We're private!

Now I can post all of the juicy details of our lives!! Since we're really, really exciting and juicy... :) I'm not so sure y'all will like the new journal-like format of this blog, but it's what I wanted to do for our "family scrapbook/journal." So, here goes!

Oh, it has been a crazy week. Good, but crazy. Hyrum was gone for a week in Boston at a conference and came home Wednesday. It was so, so good to have him back. He traveled a lot when he worked for KPMG in Boise, but back then I only had 2 girls and it was just a different ballgame. I never want to be a single mom and I've just come to know even more that boys need their dad. I just can't duplicate that "arrrrgh" when he comes through the door and then the tackles along with it on the floor. Mostly, I was just scared for my stomach and protecting it and suggested that we read a book instead. Just not the same as Dad. And the support at bedtime? The 2 of us against 4 of them is just much more productive than me against 4 when it comes to getting teeth brushed, pajamas on, prayers, drinks, etc., etc. I also did not sleep well at all with him gone. I heard every little noise and then would wake up and then couldn't get back to sleep. I did get my blog launched though with all the time at night after the kids were down. We tried to have some fun too: lots of trips to the park, and of course a big batch of caramel corn and a fort with movies. We had to put Spencer asleep at the fort part though because he would coming in and jumping on it.

Lauren and Hailey have started a little tumbling class at the Rec Center and Logan has a "little kickers" soccer class there. It's just a once a week thing and they have loved it. I'll post some pictures later.

Saturday, we were thrilled that all of "our" teams won and that the Utes, Cougars, and Broncos are still all undefeated! We were also glad that Texas beat Oklahoma, because we're selling our tickets to the Texas Tech-Texas game, and now they're going for 150-200 bucks a piece. Hyrum has almost paid off having Dish Network by selling his season tickets individually to the Tech games. We were going to go to the Texas game, but I think we would rather have the $$ at this point and then go to a "smaller" game.

Today, we got some sad, sad news. A good friend of ours in the ward just got word this morning that his oldest son died in Iraq. He has a wife and 4 little kids and my heart just broke when I heard. He didn't die in combat, but had some kind of surgery complications with an emergency apendectomy over there~we don't know all the details. His dad is the former bishop of the ward, Hyrum is their home teacher, and they are just an awesome family. I tell my Dad he's like his clone~he brought us over a pie one night that he had made and invited us to go water-skiing. I was like, "are you my dad??" They have just been so good to us. If you have any extra prayer room, remember the Johnson family from Lubbock.

Sundays have been crazy. I have to admit, I kind of dread them. Hyrum's in the bishopric, I'm counselor in the Prim Presidency, and Spencer hates nursery, and it's from 11:30 to 2:30, right during his nap, if that give you any kind of clue of how it usually goes. We're trying to make it work, but somedays are definitely better than others. I had a little breakdown a couple of weeks ago during church when Logan and Spencer both didn't want to go to their classes, I was supposed to be conducting in Primary and started having back labor from holding a tantrum-throwing Spencer doing his arch, and Hyrum was meeting with some people. I just started crying and couldn't stop~I had to go get Hyrum and just walk around the temple until I got a hold of myself. It's been a lot better, and people really try to help, but Spencer is such a mama's boy right now, he won't let anyone touch him. We've got to get him to get a hold of the nursery thing. I hate being the mom of the screaming one in nursery. Lauren had a croupy cough and a fever last night, so I sent Hailey and Logan with Jacob and Carrie to sacrament meeting, then put Spencer down for his afternoon nap (usually abt. 3 hrs) and left him with Lauren while she watched a movie. I was worried because my cell started buzzing during sharing time and it was Lauren. The Prim President answered it, and it was Lauren wondering what channel the TV was supposed to be on for the DVD. She was much better today, but I didn't want to send her to church. I had sharing time in Primary today, so I didn't want to bail on that one. It was actually a glorious Sunday~I didn't have to wrangle with Logan and Spencer in sacrament meeting, everything went great in Primary, nursery was peaceful because Spence wasn't there, he was still sleeping when we got back, and Hyrum came home early. I'm holding my breath for next Sunday though....