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We took the boys to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House (that's a mouthful!). It was a really neat experience and the boys did really well considering there was a line and it was blasting hot outside. We used the brochure they gave us - it had pictures of each of the rooms -and we made it into a scavenger hunt. We also counted how many pictures of Jesus we could find - we saw 17. It was a fun experience for me because I was able to explain some of the things we do in the temple to Andrew and I think he was able to understand because he was able to see the things I was talking about.
30 July 2009
Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House
We took the boys to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House (that's a mouthful!). It was a really neat experience and the boys did really well considering there was a line and it was blasting hot outside. We used the brochure they gave us - it had pictures of each of the rooms -and we made it into a scavenger hunt. We also counted how many pictures of Jesus we could find - we saw 17. It was a fun experience for me because I was able to explain some of the things we do in the temple to Andrew and I think he was able to understand because he was able to see the things I was talking about.
Movies in the Park
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We went to two outdoor movies (right outside our townhouse) this summer - we saw "Monsters vs. Aliens" and "Up." The boys loved it, of course. I love this picture of Josh, it looks like he's overdosed on cotton candy & popcorn. 06 July 2009
Life goes on....
It's hard for me to contain good news, thus, many have known from early on that we were expecting baby #3 - I am 9 weeks along.
Well, I guess when you share the good news, you've gotta share the bad. An ultrasound confirmed that the baby didn't make it and didn't really get a chance to even form. My body still thinks it's pregnant (my hcg levels are very high), and isn't doing much about it, so now we will wait and see what we need to do from here. It's sad and a big bummer.
I understand now why people wait to tell others - I wasn't expecting the flood of emotions that come when I talk about it. I'm really OK, I've got plenty of blessings to focus on right now, but I really just can't talk about it with anyone yet. I've got two perfect, healthy babies to give me faith that we can try again in the future.
On a happy note, I wanted to share an experience I had last week as we were moving. Yes, we moved. Moving is no fun, but I don't think things could have gone any smoother. We literally moved across the street, we rented a moving van which turned out to not be as crazy as Randy thought it would be, and I was absolutely amazed and humbled by the many hands that were there to help us. Thanks to you all that helped with the move and brought us dinners. And thanks to Randy's parents for watching the boys for a few days.
Anyway, back to the cool story....The move went great, except for one hitch....I lost my wallet. It literally disappeared into thin air. We bought a mattress for Andrew from an ad on KSL (don't worry, it was very clean and kept in plastic) and Randy and I went to pick it up after we were moved in. I pulled my wallet out to pay for the mattress and that was the last time I saw my wallet. We made phone calls and retraced our steps, but the wallet was gone. The only thing I could think of was that I set the wallet down on our car when I helped put the bed rails in, and then we drove off with it still on the car. I quickly reported to my bank and got everything closed and moved on with life.
The next day was Sunday and we went to church. Randy was in the stake clerk's office doing his clerk stuff when the desk phone rang. He answered and spoke with a woman that had found a wallet in her driveway, found the temple recommend that was inside the wallet, and found the Stake information that was on the temple recommend, which traced her to the phone that Randy happened to answer. Randy wanted to surprise me, so he oh-so-slyly slipped out of church to pick up the wallet. Little does he know that the RS president knows all and caught wind of what he was doing even before he returned :-). He was kind of bummed that I wasn't surprised, but when he told me how the wallet was found and how it got back to him, I was in tears. God truly loves me.
Well, I guess when you share the good news, you've gotta share the bad. An ultrasound confirmed that the baby didn't make it and didn't really get a chance to even form. My body still thinks it's pregnant (my hcg levels are very high), and isn't doing much about it, so now we will wait and see what we need to do from here. It's sad and a big bummer.
I understand now why people wait to tell others - I wasn't expecting the flood of emotions that come when I talk about it. I'm really OK, I've got plenty of blessings to focus on right now, but I really just can't talk about it with anyone yet. I've got two perfect, healthy babies to give me faith that we can try again in the future.
On a happy note, I wanted to share an experience I had last week as we were moving. Yes, we moved. Moving is no fun, but I don't think things could have gone any smoother. We literally moved across the street, we rented a moving van which turned out to not be as crazy as Randy thought it would be, and I was absolutely amazed and humbled by the many hands that were there to help us. Thanks to you all that helped with the move and brought us dinners. And thanks to Randy's parents for watching the boys for a few days.
Anyway, back to the cool story....The move went great, except for one hitch....I lost my wallet. It literally disappeared into thin air. We bought a mattress for Andrew from an ad on KSL (don't worry, it was very clean and kept in plastic) and Randy and I went to pick it up after we were moved in. I pulled my wallet out to pay for the mattress and that was the last time I saw my wallet. We made phone calls and retraced our steps, but the wallet was gone. The only thing I could think of was that I set the wallet down on our car when I helped put the bed rails in, and then we drove off with it still on the car. I quickly reported to my bank and got everything closed and moved on with life.
The next day was Sunday and we went to church. Randy was in the stake clerk's office doing his clerk stuff when the desk phone rang. He answered and spoke with a woman that had found a wallet in her driveway, found the temple recommend that was inside the wallet, and found the Stake information that was on the temple recommend, which traced her to the phone that Randy happened to answer. Randy wanted to surprise me, so he oh-so-slyly slipped out of church to pick up the wallet. Little does he know that the RS president knows all and caught wind of what he was doing even before he returned :-). He was kind of bummed that I wasn't surprised, but when he told me how the wallet was found and how it got back to him, I was in tears. God truly loves me.
04 July 2009
4th of July
Grandpa Jerry (my dad) & Grandma Lori were able to visit from Arizona on 4th of July weekend. We don't get to see them very often so it was so good to spend a few days with them. We went to This Is The Place...
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Grandpa helping Andrew stamp designs into a leather "beehive" +050.JPG)
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We had a BBQ in our backyard and then we watched fireworks from one of the Medical Towers (Sparklers? I don't see any sparklers. Especially not on university property.)
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