know of my extreme phobia of hobos...and cats) We are walking into her garage which is covered with plastic and the only way to get in is through a slit that is cut through. I am holding a big spotlight, and I go in first. Ashley is right behind, and she trips through the plastic and falls down (she is 8 months pregnant by the way!) I point the spot light up and see two pairs of eyes staring at us!!!! These two guys were in there just sitting in the dark!!! So we hurry and get out of there and call our other friend who lives next door!!

Come to find out those guys were the sheet rockers and they were waiting for their ride. But still I was shaking for about two hours!!

And through it all both of our husbands were with the youth enjoying themselves and receiving blessings at the temple. Never mind that I almost could have been attacked by some guy in a scream mask, and two hobos living in my friends garage!!

Mesquite

Last weekend we went with some of our friends to Mesquite to get out of the windy weather of Cedar City.

We swam all day and then went to the buffet. The weather was perfect!!
Later that night we played games. Boys against Girls (of course) and no matter how hard the boys try they just never win. (Okay I will give them one win, but we weren't even trying!)