WOOHOO!

I am having such a good day today! First off, I got to order a new laptop for us today and a router, so I will have the internet downstairs once the laptop comes, YAY! I'm super excited about that. I've wanted a new laptop for so long, since our's only works when it's plugged in now and it's so old that it REALLY just needs to be trashed. The only problem was that I meant to order a red one but accidentally ordered a black one. Oh well, black was my second choice, so it's all good.

Even better news is that I have somewhere to take my laptop to on May 1st. Not only am I going to Time Out For Women, now I am also staying overnight at the hotel in a Junior Suite. A king size bed all to myself, YES! I asked John if it would be okay, and he agreed that I deserve to FINALLY have a night on my own with no kids. I am so excited about this. And it's got free high speed access, so that's a huge bonus.

Some news that even tops that is that my Utah trip is really coming together for me. Instead of things becoming more complicated, which they always have in the past until I ended up not being able to go each time, this time it's like everything is just falling into place. I'm so excited. We've had some changes to our original plans, but they are changes that are working out for the better. For example, we were originally going to go in October of next year, but it's now bumped up to August of next year. And I thought I was going to have to search and search for ways to spend a whole 2 weeks in Utah, but now we are going to be travelling through Idaho, Oregon, Washington and BC as well, so I'm super excited about that. And yes, we are stopping in Forks for a meal and spending a night in Port Angeles, ha ha.

And here is the best news of all. I got to go to the temple this past Thursday with the youth from my ward and do baptisms for the dead. It was the first time that I've been able to do them, and the first person I was baptized and confirmed for was my grandma on my dad's side. Super exciting! I also was baptized and confirmed for both of my dad's grandmothers and had Brother Closson baptized and confirmed for my dad's father and both of my dad's grandfathers. When Brother Closson was being confirmed for my grandpa I felt inside that I wasn't the only member in my family anymore. I didn't feel as alone as I had before. It was great. I cried a bit, which was so good for me. It had been so long since I'd had a good spiritual cry. It was such an amazing experience and I'm so grateful that I was able to offer these blessings to my ancestors. What an amazing and loving Heavenly Father we have who is so merciful to us all.

Poor Ty

Last night John and I were super tired so we went to bed at about 8pm. Well, come 10 I woke up to Ty screaming worse than I'd ever heard him scream before. So I went rushing into the boys' room to find Caleb in the crib and trying over and over again to jump on Ty. Caleb got in big trouble for that one and Ty got relocated for the night into the portable crib in his old room.

On another note, I'm starting to get excited about Time Out For Women in May. I still have no clue how I'm getting there, but I'm really looking forward to it.

Also, I'm starting to think about getting my driver's. The reason is that I want to have the ability to teach seminary. I am going to be substituting in seminary for a week next month, which I am so super excited about. Seminary teaching is my dream calling, but John keeps reminding me that I wouldn't be able to teach regularly without my license. So I've asked John to set up some time while we're in Magrath for me to practice parking and what not, the stuff that I don't ever do when I'm driving. I still probably won't get my driver's for quite a while, and even when I do, I don't plan on using it more than I absolutely have to in the city, but it would be nice to have it just in case. Maybe I can just not tell people when I do get it, ha ha. I guess we'll see how that goes.

Hobby Room

So it's been a fun week and a half here. We moved the boys in together on Saturday and it has gone far better than both of us expected. Caleb and Ty love to have company when they wake up and as long as we put Caleb to sleep first, then Ty doesn't wake him up when it's his bedtime. With Ty and Caleb in the same room, that opened up a room for us, which is now turning into the hobby room. It's where I'll do my cardmaking and sewing and where John can work on drawing (when he manages to find the time). I'm happy because as soon as we get my table upstairs then my cardmaking hiatus will be over, YAY!

I also have the portable crib set up in there right now for when I'm babysitting. I'm watching our friends' daughter a few times a week for the next few months. She will be 1 in April, is super cute and SO easy to watch. She adores Caleb and had lots of fun with him yesterday.

I think that's all that's super new in our house right now, though. The only other news is that we've found the right dosage for my meds, so I'm functioning normally again. My postpartum started to kick in at 3 months (again), so we upped my dosage from 50mg to 100mg and it's working really well for me. I'm a lot happier now. I wish I didn't have to take anything at all, but I'm still very grateful that I live in a time where I have the option available to me.

Anywho, that's all for now, hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

2 Down, 1 To Go

No, I'm not talking about kids, the next one is still a few years down the road. I got my second filling done today. I was super nervous about it because the one I had done last week was SO painful. My body had metabolized the freezing like it was going out of style. Dr Hursin had to use over 2.5 times the amount she normally uses. However, today was a lot better of an exerience. This cavity wasn't nearly as deep, and Dr Sihota put more freezing in to begin with, although I only needed half as much as last time, and it barely hurt at all. I'm so happy that it's almost over with, though. I get my last one done next month as well as getting my mouthguard, and then we'll be good to go other than checkups and cleanings.

I'm so glad that I had John give me a blessing before this filling, I know that's what helped me the most. I kept thinking about how our bodies are temples and that the Lord wants us to take care of them as such, so I knew that He wanted me to get the filling to take care of myself. It's so amazing how the scriptures can even help with things like fillings. The gospel is AMAZING!

Life is to be enjoyed

Hello everyone! I'm especially chipper today and there's no question as to why I am, it is coming from my new favourite thing in my house...Behold:














I had it done up in vinyl and put it up in my bedroom, in between the door into the bedroom and the door to the bathroom. This picture does not at all do it justice. I originally saw this on Lauren's mom's blog and fell in love with it instantly. So I hope you don't mind:) Now I need to find some things to do with the other rooms in my house, since I've totally fallen in love with vinyl, ha ha. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know!