Update on Us

So, I've taken the hint, and decided to update this thing on what we are up to, and how we're doing. And since I have a knack for writing way too much, it's probably going to be long.

Sorry.

Mike

He's so gonna love this picture!

Mike's supervisor area at work got changed, and he's now over the clothing and cashiers. He's loving it! It gives him a chance to really work on customer service skills with his associates. He's developing a Cashier Certification program, that he's hoping to implement soon. Basically, at D.I. the two most marketable skills for the job market are being forklift certified and having cashier training. He wants to actually develop a certification program so that (hopefully) his cashiers will be better-trained and be able to get jobs where they can use that skill.

His calling right now is ward clerk. When he first got called, I had a hard time not giggling, because the stake president told him that he needed to be really organized. And organization is really not Mike's thing. But, he's been awesome. And he really loves it (though he misses being in Scouts), Sunday morning meetings aside.

Allison (moi)

Old picture. I just don't take too many of myself.

I've been so super-busy with Relief Society. We had our Relief Society Birthday Dinner this past Tuesday, and it went so well. Our theme was "Portraits of Sisterhood", and we had gotten black and white portraits of the sisters, their mothers, and grandmothers, and displayed them on all the tables, and had a few speakers, talk about growing up in the Relief Society, in their culture or age. It went really, really well, and everyone had a great time (or so they tell me).

I went to the ENT a few weeks ago for a follow-up on the swollen lymph nodes I have in my face/neck, and since they haven't grown at all in 2 years, he thinks that it's nothing. But, just to be on the safe side, he wants to do an ultrasound biopsy. So, that's happening on Monday morning. Seriously hoping that having a needle inserted in my cheek isn't painful. Yeah, right, huh?

Adam


Adam is doing great. His reading has really taken off, and he is reading everything. It's actually made me really regret our decision to live in Las Vegas. We will be driving, and he now reads all of the signs we pass, and questions what they are. "What's video poker, mom?" "What does a loose slot mean?" And my personal favorite, "Nude girls? Mom, doesn't 'nude' mean 'naked'?" So fantastic, huh? I pretty much tell him to close his eyes whenever we're out now. :) For March at school they did a "plants" theme, and grew a bean sprout and flowers. He brought the bean home, and our job is to keep it alive. His teacher obviously hasn't heard about our lack of garden skills here. :) He really loves school and is dreading summer vacation. But, he is looking forward to getting to take swimming lessons this summer, and we're thinking about letting him take some kind of sports class at the community center. He is all about basketball right now (he walks around the apartment dribbling and begs to play at the park daily), so we're leaning toward that.

The Bean Sprout

Grace

She loves broccoli. Can't you tell?

Grace is having fun being 2. She's talking a lot now and speaking in sentences and it's so much fun to actually get to have conversations with her. She loves her friends in nursery, and looks forward to our play dates at the park and Sunday all week. She was having a hard time learning her colors, so I decided to have a "color day" once a week. Every Thursday, the kids wake up to a different color of balloons, we eat food with that color in it, we do an activity/craft, and Grace and I paint our nails. She loves it, and it's really helped her. Her favorite game now that she's getting her colors is "I Spy." She loves her babies and pretending and singing. She's such a joy... when she's not coloring her arms before church, that is. :)

Orange Day

So, that's us right now. We're busy, but we're all healthy and happy and having fun! And incredibly blessed.

This is officially updated. And I officially feel less guilty now.