Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Life has been so good to us. We have already been living in Pleasant grove for 4 months. We have loved our landlords who live above us. THe hardest part about the basement is the noise, but all of the perks make up for it. They let us use their yard which we have never had in an apartment. We also get to interact with them and they are an amazing family. We have been able to spend lots of time with my two sisters anna and liz and their families as well as Luke's parents. I have had so much fun lately. I feel just as busy as a working mom even thought I don't have a job because I get to do so many fun things. In april I did Womens conference with Julie and Eva. It meant alot to be able to grow closer to them through that fun and spritual experience. We had a lot of exercise running from session to session and trying to catch the right ones for us. We were able to spend the whole day without our kids thanks to Anna and liz and we learned and gained a lot from it. I hope to do it again next year. We just got back from Washington D.C. this weekend to honor and remember John by participating in the TAPS program. We started out the trip pretty much set on not doing it again in D.C. because of costs but by the time we were done we knew we wanted to do it again no matter the cost. Luke got to connect to some special people that have lost loved ones and that is just priceless. We also got to see a lot of neat things. We watched the U.S. Marine Corps parade which was next to perfect. We spent some time in the Arlington cemetary looking for my Grandparents and Great Grandparents on my Mothers side. They are both named Max, which is neat connecting to past generations by having Max's name in our family. Im also grateful that we got to spend time with my parents in D.C. as well. They were so close that they drove down for sunday and slept over the last night with us. It was nice to give hugs and spend time with them and let max get to know his other Grandparents better. Max is so big these days. This morning he was throwing a basketball in a little hoop and coming to me afterwards asking for high fives. He is all boy. He loves watching basketball with his dad. He even cheers and says "Whoa" when someone makes a shot. He is also developing a lot. He is very observant in trying to figure things out. He loves to count which consists of out of order combinations like "2...7...9...20...5...". He also started signing along with songs like Child of God and ABC's. He gets about every 5th ward and gibberish in between but I love it because it is learning. We are trying to move forward with life. Luke and I both have callings in the ward which affects our decision to move out when we start looking for a house soon but we are a growing family and can't stay in this small space forever. We only signed a short contract with our landlords so we can't stay very long. Life is going by so fast and we are just glad that we get to be together through everything.