the search continues

well, as some of you have already heard, our first offer on a house was rejected-kinda stinks but i guess it wasn't meant to be...so moving on-the search continues for a new house to call home. we have way too much stuff, seriously we have way too much stuff. and we're increasing our size by 1 come next may. it would be really nice if it was a boy, then he'd share a room with mese, but if it's a girl-things will be a little snug with sila and nani. we'll have to wait and see.
primary was way crazy today...i'm without a secretary and boy, that one person really can make a difference. hopefully we'll get someone by next week. i should be grateful at least that we didn't have any runaways right?
i woke up with a sore throat this morning, not good. but mason made me some bacon and eggs for breakfast with orange juice. side note: upon tasting her eggs, sila walks over to mason and tells him"i can't eat the eggs, they taste like soap!" to which mason replies,"oh sila, just eat your food!" to which i replied,"uh, mason...my eggs tasted like soap too!" i ate the eggs of course because i just thought, i'm pregnant and my sense of taste, smell are magnified & sensitive. mason felt bad and told me i should have thrown them out-he did tell sila she could throw her eggs out too. thanks for trying honey.

Prop 8: In defense of the teachings of the Savior

Friends and family, we want to let you know that we stand to protect marriage as it is ordained by God. It is important that we all realize the importance of this moral issue. Prop 8 defines marriage as being between a man and a woman. The Proclamation to the Family also states this. We do not wish to take away the agency of our brothers and sisters or pass judgement on their actions. But, we must not allow immoral actions to be recognized as valid.
The validation of gay marriage will result in the taking away of our rights to believe what we believe. Make no mistake, satan supports gay marriage and will use it as a tool to take away our religous freedom. The next initiative if prop 8 does not pass will be to sanction churches who will not marry same sex couples. Then they will teach gay marriage as a norm in schools. We have the right to believe that same sex marriage is immoral. Please stand with us and vote yes on prop 8.

still kicking

here's a recap of what's happened this last week-
monday-put our first offer on a house(quite exciting)
tuesday-threw my back out, spent most of the day on my bedroom floor(not fun). shawn & darcy brought a delicious dinner over-thanks guys! and nia, carrie and mason were so helpful in watching the kids and helping me-thanks to all of you.
wednesday-still recovering from back injury. cop showed up at my door to inform me that they just arrested a man for burglary and he had mason's credit card statement in his wallet! we sure lucked out-what a blessing that they caught the thief. johanna took the girls for the morning while i rested-thank you johanna-it sure is a blessing to have family & friends who take such good care of you!
thursday-still recovering and getting much better. ala & jeanette brought a wonderful meal over-thanks guys! and later that night we took peaches over to mese's and he concocted a divine peach pie-so good! thanks again for helping to ease my back pain even if for a moment:)
friday-johanna's 21st birthday! kenny, however did you get so lucky?!
saturday-stagecoach days parade(nice, but weather was cold), looked at another house, had delicious apples from herschel's farm, and enjoyed the evening with darcy, ashley, and our children. we topped it off with mason's outrageous beef stew-thanks honey.
sunday-listened to conference-way good. had a feast at my dad's during halftime(i guess it would be more like breaktime) then returned home to listen/nap to the rest of conference-also way good.
i know, it's a long post, but a lot happened and i didn't want to miss a thing-thanks again to all who helped me and our family this week as i recovered from my back injury. we love you.

p.s. the rumors are true...i'm 10 weeks pregnant and the baby's due may 4th-yeah for spring babies!

no news is good news

i haven't been blogging in a little while, which should mean that things are going allright, right? well, so far, so good. we had a funtastic time with cousins from eagle mountain-thanks for all the fun! i'm looking forward to cooler weather-did i mention i LOVE fall? it's my favorite time of the year-besides christmas of course. wouldn't it be nice to visit the eastcoast in the fall? one of these days i'll make it there. anyway, sunday...primary was a little hectic with new teachers, new classes-but it all worked out in the end-or at least it will, eventually. i was nauseated all day long and my back was killing me-but i love it! it's a good sign, so they say. mason has started the new book, brisingr. any eragon fans out there? i haven't quite gotten myself to sit down and read it-even though mason says they're great. maybe one day. for now, i'd rather take naps during my spare time-yeah, that sounds a whole lot better. have a super week everyone!

cousins

it's almost monday and that means...pili's are coming! we can't wait-mason's sister jenny and her family are coming to visit for a few days and we're so excited. i've got to pick up some perricone's orange juice for ifo(he likes oj, and if you're wanting the best, perricone's is it). hopefully the weather will be nice, so we'll see what fun things we come up with-yeah for family:)

hot! hot! hot!

this past weekend, mason, mese and i went to the annual fire knife competition in anaheim-it was awesome! we have no pics. to show, of course, but we had an enjoyable time. and yes, we opted not to take the girls because last year sila got bored and nani was scared-so there you go. sarah o. was a wonderful babysitter and the girls liked hanging out with her. can't wait for next year's competition-anyone game?:)

first grade, good/school at home, not so good

mese started out the first day of first grade with delicious pancakes and sausages(thanks mason). he was anxious to get going and get gone but we had to take a pic. and so we did. i did fine all the way up until his teacher put a lei around his neck and said"mese, welcome to first grade!" i almost had to run out, i could feel the tears swelling up. i made him his lunch(with a notecard in the shape of an m&m) he told me later how excited he was when he saw the card because he thought it was a cd! sorry big guy-just a note from your mama who loves you. so, first day was good.
now, school at home with sila also started today. she did fine writing her name but writing the letter "A" was a challenge. she gave up before she even started and said,"i can't, i can't, i can't do it!" i tried to show her several times how easy it was but she wasn't having it, and after a minute or two of the crying, i wasn't having it either. we came to a mutual agreement that we should try school another day. i'm going to try some different things with her-any suggestions?