Busy on Sundays

Well the only reason that I have not posted anything in the last month is because I am so busy on Sundays with this calling of mine. Don't get me wrong, I have enjoyed going out and visiting people and having meetings and being a part of this ward. I feel like I am finally contributing to a ward. The reason I'm able to post something today is because Carolyn and Caleb are sick and I don't have any meetings today. So let's see what has happened in this past month?

Dad and I have put together most of our shed and I think we will be able to finish it this week. While we were doing that I have been trying to prepare for a sprinkler system, grass seed, trees, and some flowers that will need to be installed here soon, within the next couple of weeks. I have tried to get the front yard looking better by weeding and taking out the dandelions in the grass. We are looking at spraying our cherry tree with in the next couple of weeks as well as all of our other fruit. Carolyn has bee such a trooper in helping out in whichever way she can without hitting herself while pregnant. She has done some amazing things that I think most pregnant women wouldn't even think of doing. Yet she still feels like she should do more to help me out. I keep telling her that she is doing just great with what she is already doing.

The semester is all done and over with. I think I received an A in my writing class. Carolyn got a B+ in stats and we are waiting for the physics grade. We are glad that these classes are over. My next class will be math 1050, college algebra, and will start in August. Unfortunately for Carolyn some mistakes were made by UVU and she has to take summer classes. So she won't get a brake from school till next year. She is such a trooper. Somehow she finds a way to take care of her family and go to school half-time and sometimes full-time.

Caleb is doing great. He is sick right now because he has three new teeth coming in. His vocabulary is growing but still needs to be fine tuned for other people to understand him. Isn't it interesting how parents can understand what their child is saying but have a hard time understanding someone else's kid. Anyways, he is saying a lot, has conversations with us (in his own language) and tries to say what we say, the good and the bad. I have said "shoot" a couple of times and he tries to copy it. Well, he comes close but sounds like another word. I will work on the words I use.

Ginger is just dying to have a backyard and good weather. She gets cooped up all day and just wants to run around. We need to find time to go to the park so she can do just that. She is a good puppy but has her teenage moments of rebellion. She is learning like the rest of us how to live with one another.

I hope all is well with you guys and it sounds like you are all keeping busy like me. Keep posting and I shall do the same, when I can. Below are some pics for you to enjoy.

Working in the yard

Blowing Bubbles

No it is not what you think.  Well it might be.  The truth is that Caleb blew his first bubbles recently.  These bubbles are the soap bubbles from a bottle.  At first he was blowing too soft.  Now he blows them better than Carolyn and me.  He gets so excited to see them fly.  When he is around other kids and people he gets shy and goes back to blowing softly.  He really loves to blow bubbles while taking a bath.  He is such a cute kidd.

Calebs vocabulary is getting better.  He can now tell us the he wants to go outside/inside by saying "sigh" and pointing in that direction.  He can say shoes, potty, wa wa, nana (banana), dada, mama, papa, tee (to brush his teeth), and others that I cant remember.  He loves to wear other people's shoes and walk around in them, copy Carolyn and I in whatever we do.  Basically he just loves to have fun.

In our yard we are preparing to pour cement for our shed this Wednesday.  It is 10' x 16' and will be located in the southeast corner of our yard.  On the west side of our house we are putting together a berry garden.  We have planted blackberries, strawberries and a grape.  We are putting a trellis up this year so that they can grow on that.  In the southwest corner we have planted an apple tree, peach tree and a plum tree.  Just north of the shed will be our vegetable garden.  This month I hope I will be able to get our sprinkler system in as well as grass seed down on the areas where we want grass.  Then next month we will plant our garden.  Our cherry tree is just starting to bloom.  There are a couple of dozen white flowers on the tips of some of the branches.  We are just so excited to put together our yard.  It is a lot of fun and will be so enjoyable to relax in.

School is going great.  Just three weeks left!  I have one paper left to write and then all of them to review, edit, beautify and prepare to be handed in for the final.  Carolyn is preparing for her finals as well. 

Ginger is just antsy to get outside and run around with the wind in her ears and jowles.  She is a good dog for the most part and is a good babysitter when we need it.

Have a great week and talk to you later.