Strangely exciting

Whoa. 2 posts in 2 weeks? Unheard of!!

I'm really trying to get better at this documenting our lives business so I'm going to attempt to start doing this blogging thing again every Sunday night. Wish me luck!

So let's recap this past week. Trey has been working nights on his ED rotation (Emergency Dept.) which totally stunk! We weren't big fans. I'm glad he's back to swings and normal days this week and then he'll be done with this rotation and back to an Anesthesia rotation. He can't wait! He's really excited to be done with ED. This has probably been his least favorite rotation so far.

It snowed. Twice. Yep. I wish spring would stop teasing us and just show up and kick this good-for-nothing winter's booty out of here!! Can you tell I'm fed up? It's just getting ridiculous.

We switched Lucy to the Monday dance class so now she goes Monday afternoons instead of Saturdays. All so we could make it to her final performance before we leave to Utah the next morning. I haven't booked our flights yet because I'm hoping for a killer sale to pop up. Flying is expensive-o! Rubes will be 2 by June so we'll have to pay for her (dang it!). Although I think her having her own seat will be nice. She's quite the busy body these days. I'm usually exhausted by the end of sacrament meeting trying to keep the crazy at bay. :)

I currently have 2 callings in church, assistant nursery leader and visiting teaching supervisor. Trey just got released from teaching Sunday School to the youth and is now a teacher in the Elders Quorum. Being a nursery leader is a busy calling for sure but I kind of love it. I'm definitely tired when I get home from church because I'm running around most of the time helping out all the nurseries and rotating toys, etc.

Trey had Thursday, Friday, and Saturday off after his week long string of nights so on Friday we went to the I-X Indoor Amusement Park (thank you HSSA). It was awesome!!! The place was ginormous!! It had tons of rides and games and carnival food. The girls had a blast. I think Ruby's favorite part was the sheep you could feed and pet. Lucy said her favorite part was the roller coaster and the "squish Daddy" ride.

Then that night we had tickets to Jim Gaffigan at the State Theater (awesome place btw!). I was pretty proud of the seats I scored, right in the middle 10 rows back. I was giddy! And Jim was hilarious. That man has a gift. Trey and I were laughing so hard. It was all new stuff we hadn't heard and it was golden. Oh it was so good. Laughter is definitely good for my soul.

On Saturday we just hung around (because it was freezing outside), Trey removed all the old shrubbery in the front yard, and then it began to rain/snow. Trey found an awesome table and chairs + antique buffet for a screamin' deal so he rented a van and picked it up during the awful snow storm. We have been looking for a cool buffet to go with our dining room and we found this set and decided this table was better than the one we already have so we'll sell that one and keep this. It's beautiful and it's 100 years old!

We're getting ready to redo our upstairs bathroom. We bought an old dresser + mirror and we're going to change it into a vanity to put in the bathroom upstairs. I'm so excited, it should be a fun project. We have so many projects we want to do this spring/summer, I hope we can get them all done before we get too burnt out. It's been super frustrating because we want to get started on all the sanding and painting but it's just too stinkin' cold! We're just waiting for the weather to cooperate so we can start all our projects.

I've started babysitting our friend's little boy Rowan on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It's been so great. The girls love him and he is a pretty chill little guy so it really works out well. It's nice to have a little extra $ too. :)

Lucy will be starting soccer in a month. A lady in our ward organized a little soccer league of her own, I guess she's been doing it for years. It's genius! It's 6 weeks long and it's all volunteer-based. We just had to pay for a jersey and a medal for the end. It'll be great just to introduce Lucy to soccer so she can learn how it works without forking out the dough. I'm interested to see if Lucy likes it.

It sounds like my sweet Grandma Darley's health is continuing to decline. It makes me sad that she is slowly slipping away and I'm so far away that I can't be there for her. My mom said she is down to 94 lbs. I hope she'll still be around when we are there in June. The doctor gave her a year at most. She has cancer in her blood, if Trey was here he could tell me the fancy name for it. But it's affecting other parts of her body, as to be expected when they've decided not to fight it (given her age). At this point I kind of hope Heavenly Father decides to take her sooner than later. She's lived a wonderful life. She just celebrated her 90th birthday this past February. She is such a remarkable lady, always so full of life and love for everyone. And so young at heart! I remember her always kissing me on the cheek whenever I would see her and it would always leave a big lipstick mark. :) I really feel honored to call her my grandma. I bet she can't wait to see her dear Archie. Oh the thought of that reunion just makes my heart sing.

Well let's pray that this was the last snowstorm of the season and we can move on to warmer days. It snowed like 7-8 inches here (not kidding) and I would say about half of it melted today. I bet the other half will be gone by tomorrow.

Well I think the tired bug just bit me. Over and out.