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First Day of school...

Oh. I LOVE the first day of school. It means peace and quiet in the house, laundry that has been needing to be done for months, deep cleaning that has been waiting all summer finally gets to be done, toys get to be sorted, walls get to be painted, and long trips to the gym get to be taken, RIGHT?

WRONG!

SO the first day of school. Wow, don't let that cute smile on #1's face fool you. She is a TOOT! She is giving her teacher a run for her money and I am not sure if she (the teacher) is going to survive. Savannah is going to win every time, just in case you were wondering :).

Not too much cleaning. Not to much quiet. Lots of phone calls from the school and one trip for an early pick up.

Score:

DAY 1 of school

Savannah 1

Teacher 0

By the way... I have been SUPER exhausted between tending my adorable nieces/cousins/nephews, running 8 miles 2 times a week and 12 miles on Saturday (I think I hit my max at 10.

.. I am done!), and cleaning my house up after this cute thing

Which one you ask? BOTH!!! We got a puppy. A cute little labrador retriever that we hope LIVES/SURVIVES puppy stage. Between the kids torturing her and pottying anywhere but where she is supposed to, I am about at my WITS END! Why did I sign up for this? I musta been on crack.... or something.... OR maybe because I have lost my mind because I am have been growing one of these:

Yes. Friends. I am having yet ANOTHER girl. Seems as though we are really good at making those :). I am 21 weeks... just in case you were wondering why I was getting fatter... between growing a baby and eating just about all the junk food I can get my hands on, it's a toss up!

SO Maybe you have been wondering why I have been MIA.... Well that about sums it all up.

BTW the score has been taken:

Day 2 of school

Savannah 2

Teacher 0

I have to have a little bit of humor with this... otherwise I would just curl up in a ball and cry my eyes out all day.

Brian Head

About 3 years ago, I met my "person." She has helped me through the thick and the thin. When she was up, I was down. And when I was up, she was down.... although truth be told, I don't think she has too many down days :).

Anyhow, for the last 3 years, we have been going on vacation with the Waite's. The first year we went to San Diego, and it was AWESOME! Last year they came to AZ and we had a blast burning our buns in the heat. And this year, we went to COOLER weather, Brian Head, UT, just north of Cedar City. It was BEAUTIFUL.

We had a good time, even after Savannah locked Jon out of the shower with the water running and we couldn't find a key and bless his heart he didn't even get mad..... although he probably was somewhat furious, but didn't let on. And that is what makes them SOOOOO great.

The best part about this trip is we were in snow at 8 am and in the hot desert sun by 4 pm. Very Funny!

Where did I go?

Wow has it really been a month since I posted on my blog? Has a month REALLY gone by and I have not recorded ANYTHING? Wowzers. I guess I better do better.

There have been some ups and downs around here lately. Like a really LONG roller coaster ride or a REALLY hilly marathon! But we (I) am doing better. I have just been seeing a lot of tragedy happen around me and sometimes I wonder why bad things happen to such GOOD people.

And then I remember a friend telling me the answer, "Because, the GOOD people can handle it." I am not sure how I feel about that, but I always go back to Elder Holland when he said, "Where are you going to go when it gets tough? You won't find what you are looking for if you leave the sanctuary of the church. You just won't." Those aren't his exact words, but I take away from that that I am where I need to be and the others around me are exactly where they need to be.

Its in the hard times that we see what we are truly made of. It is there that we grow stronger.