Livin' Large

Laura is feeling quite pregnant. I wanted to share this picture so you can see how much she's progressed.

Before and After (mostly after)

I apparently forgot to post this a long time ago.  It was saved in my drafts.  Thanks again mom and dad.

Mom wanted to see some of the "after" photos to make comparisons to the "before" pictures we'd already posted. Here are some that we took while they were here. I need to get a few more of the chair Mom reupholstered now that we have the cushion installed.

Thanks for all the hard work. It really feels like we live in a nice home rather that a dingy, plain apartment.

New Do or "No... Don't"?

Who does this hairdo look better on? Wait... don't answer that.

I know I could never pull off a look like Stephen's silky smooth strands.

Here are the results from the name survey.  It seems that no one likes Beatriz and everyone likes Claire.  The only thing I don't like about Claire is that it was the 53rd most popular name in America last year and its getting more popular every year.

I'm leaning toward Mara, which was the second most popular.  I like the survey because it kind of helps me find out if I'm crazy.  We don't let the survey decide the name but is nice to know what others think about what you think.

Laura remembered a name almost right after I sent the survey.  What do you all think about Melaina or Melena (Mel for short)?  I won't do another survey but I'll look for comments if you have them.

Good/Bad News

I feel bad complaining when something good happens.  As many of you know my temporary job was ending on the 5th.  This was bad because it meant we would have to live on savings, but it was good because it meant that I could take an extra class and finish my program faster.

Well, long story short, I have a job and an extra class that I can't get rid of without major consequences to my GPA/transcript.  As a result, I'm super busy and more than a little stressed.  I really wish I could have just kept my job and dropped the extra class in time to keep it off my transcript. C'est la vie.

I got an email from my GAO "buddy" today.  He's like a mentor kind of person meant to help me transition into the internship without any problems.  I was glad to hear from someone because I haven't really heard much since they offered me the position.  However, I was assured that everything is going alright.

I just wanted to let everyone know so they wouldn't think I was neglecting them.  I love you all.

P.S.

I hope everyone enjoyed the survey.  I'll be posting a summary of the results later so you can all get an idea about the patterns and trends.

P.P.S.

Zac texted me the other day that he is engaged to be married to a woman named Nico.  He doesn't know when but it will probably be with his family in Puerto Rico.

We are here! (and I finally have the internet again)

Well, we moved on Saturday and unpacked a few things. Sunday we went to church in our new ward and met a few people, (happy mother's day by the way) and took a 10 minute bike ride over to the temple. Monday and Tuesday I didn't have the internet set up yet so we unpacked more boxes and settled a little bit more. Today I missed work at the school so that the cable guy could come and set up the TV and the internet so I could start typing again (if I get work). I am glad this move is over. We aren't unpacking too many boxes, just what we need until we get into our own home. If I start rambling it is because I'm tired. We only have about 3 weeks left in school and then we can stop getting up sooooooo early.

Love you all.

Connie

Looks like this Fri/Sat

We are finishing up the packing and cleaning this week. It looks like everything is going forward with the sale of this home and so we have rented the U-haul truck for this Saturday. I will be able to start moving things over on Friday in our own minivan and get the ball rolling that way. I never knew how much stuff we really had until I started cleaning things out. We have already taken two pickup truck loads to the dump and several loads to the DI (deseret industries). We probably have several more loads to take to the DI once we finish sorting. It is good to dejunk. We still haven't heard yet about any of the shortsales, but we continue to pray that we will be where the Lord needs us to be. If it is okay with the Lord, I would LOVE to be at 11066 Indigo Sky Way.

Love you all.
Connie

Spring pictures

Just wanted to share some new spring garden pictures. Grandma Herring is back home from the hospital but still not doing as well as she should be doing seems she has a cough and the regular aches and pains but I guess for almost 80 that's not that bad... We are doing o k still trying to make preparations for the summer guests we are so looking forward to your visit and have more family time with more of our kids here in Texas. Hope all goes well with the move in Utah with Sean and Connie you guys are in our prayers and hope you get the house you should. I would like to encourage more entries on this blog as I will try also to do the same. I really enjoy seeing and reading the new happening in your lives.