Yard Work Season

So Saturday was the beginning of our yard work season.  Well it has been going on for awhile now but we actually got plants into our backyard.  We planted one apple tree, one peach tree, ten asparagus plants, and six blackberry plants.  The next things that will be planted are as follows: 50 strawberry plants, one plum tree, and a grape vine.  We are excited to be able to get outside and enjoy the sun a little bit more.  Caleb and I even got a sunburn.  He got it worse than I did on his face.  Funny story, so Carolyn and I forgot to put sunscreen on and noticed that he was getting red.  So we put it on and soon after he did a face plant in the dirt.  This is what he looked like after

Classic moment that will go down in our memories.  He did not cry because he heard us laughing and he decided to laugh about it as well.  What a great kid?

So here are some other pics that we took while we worked.

So keep up the good work and live long and prosper.  We will talk to you all soon.

The past few weeks or so....

So my time has got a little more precious to me now.  I have a new calling in the ward that seems like it is going to take up more of it.  I am now the second councilor in the elders quorum presidency.  The sad part about this is that we are still learning everyones names and faces.  I don't know who to help because I dont know who they are or even where they live.  That will come in time though and with patience.  Our presidency looks like a hard working bunch of guys so this should be a great experience for me to break even more out of my shell.

Midterms have come and gone.  Boy what a rush.  As the group leader working on this project of Eating Habits, I had to turn everyone's work in.  I had to wait for people for almost the entire evening everything was due.  She finally got it to me ten minutes before the deadline and I so I prepared her things and started to send them five minutes before the deadline.  Well there was so much information that the upload process took 15 minutes.  I was mad that it took so long.  Now it says that I submitted it late.  Hopefully the teacher will understand this and excuse us from being late.

Carolyn has decided to go the IT route in school.  She is leaving Computer Science behind and looking forward to this new field.  She seems to be interested in the security sytems so we'll see what she goes into.  School is going just okay for her.  She loves Statistics more than Calculus and hates Physics.  In that class there is just too much information thrown at you in too little time.

Caleb is now being able to make sounds that sound like words.  We know what he is trying to say but it is not the word.  Still it is very helpful knowing what he wants instead of guessing.  He makes animals sounds of a dog, cat, chicken, lion, cow, duck, and on good days a horse, frog and a goose.  He knows what a car and a train sound like as well.  He is so smart and cute.  We are very grateful to have him in our family.

We are doing well and surviving this thing called life.  I hope you are all doing the same.  Love you