Sunday, March 1, 2009

March 2009

Things in California are just chugging along. Dallan recently enjoyed a four-day weekend, but discovered that most of the time things are not all that exciting at home. Of course it didn't really help that it rained a bunch and so we couldn't really go outside. However, we did spend Valentine's Day walking to about four different stores, one of which was the pet shop. The boys really liked looking at the birds, rabbits, and fish (they didn't have any cats or dogs in the store that day).

Zach and Marriner are getting better at forming sentences, and we can actually understand them most of the time! It makes life more exciting when they're explaining to you that if they draw on themselves they will get in trouble. They know this little bit of information because they decided to go through about a week of disobedience where they drew on the blocks, our electric piano, and themselves with crayons (luckily, the crayon came off the piano really easily). They have both been singing more during church, which makes the rest of the congregation laugh, which in turn makes it a lot harder for me to keep singing. Everybody in the ward absolutely loves them. They love all the other kids, too, but it's just so much better when there are two of them. Like all little kids, the boys are growing steadily. Zach can reach most of the light switches in the house, and most of their pants are getting a couple inches too short even though they still fit around the waist. Since Mommy is going to be out here for a little while, I may actually have to learn how to sew pants.

The baby and I are still doing fine, and according to the doctor I'm not actually due until March 3. That gives me a little bit more time to make sure that everything is ready. I guess that the baby is still sitting a little too high, but the doctor is not really concerned about it. He is more concerned with the idea of me going up to Fresno and playing trombone on Tuesday. Elder Fulton is having a kind of farewell in Fresno (I guess every missionary has one when they are going home) and his mission president gave him permission to have us play a trombone trio. Elder Fulton is pretty excited because we're going to be playing for his parents who are coming out from Illinois to pick him up. My doctor is a little worried that the blowing will make my water break or something like that, but I am not really worried about it. We'll just have to see how it goes.

Although we haven't really been looking for any houses recently, we were told about one that is just down the street from the Christenson's. It is a nice little house that needs some yard work, but the inside has recently been remodeled. The guy that owns it just got baptized into our ward, and he is the one that has been doing the remodeling. We like just about everything about the house except for one side of the kitchen. It is also in a really good location: it is within walking distance of the stores we usually go to, a good elementary and middle school, the church, the Christenson's, and the play ground. We haven't made any decisions on it yet, but we are really starting to like the house.

That's all the news from out here, except to say that sometimes it is hard to remember that it is still only February when there are flowers out, trees blossoming, and days that are warm enough that I let the boys wear shorts. I feel bad for all you people that are still dealing with the cold and the snow. :) Anyway, I hope that all of you are having a wonderful week! We love you all!

Love,
Patience, The Boys, and baby

1 comment:

ARosenvall said...

yea! I'm so excited to see your new little one! Love the new design for the blog too! ;)