Week-in-review

This week we have been VERY busy! It seems like schools like to cram in as many activities before the end of the year that they can, add those to our personal activities, and you get a really full schedule.

Monday--I had my bi-weekly appointment in Pocatello, and my nephew, Kameron, had a musical in Idaho falls.

We have been attending classes that takes the place of appointments, but due to scheduling, we were unable to make class this week. Everything is going well, baby is growing, my measurements are right on track, and baby's heart beat is in the average range.

It was quite the rush to try to make it to Idaho Falls in time. We stopped in Shelley to pick up Dad, and ended up arriving about 15 min. late, lucky for us, they were running late as well, and we didn't miss anything. Kameron's Jr. High was putting on Sussical the Musical Jr., and as a wonderful surprise to us, Kameron had the lead role as Horton the Elephant. He has a wonderful voice, and does very well on the stage. The show was excellent; Good job Kameron!

Tuesday--Aaron was suppose to have mutual, but since we were so late getting home from Idaho Falls Monday night, we needed to go back in to Pocatello to go grocery shopping, and Aaron decided that he also wanted to pick up 'awards' for all of his high school students from the dollar store. After spending almost 2 hours in the dollar store trying to find gag gifts to go along with his 'awards', and still needing to go shopping, Aaron didn't make it back, but it was still a busy night!

Wednesday--MVHS Awards Ceremony. The high school puts on a ceremony mostly for seniors to honor the different scholarships and awards they have received. Each department also has department awards that they give out.

Thursday--There was supposed to be a stake fireside, but after such a busy week, we decided that it would be best to spend time at home as a family, which is exactly what we did.

Friday--We spent all morning out in the yard working on pulling sod. Everyone says that we should just rotor till it, but everything I have read says that this has a potential of making more work trying to then keep grass out of your garden area.

Friday night was Aaron's last concert of the year, and a closing social BBQ. His students did really well, and I think everyone enjoyed having time to relax and socialize afterwards.

Saturday--Another day full of outside fun! We are getting a system down that makes pulling sod not quite as daunting. Because of extreme temperatures (and after burning on Friday) we decided to call it quits around noon for lunch and for a nap.

Around 4:00 Aaron borrowed a lawn mower (two lawn mowers) from our neighbors and got our 'forest' mowed. He was fortunate enough that our neighbors had a riding lawn mower, so he borrowed both a push model for the edge work, and a riding lawn mower for the rest and was able to finish the job in no time...he also enjoyed having the opportunity of riding around as well. Although a riding lawn mower is not in our future, our neighbors have volunteered theirs for as long as we need it before they move around the end of June--something I am sure Aaron will take full advantage of :).

Today was another Sunday. Church doesn't start until 11:30, which always throws Alexis for a twist. When she is ready for a nap, we are headed to church, which makes for a long Sunday, EVERY Sunday.

We are all doing well, this is Aaron's last week, and then maybe we can start to get our house put together--at least something more than yard work--although our plan is to plant our garden June 1st, and this will still take a lot of prep work to get us there.