Well it’s been about two weeks since my last update and it’s time for an update. Last weekend we were in Peru sooooo I wasn’t able to update then so here it is.
I started back to work two weeks ago and things have been pretty busy at work. Which it’s kind of an odd horse I mean we are busy but our hours, which affects our bonuses is low so I don’t know. My boss reassures us that we are going to rebound and we are in GREAT shape and it’s all up to marketing. UNFORTNATLY for me I AM A HORRIBLE at sales calls. I know it’s partly b/c I don’t do them enough so I don’t practice but at the same time it’s another thing that I just don’t like them. I mean I HATE calling ANYONE and asking them for anything and it’s even harder when you have to try to get people to listen to what you have to say… especially in a world of people HATTING telemarketing… which is kind f what I do in a not so fancy way… I mean I am not given a script which most teleamarketers do get that… and I think there are scripts but I just don’t think that is the solution either… I just have to suck it up and get it over with then…. It WILL be easier, but other than that little part work is great. It’s wonderful to get back into a routine and establish myself back in my position. I really like being able to place people at jobs it’s really a great feeling and we have really gotten some deserving people in our system and it’s nice to be able to help them. So work is GREAT!
Maya is doing great as well she is now 2 months old she has her check up next Monday so we’ll be able to see how big she is. Everyone that sees her says she’s petite, which I don’t think I would describe my chunky monkey as petite, but I guess everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. She really is responding to people. Her smiles are so grand and inviting it just makes me want to just nibble on her she’s just so sweet. She is just a doll I mean she’s patient (for the most part) and doesn’t ask for much in return. Her personality is just already so different then Lehna’s which I can’t wait until she gets older just to see how she changes and grows in her own personality. I don’t have very many people tell me she looks like Tait or Lehna which to me she looks exactly like Lehna when she was this age but everyone says no… nor do they say she looks like me which when people say that I kind of raise a questioning brow b/c she definitely looks related to me I mean her eyes are exact copies of mine but what the heck do I know anywise.
Lehna is still doing great with her she still likes her mommies time but she also let’s me love on her sister at times. She really is very protective of her sister though she doesn’t like it when other little kids touch her or get near her so that just makes me really proud when she is protective of her sister. Lehna is just a mimic of us so much this afternoon I was simply calling Maya’s name and then kissed her on the hands and Lehna would imitated me the entire sequence of things I was doing to her which was so sweet. It’s scary just how observant she is though, and makes you really stop to think what you can and cant’ do in front of her. Take for example potty training.
Lehna this last weekend went with us to Peru and her cousin Landyn has been learning potty training… well Landyn is a little boy and he has MASTERED peeing outside in the yard to a science… and inside peeing well they haven’t been as successful with, but Lehna has been watching Landyn standing up with he is peeing well Lehna has been trying to mimic this very stunt. When we came home on Sunday Lehna announced she needed to go pee and she ran back into the restroom and pulled down her pull up and promptly standed in front of the toilet pretending to “hold” herself and tried to pee… (Sigh) when I asked her what she was doing she said “I go potty” (sigh) I then tried to explain to a two year old why she didn’t need to hold herself (b/c there is NOTHING to hold) and how being a girl means she has to sit down to pee. She simply stared at me and like a very obedient little girl turned around and sat on the potty and said “I pee in the potty” and go up and ran down the hall way with a complete naked butt. (Sigh) Over the course of the week I have seen her attempt peeing standing up again but quickly tell her that she needs to sit down to potty b/c she is a little girl. It’s amazing just how much this little girl mimics. So everyone around her needs to realize that b/c let me tell you when you “think” she’s not listening that is when she’s tuned in the most so you have to be careful what you say around her.
Some more exciting news for our family is Tait has decided to become a member of my church and he is going to be baptized next weekend. We are going to make it quite an event b/c we decided that we would also have Maya blessed on the same weekend so we could have a GIANT bbq and celebration. I am so excited for Tait and my family b/c we are now one more step closer to being an eternal family. A goal I have always wanted for my family and myself. We are very excited and I know that Tait is making a good decision and I hope his faith continues to grow and we learn more about the gospel and of our Heavenly Father.
Some more good news is most of my family probably remembers my best friend Sarah. Well Sarah was incredibly important to me and she was like my sister I shared so much of my youth with her and my dreams with her and she meant so much to me. Well about 10 years ago I was not a very good friend to Sarah and I betrayed her and our friendship was completely and utterly dissolved and I was left with a completely empty space in my heart. I never thought I would ever get to speak to Sarah again b/c I know how much she hated me and rightly so. Well last weekend I went to church in Peru and Sarah was there. I kept glancing over to her trying not to look over in her direction b/c I didn’t want to draw attention to her or anyone else that I was looking over there. Well I was so frightened when I saw her b/c I knew that she was going to ignore me and possibly even say horrible things to me again rightly deserved. Well I only stayed for part of church and left right after sacrament. Well my grandmother told me that she talked to Sarah and she told me to call her. I was so frighten what she was going OT happen and later on Sunday afternoon I decided to face my fears and called her. Sarah was so happy to hear form me and we talked for awhile. Over the next couple of days Sarah and I have gotten a chance to say all of those things that we wanted to say to one another that we didn’t get to say over 10 years ago. Part of me is so sad that Sarah couldn’t be in so many things in my life and I told her just that. I missed not being able to talk to her about plans for after prom or which college we were going to attend or even having her in my wedding. I mean so many things we didn’t get to share in and it just makes me so sad. I am so glad that we are starting to talk again to kind of restart a friendship that I thought was completely gone. I can’t wait to hear more about what has happened to Sarah in the last 10 years and hope soon we can catch up even more b/c I miss her as my sister.
It’s amazing how many things that have changed for the better since I have starting going back to church. I mean not to get sappy or anything but I am truly blessed. Tait has asked me to speak at his baptism and at first I was kind of upset that I had to do it but now I’m glad that I was asked. It’s something that really is important to me and I just didn’t realize how important until now.
I PROMISE I WILL ADD PICTURES SOON!
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Thursday, May 10, 2007
A Short RANT!
I just wanted to write a little rant about how much I HATE the post office here in my freaking town. Besides the whole fact we don't have mail delivery to our home really is CRAZY in this day and age but the other side that the people hate us makes it even WORSE! Since I have been home for the past six weeks I have been able to check the mail on a pretty regular basis... Well today I went to go check the mail and there was only like two little things in our box and Tait and I have both been expecting things in the mail and we haven't recieved them yet so I figured that I would check to see if they had ANYTHING for us back on the shelf... Well I have both girls with me today so I park in the non parking spot b/c I am going to "run" in there and I wanted to be able to watch the girls from the window (it's not even 12 feet in the post office from the curb) so I go in and there is this lady that is seriously mailing like 12 billion packages so I stand behind her thinking that since she has so many packages surely the counter lady will spare a glance my way since I was obviously waiting to be waited on. Well the two are just talking back and forth and she doesn't even acknowledge that I was standing there... so I popped back outside since I didn't want to leave the girls for so long alone in the car but I figured that since I could still see the window from the car I would pop back in there once they were done. Well as I'm standing there feeding Maya a bottle there was another lady that came in and she walked over to her box then walked over to window and got her package... the lady acknowledged her and even gave her her stuff totally ignoring me when I was in there. So I got pissed and was muttering under my breath b/c I didn't want to leave Maya again since she wanted to finish her bottle, but this entire time I am watching the billion packages being processed and trying to be as patiently as I can but in my mind I'm thinking... I just want to go home... but I figured since I waited that long... why not wait a little longer. So the lady was moving the final packages off the counter and I went back in. The two ladies still talked like I wasn't there and the lady with the packages turned around and goes "oh sorry about all of this" and I just kind of nodded and smiled. The lady finally left and the lady at the counter goes "can I help you" really crappy and I go "do you have ANYTHIING for box 2 since we haven't gotten anything besides just a few things?" and she goes "I have a TON of stuff for box 2" and I go "Really? I have NEVER recieved a slip stating that I had stuff" and she just ignored me and came back with a TON AND A HALF OF MAIL and THREE BOXES! I was more then pissed and I go "why didn't I get a slip" and she goes "I'm sure you have gotten one in the past" like this was supposed to be the explaination I was pissed.
So the reason for the rant is I wanted to apologize to all of those that sent us gifts for Maya's birth that we haven't sent Thank you cards for the reason why is b/c of the people at the post office. So they are in the mail right now and you should be getting them by the end of next week. I am so sorry.
So the reason for the rant is I wanted to apologize to all of those that sent us gifts for Maya's birth that we haven't sent Thank you cards for the reason why is b/c of the people at the post office. So they are in the mail right now and you should be getting them by the end of next week. I am so sorry.
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Pictures Here Pictures Everywhere
As promised I was able to get some pictures up for you so ENJOY!
The other day Lehna picked out her own clothes to wear after her bath so I took a picture of it b/c I thought it was soooo cute! She defintely doesn't understand the "matching" concept but I was proud that she was able to bring me both a shirt and a pair of pants!
Some dogs are just MADE for kids and let me tell you even though Daisy is the biggest pain in the butt she was defintely made for children. Her temperment with Lehna is perfect. Lehna plays with this dog all the time... everything from giving her hugs (LIKE YOU SEE BELOW) OR putting her baby blankets on her, to stepping on her (accidently of course) Daisy has never bitten or even nipped at Lehna which mades her perfect for us. (Even though she can be the most ANNOYING dog in the world!
Lately we have been spending HOURS outside this past week mainly b/c we purchased a swing set for Lehna & Maya we saved our change for about 6 months and any birthday gifts in which the girls recieved money we used towards it. It just goes to show you a penny saved is worth it! Lehna LOVES to swing so we spend many hours outside pushing her swing and blowing bubbles. This picture is of Lehna pushing her "baby" in the swing. Luckily we have a pinic table bench so we can push Lehna and not have to stand for the length of time she wants to swing.
Maya on the other hand would much rather spend her days sleeping or being WIDE awake in the pouch snuggie thing that I wear. She will fall asleep in this contraption and it is REALLY nice when she doesn't want to be put down or when the person holding her has to be standing up... for some reason it makes all the different, but for many of the parents out there holding a baby and standing up for LONG periods of time can be killer on the back so this thing allows me to hold her and still allows me to get things done at the same time. As I'm holding her I can just look down at her and see her darling face.
Here is a sweet picture of one of the rare occasions I was able to put her in the swing and actually have her stay asleep.
Lehna seems to really enjoy Maya. She usually tries "playing" with Maya and she will mimick anything that I do with Maya such as talking to her and making funny sounds to her. As I was trying to captures Maya's smiles Lehna got down and I was able to capture the two girls responding to one another. Maya will look for Lehna when she talks and when Lehna starts talking Maya will start to smile and respond it's really amazing. I just hope that the girls still enjoy each other when they are 12 & 14 years old... Lord help us all if not!
As luck would have it I WAS able to capture one of Maya's beautiful smiles. I was NEVER able to capture Lehna's smiles until she was MUCH older so I am glad that I have on of Maya. She has one little dimple on her left check that will peek out from time to time when she smiles. She's such a happy baby it's just so wonderful.
We did get our pictures back from JCPenny and since my scanner doesn't talk to my computer I had to kind of take these creatively and then I had to "adjust" the color so I apologize for the suckness of them... but at least you can see them... right!
This is our NEW family picture. I have to admit I don't like it as much as the pictures we had taken at Chirstmas but I still think it's cute... and poor Tait always having to lay on the floor...
This is Lehna's Two year picture. She was SUCH A PAIN IN THE BUTT the day we got our pictures taken. It was a total nightmare and this was the very LAST picture they took of her... the only way she would go out on the back drop by herself was to kind of chase her with the stool and then take it away from her and then she would laugh and do it all over again... And in doing this "trick" we FINALLY got a geniune smile.
Maya was pretty good during the photo shoot. I figured we would have all pictures of her eyes closed, but she was wide awake and actaully she wanted to eat during the session so we kind of teased her with the bottle but at least she had her eyes open.
These two pictures the quality on them is pretty sucky but they are really cute pictures and I just could NOT go without posting them so if you are able to see them in person I'm sure you will enjoy them a lot more b/c they are beautiful in person.
Here's one just for the art factor. This is baby Maya's feet in Tait's hands. I just think it is so sweet just to see her tiny feet the feet that I was waiting to kiss in her daddy's very large strong hands it's just an emotional picture I think... not to get too sappy of course...
And the last two pictures are for the grandparents out there... Here is one more smile from both of your grandchildren!
Have a good night and I hope this has satisfied your need for pictures for awhile...
The other day Lehna picked out her own clothes to wear after her bath so I took a picture of it b/c I thought it was soooo cute! She defintely doesn't understand the "matching" concept but I was proud that she was able to bring me both a shirt and a pair of pants!
Some dogs are just MADE for kids and let me tell you even though Daisy is the biggest pain in the butt she was defintely made for children. Her temperment with Lehna is perfect. Lehna plays with this dog all the time... everything from giving her hugs (LIKE YOU SEE BELOW) OR putting her baby blankets on her, to stepping on her (accidently of course) Daisy has never bitten or even nipped at Lehna which mades her perfect for us. (Even though she can be the most ANNOYING dog in the world!
Lately we have been spending HOURS outside this past week mainly b/c we purchased a swing set for Lehna & Maya we saved our change for about 6 months and any birthday gifts in which the girls recieved money we used towards it. It just goes to show you a penny saved is worth it! Lehna LOVES to swing so we spend many hours outside pushing her swing and blowing bubbles. This picture is of Lehna pushing her "baby" in the swing. Luckily we have a pinic table bench so we can push Lehna and not have to stand for the length of time she wants to swing.
Maya on the other hand would much rather spend her days sleeping or being WIDE awake in the pouch snuggie thing that I wear. She will fall asleep in this contraption and it is REALLY nice when she doesn't want to be put down or when the person holding her has to be standing up... for some reason it makes all the different, but for many of the parents out there holding a baby and standing up for LONG periods of time can be killer on the back so this thing allows me to hold her and still allows me to get things done at the same time. As I'm holding her I can just look down at her and see her darling face.
Here is a sweet picture of one of the rare occasions I was able to put her in the swing and actually have her stay asleep.
Lehna seems to really enjoy Maya. She usually tries "playing" with Maya and she will mimick anything that I do with Maya such as talking to her and making funny sounds to her. As I was trying to captures Maya's smiles Lehna got down and I was able to capture the two girls responding to one another. Maya will look for Lehna when she talks and when Lehna starts talking Maya will start to smile and respond it's really amazing. I just hope that the girls still enjoy each other when they are 12 & 14 years old... Lord help us all if not!
As luck would have it I WAS able to capture one of Maya's beautiful smiles. I was NEVER able to capture Lehna's smiles until she was MUCH older so I am glad that I have on of Maya. She has one little dimple on her left check that will peek out from time to time when she smiles. She's such a happy baby it's just so wonderful.
We did get our pictures back from JCPenny and since my scanner doesn't talk to my computer I had to kind of take these creatively and then I had to "adjust" the color so I apologize for the suckness of them... but at least you can see them... right!
This is our NEW family picture. I have to admit I don't like it as much as the pictures we had taken at Chirstmas but I still think it's cute... and poor Tait always having to lay on the floor...
This is Lehna's Two year picture. She was SUCH A PAIN IN THE BUTT the day we got our pictures taken. It was a total nightmare and this was the very LAST picture they took of her... the only way she would go out on the back drop by herself was to kind of chase her with the stool and then take it away from her and then she would laugh and do it all over again... And in doing this "trick" we FINALLY got a geniune smile.
Maya was pretty good during the photo shoot. I figured we would have all pictures of her eyes closed, but she was wide awake and actaully she wanted to eat during the session so we kind of teased her with the bottle but at least she had her eyes open.
These two pictures the quality on them is pretty sucky but they are really cute pictures and I just could NOT go without posting them so if you are able to see them in person I'm sure you will enjoy them a lot more b/c they are beautiful in person.
Here's one just for the art factor. This is baby Maya's feet in Tait's hands. I just think it is so sweet just to see her tiny feet the feet that I was waiting to kiss in her daddy's very large strong hands it's just an emotional picture I think... not to get too sappy of course...
And the last two pictures are for the grandparents out there... Here is one more smile from both of your grandchildren!
Have a good night and I hope this has satisfied your need for pictures for awhile...
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Another two week update!
Well I know it has been about two weeks but we have been pretty busy around here. I can’t believe that Maya is already ONE MONTH OLD! It’s totally insane let me tell you!
Maya Update!
The great news first… Maya had her hearing test yesterday at her Month old appointment and she passed both ears. The doctor said that she has perfect hearing so I was VERY relieved to hear that. She also is a big 10 lbs. 4 oz. and she’s 21 inches long. So she’s growing and growing… Most people that see her think she’s so little and I think just holding her you probably wouldn’t guess that she was weighing in a 10.4 but she is she’s my little stuffed sausage. She has been smiling quite a bit and we discovered that she has a dimple, which is really cute. I will “try” to capture it but don’t hate me if I can’t. She is also responding to voices she looks for Lehna when she talks which I think is super sweet and she will usually look my direction if I’m talking around her. She is also sleeping through the night which is FABULOUS! She sleeps from about 9:30 p.m. to about 3:30/4:30 (some where in that hour) which is GREAT! Of course getting her back to sleep once is a little rough she wants to play and just be awake but usually after about an hour she falls back to sleep. She’s a really good baby though she usually just cries to eat it is a little difficult when I want to lay her down in the afternoon and she wants to be held so I found that her trick is to swaddle her and that usually “tricks” her into thinking she’s still being held.
Lehna Update!
The great news first for Lehna… we are potty training… and so far things are looking GREAT (it’s early of course)! I bought her big girl underwear and she seems to really like them. I put her in her underwear for about 5 hours on Monday and NO ACCIDENTS I asked her if she wanted to go potty like 5 million times but she did GREAT. I then took her out to Wal-Mart and I put a diaper on her then and when we came back I put her back in her underwear and she did have an accident… so we did have some progress. They are REALLY working with them at daycare they said they want to have them potty trained in 3 weeks. Which she goes three times a week starting this week so we will have to continue to work with her at home but she really likes wearing her big girl pants so I was excited. Hopefully we can meet her teacher’s goal of 3 weeks. All of the two years olds are ready for the potty that’s why they are doing it so intently. Lehna is still adjusting to baby Maya she has had a LOT more fits since Maya has arrived but I don’t know how much of that is her being two and how much is her jealously. She will come to me when I’m rocking Maya and ask to be rocked. Which usually I will either put her up with me or I pass Maya off it just depends on how late it is. I know that sounds odd but if it’s late enough where Lehna will fall asleep then I want to take that opportunity so I can put her in her bed to start with instead of having to move her later. We are still struggling with that but we are making progress once she falls asleep we put her in her bed… she will wake up though and we move her back but then we will move her again once she falls asleep again. I really would like BOTH girls in their own beds by the time Maya is two months old… sooooo hopefully.
I wanted to let everyone know that in my last update I neglected to announce that Tait received a raise at work! I didn’t mean to not mention it last time but I did, they are now doing their raises by merit and he did VERY well which I was very proud of him so CONGRADULATIONS TAIT!
Another piece of news is Tait and I have been started attending the Crawfordsville LDS church. We have been going for the past three weeks and we have had regular meetings with the missionaries. The thing that I really enjoy about it is we are learning all types of new people and that has been wonderful. This ward has several YOUNG families so we have been meeting lots of people with children about the ages of ours so it’s really nice to make some new friends. The missionaries have asked Tait if he would be interested in being baptized and at this point Tait isn’t sure yet and I’m okay with that. I know that (for those that ARE familiar with the church) some things may seem really strange to him and confusing so I don’t blame him for having some hesitation. Most of you know that I am a member but I have been inactive for about 10 years. I have to say going back to church is really like feeling like I’m going home. It’s really a good warm feeling when I’m there and I’m so excited that Tait is starting to investigate the church. So keep us in your prayers. There are so many new things that I am learning about the church. Tait and I are in the Gospel Principles class and this is kind of like the class that teaches you the different elements of being a member it’s kind of like the owners manual and I am learning so many new things. I mean even though I am a member there are still so many things that I am learning. Tait has questions about and I'm able to answer some things but then other times I don't know... so I have to ask someone else... This Sunday I am going to ask the bishop about getting Maya blessed so I will give more information about that when I know. They said that it would probably be June 1st, but it depends on the bishop and I would like to do another BBQ after the blessing… since it will be in Crawfordsville I would like to have the BBQ after church on Sunday instead of the event being in Peru like Lehna’s was… But again I will pass on that information when I know.
Last weekend I took the children to Peru to my cousin B.J’s wedding. The bride just had a baby two weeks ago so she was a definite trooper. I don’t think I would want to get married two weeks after having a baby but she looked great it was a very nice wedding. My Uncle Stephen was the officinal for them and it was a good ceremony. Tait was on call last weekend so I had Lehna and Maya by myself but it wasn’t too bad since most people wanted to hold Maya and I kind of wrestled with Lehna when I needed too but she was REALLY good so it wasn’t bad at all. After the wedding we went to visit Nana Helen. The sandbox has been removed (thank goodness) but the kids had a great time playing with one another. We spent most of the afternoon in outside. Lehna LOVES to swing so we stayed outside and talked while the kids played… of course no visit wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the OUTSIDE sandbox so Lehna of course came home sandy… but she did have a bath once got home… and she was out like a light once we got home she has a GREAT time!
This weekend my mom is coming to Indiana so that will be really fun! I don’t have details of when we are going to get together yet but I’m sure by this weekend I’ll have some idea of what’s happening when. Hopefully it will be a nice weekend so we can take the kids outside to play. Lehna got a NEW swing set last Sunday so we have spent A TON of time outside the last couple of days. Luckily all you have to Do is pull a bench up and push her while you sit… b/c I don’t think I could stand for as long as she wants to be on the swing. We also have been playing with bubbles quite a bit. Lehna likes to pop them and she does have her try at trying to make them… it seems to work best when there’s a breeze outside… then she doesn’t get frustrated when the bubbles don’t come right away.
Well that’s my update for now… I do have pictures to update since I have been taking quite a bit since I have been home… unfortunately Tait didn’t bring the laptop home this evening so I will have to upload them when I have that guy… so hopefully very SOON. Thanks for reading about us and take care!
Maya Update!
The great news first… Maya had her hearing test yesterday at her Month old appointment and she passed both ears. The doctor said that she has perfect hearing so I was VERY relieved to hear that. She also is a big 10 lbs. 4 oz. and she’s 21 inches long. So she’s growing and growing… Most people that see her think she’s so little and I think just holding her you probably wouldn’t guess that she was weighing in a 10.4 but she is she’s my little stuffed sausage. She has been smiling quite a bit and we discovered that she has a dimple, which is really cute. I will “try” to capture it but don’t hate me if I can’t. She is also responding to voices she looks for Lehna when she talks which I think is super sweet and she will usually look my direction if I’m talking around her. She is also sleeping through the night which is FABULOUS! She sleeps from about 9:30 p.m. to about 3:30/4:30 (some where in that hour) which is GREAT! Of course getting her back to sleep once is a little rough she wants to play and just be awake but usually after about an hour she falls back to sleep. She’s a really good baby though she usually just cries to eat it is a little difficult when I want to lay her down in the afternoon and she wants to be held so I found that her trick is to swaddle her and that usually “tricks” her into thinking she’s still being held.
Lehna Update!
The great news first for Lehna… we are potty training… and so far things are looking GREAT (it’s early of course)! I bought her big girl underwear and she seems to really like them. I put her in her underwear for about 5 hours on Monday and NO ACCIDENTS I asked her if she wanted to go potty like 5 million times but she did GREAT. I then took her out to Wal-Mart and I put a diaper on her then and when we came back I put her back in her underwear and she did have an accident… so we did have some progress. They are REALLY working with them at daycare they said they want to have them potty trained in 3 weeks. Which she goes three times a week starting this week so we will have to continue to work with her at home but she really likes wearing her big girl pants so I was excited. Hopefully we can meet her teacher’s goal of 3 weeks. All of the two years olds are ready for the potty that’s why they are doing it so intently. Lehna is still adjusting to baby Maya she has had a LOT more fits since Maya has arrived but I don’t know how much of that is her being two and how much is her jealously. She will come to me when I’m rocking Maya and ask to be rocked. Which usually I will either put her up with me or I pass Maya off it just depends on how late it is. I know that sounds odd but if it’s late enough where Lehna will fall asleep then I want to take that opportunity so I can put her in her bed to start with instead of having to move her later. We are still struggling with that but we are making progress once she falls asleep we put her in her bed… she will wake up though and we move her back but then we will move her again once she falls asleep again. I really would like BOTH girls in their own beds by the time Maya is two months old… sooooo hopefully.
I wanted to let everyone know that in my last update I neglected to announce that Tait received a raise at work! I didn’t mean to not mention it last time but I did, they are now doing their raises by merit and he did VERY well which I was very proud of him so CONGRADULATIONS TAIT!
Another piece of news is Tait and I have been started attending the Crawfordsville LDS church. We have been going for the past three weeks and we have had regular meetings with the missionaries. The thing that I really enjoy about it is we are learning all types of new people and that has been wonderful. This ward has several YOUNG families so we have been meeting lots of people with children about the ages of ours so it’s really nice to make some new friends. The missionaries have asked Tait if he would be interested in being baptized and at this point Tait isn’t sure yet and I’m okay with that. I know that (for those that ARE familiar with the church) some things may seem really strange to him and confusing so I don’t blame him for having some hesitation. Most of you know that I am a member but I have been inactive for about 10 years. I have to say going back to church is really like feeling like I’m going home. It’s really a good warm feeling when I’m there and I’m so excited that Tait is starting to investigate the church. So keep us in your prayers. There are so many new things that I am learning about the church. Tait and I are in the Gospel Principles class and this is kind of like the class that teaches you the different elements of being a member it’s kind of like the owners manual and I am learning so many new things. I mean even though I am a member there are still so many things that I am learning. Tait has questions about and I'm able to answer some things but then other times I don't know... so I have to ask someone else... This Sunday I am going to ask the bishop about getting Maya blessed so I will give more information about that when I know. They said that it would probably be June 1st, but it depends on the bishop and I would like to do another BBQ after the blessing… since it will be in Crawfordsville I would like to have the BBQ after church on Sunday instead of the event being in Peru like Lehna’s was… But again I will pass on that information when I know.
Last weekend I took the children to Peru to my cousin B.J’s wedding. The bride just had a baby two weeks ago so she was a definite trooper. I don’t think I would want to get married two weeks after having a baby but she looked great it was a very nice wedding. My Uncle Stephen was the officinal for them and it was a good ceremony. Tait was on call last weekend so I had Lehna and Maya by myself but it wasn’t too bad since most people wanted to hold Maya and I kind of wrestled with Lehna when I needed too but she was REALLY good so it wasn’t bad at all. After the wedding we went to visit Nana Helen. The sandbox has been removed (thank goodness) but the kids had a great time playing with one another. We spent most of the afternoon in outside. Lehna LOVES to swing so we stayed outside and talked while the kids played… of course no visit wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the OUTSIDE sandbox so Lehna of course came home sandy… but she did have a bath once got home… and she was out like a light once we got home she has a GREAT time!
This weekend my mom is coming to Indiana so that will be really fun! I don’t have details of when we are going to get together yet but I’m sure by this weekend I’ll have some idea of what’s happening when. Hopefully it will be a nice weekend so we can take the kids outside to play. Lehna got a NEW swing set last Sunday so we have spent A TON of time outside the last couple of days. Luckily all you have to Do is pull a bench up and push her while you sit… b/c I don’t think I could stand for as long as she wants to be on the swing. We also have been playing with bubbles quite a bit. Lehna likes to pop them and she does have her try at trying to make them… it seems to work best when there’s a breeze outside… then she doesn’t get frustrated when the bubbles don’t come right away.
Well that’s my update for now… I do have pictures to update since I have been taking quite a bit since I have been home… unfortunately Tait didn’t bring the laptop home this evening so I will have to upload them when I have that guy… so hopefully very SOON. Thanks for reading about us and take care!