a blended life

I actually had a surprisingly good day, considering a)Leah got up at 4:30 am, b)Brian was working and c)Leah pooped her pants. Church was good, and Brian let me sleep quite a bit, so by the time he left for work I felt great. He got me these very pretty roses yesterday. Leah gave me a fuzzy purple corn bag (the kind you microwave and put on your neck when you get a migraine. Feels divine.) After Brian left today, she and Hannah took it upon themselves to make me happy. It was so cute and unprovoked. She went to the neighbor's and picked some tulips: "Here mom. I got you some flowers for Mother's Day." I didn't even know she knew what that was! Then she and Hannah played outside for two and a half hours. I normally wouldn't post such unflattering-wow-I-need-to-lose-some-weight pictures of myself, but Leah insisted on taking this picture of me. She even said "Okay mom. Say 'Cheese Booger'!" They went to bed without a fuss and I'm considerin...

Q: What's worse than living in a trailer house? A: Living with your parents. Q: What's worse than Cache Valley? A: Happy Valley. In case you haven't heard, we are leaving Cache Valley in a couple weeks and moving to the Provo area. Our contract ends at Tin Can Alley (*) June 1st, so Brian is looking for work in Utah County and pursuing a career as a chaplain in the military. We will be staying with my parents for a short time. I really don't mean this to be negative-we feel really good about this move and know that things will work out. It's just not what we had in mind and that's okay! Thank goodness for parents who are willing to house a nutball family. *Tin Can Alley is my little play on words, taken from Tin Pan Alley-a section of Manhatten where musicians would go (a long time ago) to record, publish, or try to get their big break. We refer to our trailer as the tin can, and I've been trying to finish my music degree, so...get it?

This past month has been a big blur of tests, illnesses, life changes, and a some ugly school work. I'm starting to feel a bit more like myself...hence the blogging... We went to Baby Animal Days. This is Logan's best event, in my biased opinion. They fill this huge farm with all kinds of newborn litters of animals-kitties, bunnies, puppies, piglets, etc. It's so stinkin' adorable. The girls wanted to ride the ponies: Hannah's melon didn't really fit that helmet: Hannah liked the baby goats. The whole thing is really overwhelming for Leah, so we let after this and didn't get to see the other animals. We had a pretty good Easter-very low key, especially considering that Brian was working (as he does every Sunday.) I tried so hard to get a good picture of the girls looking super cute in their dresses, but it turned into a huge fight. Oh well, Leah looks cute from the back, too. Hannah can sniff out chocolate a mile away. Easter was a good event for her, bu...

My apologies to my faithful friends and family- I have completely lost my head trying to finish this semester of school, and will catch up on blogging in the next day or two.