New Couches And Other Random Things

In my scripture study recently I've been studying the scripture mastery verses. It's been a fun experience and has given my study a focus rather than just forcing myself to get through a chapter each day.

I got to pick out my new couches over the weekend and John and my dad got rid of our old ones on Saturday. They were falling apart rapidly and hurt me if I tried to sit on them for longer than 30 minutes. My new ones came on Tuesday and we're all loving them. I think my mum was surprised that I got chocolate brown ones, because I always tell her she uses too much brown in her house. I actually like brown here and there, as long as there's other colours to help brighten things up. So that being said, my mum has ordered me new curtains for my living room that are a nice bright green and white that will look great with the brown and really brighten up the room.

3 of us have had pink eye over the last week (Caleb, Ty and I), but we're all in the clear now, thank goodness. Pink eye is horrible for me because I'm allergic to the drops. I suffered through them for 48 hours though to get rid of the infection.

We got our family photos on Sunday and I've used a few of them to update this site.

Brettley had his last pre-op appointment on Monday. I will be so glad after this surgery is done, and hopefully it'll be the last one. John also shampooed a bunch of my carpets that day since I'm not able to use the machine anymore with my back being so bad. I've been keeping my house really clean and that always makes me feel great.

I have now lost 10 lbs so far and earned $20 in iTunes money. I'm now working on the next 10 lbs to earn a book that's coming out in August that I've really been looking forward to.

Today is Caleb's last day of grade 1. I'm not sure if I'm excited for him to be home for the summer or not, and he told me this morning that he feels the same. He and I both thrive on routine, so Christmas, Spring and Summer break are all really hard for us. Hopefully it'll go well and we'll have a great summer.

Father's Day and Goings On

I don't even remember why I didn't blog last week, I just remember that something was up and I couldn't. I 'think' it's because I spent most of last week being super sick to my stomach for no apparent reason, but don't quote me on that. This week was a lot better health wise. We didn't do anything too big for Father's Day. John got his present early a couple of months ago. He'd REALLY wanted this miniature of a Balrog (fiery demon in the mines in Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring) that he can put together for a very long time, so I finally bought it for him as an early Father's Day and birthday present (it's about $75). We got him some cards, Caleb gave him stuff he made at school and Ty gave him a box for his tie clip that he made out of Popsicle sticks (I may have helped...).

In the way of exciting news, I've recently lost 4.6 lbs and am still going strong. John has offered to bribe me by buying me something every time I lose 10 lbs. My first prize will be an iTunes card, which I'm very excited to get.

Caleb is on his last field trip of the year today, next Thursday is his last day of grade 1. Ty got his preschool immunizations on Tuesday and got a milkshake with Daddy after. Brettley had his pre-op physical yesterday with his pediatrician. She told John that she's confident that Brettley's development will be caught up by the time he starts school, which was AMAZING news to hear.

I think that's about all that is new, though. Enjoy the first day of summer tomorrow!

Change of Plans

Brettley got his surgery date yesterday for his next eye surgery. It is on July 8th, and before then he still needs a physical done as well as a final measurements appointment, not to mention Ty's immunizations in there as well. Needing time off for all of the important appointments means that we won't have enough time to go to Magrath next month like we'd planned. We're a bit bummed about it, but also agree that it will help us in other aspects to not go, so it's pretty easy to accept.

Caleb had his piano recital on Saturday and did well. He really enjoyed it and looked so dapper in his suit and tie.

Ty has finally started being reverent during sharing time. It only took 17 months for that to kick in, ha ha. He's just so excited about everything all of the time and doesn't really know how to contain it, but I'm so happy to hear that he's getting better in sharing time.

Not too much else going on here. My burn is healing well and John's doing good. That's life this week in a nutshell.