The Last Week in Review...

I thought that life would be a little less crazy once school started... It sure doesn't seem that way, and we are only in our third week! During school, keeping up with the boys is fairly crazy, and then after school? Well, we are back in the full swing of piano and dance lessons and of course there is still Young Women and Activity Girls, besides squeezing in Family Home Evening on Monday nights and all of the back to school stuff (Curriculum Nights, PTSA meetings, doctor check-ups, trip to the vet for the dog's recurring ear infection, etc...)

A week ago Monday, the Bishop called and asked me to speak in Sacrament Meeting on this past Sunday- nothing like short notice, it's not like there's anything else going on :). It actually went pretty well and it was fairly comical watching (from the stand), as Ryan wrangled all the kids. Speaking of Ryan, he has been quite busy at work and has also been taking advantage of the last of the beautiful weather to stain the deck and fence- lookin' real swell!

Last Friday, Ashtin was voted in as one of several ASB (Associated Student Body) Representatives at her Middle School. She was running against another girl and they actually tied, and so they became co-representatives. The funny part is that my sweet Ashtin voted for the other girl, because she felt "bad" voting for herself. Thus, she caused the tie! She's more than thrilled that they both made it.

Tomorrow (well, looking at the time, actually later today), Cortnee gets Contact Lenses and we are also preparing for my niece from England to come live with us for a while. She arrives in just over a week.

Seth is keeping me on my toes (and then some) with one thing after another... He pulls anything left on the kitchen table onto the chairs and/or the floor, he opens all the doors (those darn lever handles!) and especially loves to shoot the gap into the bathrooms to flush as much toilet paper as he possibly can down the toilet. He also prefers walking on his knees most of the time (even though he is capable of walking on his feet), yet he climbs up onto about anything. He also has quite the vocabulary for such a young bloke (practicing my British lingo ;)). No seriously, at fifteen months, he not only knows what he wants, he completely knows how to ask for it!! He also seems to know how to call 911, re-program our computer, change the channel on the TV, play X-box, get into cabinets WITH child locks on them, need I go on? (At this point, I'm just waiting for him to figure out a way to weasle out of his car seat.)

All this has been going on while Abby continues to cry and carry on about "not wanting to go to school" EVERY morning. (Even though she is perfectly fine in the afternoon when I pick her up!) Yet, (big sigh) IT'S ALL GOOD!!