News we have been waiting for...

On Sunday, Dustin told me to come in our room... I put him off for a second because I had to put a cup under the skillet so the bacon grease didn't get on the counter. When I came in the room he handed me a letter. I noticed his eyes were a little red. I saw the letter was from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and he had one that was open. I knew why he was crying. I opened it and it said that my cancellation from Eric was affective the date of the letter and we needed to get living ordinance recommends so that we can go to the temple and be sealed. It was hand signed by the first presidency of the church. I kinda skimmed through it and pretended to read but I already knew what it said because Dustin was full on crying by this point. I teared up but I guess I wasn't that emotional because it wasn't too much of a surprise. I have been ready for this since December of last year when we started everything (no, I am not bitter, well, not that bitter). We wanted to get sealed in San Diego on vacation but figured out that wasn't going to happen. I just saw the Snowflake temple on Melody's blog... sounds fun... who knows. We will have Teegan sealed to us on that same day. With Teegan being born and other things going on around me, I reflected on my testimony the other day. We have this family in our ward where the mom was baptized years ago from the catholic church and the whole family comes but the dad has never "bit the bullet" and "taken the plunge" of baptism. He is actually my photographer... anyways. On fast Sunday they announced that he was going to be confirmed and there was a gasp (Dustin told me). He hadn't told anyone including his kids or wife. Only the bishop and the friend baptising him knew that he was getting baptised but he told his wife to show up for an interview and she had the best surprise of her life. He said that he wanted to baptize their oldest daughter and that is what made him finally do it. Missy said that it reminded her of my own family. I just thought that it is so simple to be a kid because you don't know what you don't know. When you are an adult you are aware when you don't know something. When you are made aware or giving experiences that prove the church is true... how amazing... then as easy as that you can let something so small make you forget. As adults, we think we know more but really we realize that we know less and faith comes into play. Our stake president always says that he doesn't know everything about the church and nobody ever will because it is our Father that is leading it, not us. You just have to have faith in the things that you know you don't know and take pride in what you do know though experiences and hold onto that...

Scorpions

Ok, so we have a scorpion problem. We have seen them for months and got sprayed for them but I finally got stung the week that we brought Teegan home and Mason got stung the other night when we were at the Poison/Def Leppard concert. It stinks... your foot burns and then tingles like it is asleep for 2 days. I live my life now looking for scorpions before I walk around.

Mason's swim meet

Mason had his first swim meet of the year yesterday. He beat all of his old times and one time he beat by 5 seconds from last year. It is probably because of the 3 and a half hour practices everyday. The coach is obsessed with making the team better which is good but a little much. Mason is also in all honors classes and in student counsel. Dustin and I are very proud of him and all the responsibility that he is taking on to prepare for college.

Update on Teegan's weight

We went to the dr again on Monday and Teegan's weight was up to 8 lbs 4 oz so he gained 12 oz in 7 days which is good. I was glad to hear that but he has to eat every 2 hours on the dot. Teegan has his newborn pictures on Friday of this week. He is so cute to me...

Back to life...

So now that school is back in session... it's back to life as I know it - busy. Here is some of what our family is up to. Maddy and Myah are both in dance. Dawson will be starting football. Hayden is playing basketball for the middle school and Mason is swimming for the high school. The twins are the only ones not doing something. Dustin is (happily) back to work and got to take a private jet to a meeting yesterday. He is getting pumped for the Def Leppord, Poisen, Trick Pony concert this weekend. Our little one is on a pretty good schedule and only really fusses when he has to go number 2 or needs burped. Oh, and he is a big boy now because his embilical cord fell off on Saturday night. We went to the dr yesterday and Teegan only weighs 7 lbs 10 oz. so the dr wants to see him back in week. He is eating more these last couple days so I am sure he is gonna plump up before we know it. I just got the rubella shot today and 2 worts frozen off (none of which felt very good). ok, I gotta go eat some lunch so I can feed the little guy and get out of here by 1240 to take the 4 youngest to the doctor for their well visits. And that's what's going on in our neck of the woods...

My house

So, some of you may know that I have a house from before I was married to Dustin and I have been trying to sell it for a year. I just went in and signed the papers at the title company today and it is supposed to close tomorrow. THEN, I WILL BE FREE ONCE AND FOR ALLLLLLLLLLL! I really did love this house.When I bought it, it had teal carpet everywhere which did not go with my stuff. I tiled the main living areas and made it my own. I had fun decorating it and enjoying the patio with misters and the hot tub. It is a great floorplan for such a small place and I am sad to see it go but the girl who is buying it is very excited and I am sure that she sees the potential in it that I did.

Cutest picture of Teegan so far!

I think this is the cutest picture of Teegan and it actually looks like him