Journal time

Ok, this Sunday I'm supposed to give a lesson on journal keeping to the young women, so I feel that in order to not be a hypocrite, I need to write in my journal. Right now, this is my journal. I love it because I cannot lose it, everyone should be able to read my hand writing, and it's so easy to add pictures to it. The down side however, is that I always get distracted when I write in here, visiting other people's blogs etc. Also, I probably don't share all of my intimate emotions/experiences in here (unless they're positive) because of the public nature of the blog. I do love being able to share and connect with others so easily though.

So here is what is going on in my life right now. We are moving in 5 1/2 weeks. This week we got rid of the piano and got someone to agree to take our dog. Those are 2 major accomplishments. It feels good to get those 2 monkeys off of my back. The family that's taking Lucky seems really nice and they have a 1/2 acre fenced in back yard. Sounds like the perfect home for her. I've also been decluttering and scrubbing walls. I've made just small steps in those directions. All the walls will probably have to be rescrubbed in 5 weeks anyway, but at least I can get some of the stuff off now so it won't be so overwhelming at the end. My mom and dad have offered to come take the kids for a few days after school's out and Justin's mom is coming out to help clean and drive cross country. Aren't mom's great!

In other news, our yw fundraiser is tomorrow and I actually feel pretty prepared for it. We've already collected most of the money. YAY! Most of the ingredients have been bought and paid for, the packaging is all figured out. I just have to copy off the lists so we have multiple lists for people to look at as they are preparing and packaging everything we need. Girls have volunteered to help, multiple leaders will be there. I think it will go well. I'll let you know though. We are making 31 1/2 dozen cinnamon rolls and 28 dozen chocolate covered strawberries. Should be fun.

Kid news: Soccer is almost over. Samantha's last game was on Monday and the boys last game is tomorrow. I will probably have to miss it because of the fundraiser :( I'm bummed, but Justin will be there and it's the only game I will miss. John has been playing goalie all season. A few weeks ago the other goalie sprained his thumb, so John has been playing goalie the entire time for the last couple of games. I've been really proud of him. He's been doing a great job. Joey has looked really good this year too. The coaches have him playing forward (I think that's what it's called) he's in the front and is pretty aggressive. I think he's even made one or two goals this season, but he's best at assists. He gets the ball up there and then usually passes it off to one of the other players who get it right in the goal. It's been a really fun season to watch. They've only lost one game, and if that game had one more quarter, I think they might have won. The kids really didn't play their best the first quarter, but ended really strong.

The rest of the year is getting full of end of year picnics, field trips, BBQ's, piano recitals, temple trips, recorder concerts and family visits. I teach joy school for the last time next week. YAY! Still not sure when I'm going to get released from my calling. I hope the next presidency likes what I have planned for them. . . . camp is coming up so some plans have to be made.

I'm both excited and scared to move. Even though we've only been here 2 years, we've made some pretty great friends here. AFB are great places to move to because everyone is looking for friends and it's easy to fit in. I'm pretty sure we're going to stick out like a sore thumb in connecticut. oh well, it will be fun.

My doctor just called, I almost failed the diabetes test yesterday. I got a 135. Here they don't make you test again unless you're 140, but I guess other places the cut off is 135. I had to retest with John because I was 135. He wasn't going to make me retest, but after talking to my hubby decided to err on the side of caution and make me take the 3 hour test. Curse that man! I also had an extra ultra sound on Wednessday because it looked like the kidneys on the baby were a little dialated. The results came back normal, but on the upper limits of normal. The baby's size is also measuring in the 98th percentile and her amniotic fluid is also measuring high (indicators of diabetes). He wants me to go to Boise for another ultra sound with the specialists. He says they are just being cautious. I guess it's good to make sure eveything is ok, but it's still a pain in the neck. Cross your fingers that everything turns out ok.