I love Coeur d'Alene!

So, we are off for the weekend to cda! I am so excited! Nathan has a job interview up there. Pray that we might get it and that they will give us enough money for us to want to accept! The cost of living up there is way higher than Boise, so we would have to be making a lot more than we do now in order to have a house and other such nice things. Anyway, I'll fill more in about it later.

Must one pray to get some creativity?

Ok, so lately I've been in a really wierd funk. Not like a, " Ugh, I don't want to do anything" type funk, but a " I really want to learn a bunch of new things at one time so how do I pick which one to start with?" type funk. I know, wow, that was a lot to say right? Well, here is the low down.
I have a friend who is incredible at sewing and she paints and does cute furniture, blah blah blah. So I thought to myself, " I could totally do that." Yeah, right. I have started a really cute shelf thing for Edens room and its part of the way done. But now I am at a stand still. I can't decide which paper to use and pictures I want to mod podge onto it. I also want to stencil some stuff on there, but I don't know what would look good. I have no creative imagination I guess. Like I said, should I pray for it, or is that wierd? I also want to take up knitting. And I wan't to learn how to eat better and all about cool homeopathic remedies and such. I wan't to make these really cute shirt dresses for baby girls ( and have them actually look good and fit!) That means I have to learn how to sew better. Ugh, see what I mean? Too much stuff at one time! I don't really want to have ten unfinished projects around the house! I want to have a creative outlet, something Im really good at that I can be proud of. I guess I will just have to pick one and work on it, but which one to pick? Any Ideas? oh, and I wan't to get better at photography, so that fund to get Ashleigh a really nice digital camera is still open for donations! =-)

But mom, you're already fat.

So, I randomly asked Seth today ( and this is just a random question here people, so don't get any ideas!!) how he would feel if we ever had another baby. He said he thought that it would be pretty neat and then proceeded to explain to me me how babies got into my tummy, " The people make the baby and we go and get it and then they put it in your tummy, right?" (Well, close Hun.) Then I said," remember when mommy's tummy was big with Eden? I would get all fat again, huh?" Seth then ever so sweetly repied, " but mom, you're already fat!" Ugh..stick a knife right into my heart kiddo and turn it quick!! I laughed though, cuz it was pretty funny and made sure he knew how uncorrect that statement actually was. " Mommy's not really fat, right?"; " no mommy, not really..." =-)

One whole month!

I told you guys I am not very good at this blogging thing! Maybe I should do the ABC day thing. Anyway, there is really too much to write about today, so I will just put up some pics! We went to National Night Out Against Crime last night. They had all kinds of fun things. The kids got their faces painted ( a spider for Seth and a lady bug for Eden, though neither of them really look like what they are supposed to be!) and they each got a balloon creation. Seth got a sword with a matching cap, hat type thingy and Eden got a flower, which is pretty darn cute! All in all it was a fun family outing.Is that a lady bug on Edens Cheek..or a smooshed and bloodied frog with the chicken pox?And Seth's " spider" looks more like a..well I don't even know what to compare it to.... ( good thing all this was free huh?)

Housework makes you ugly...

I whole heartedly agree. I mean, my hands get pruned and nasty from doing the dishes. I breath in deadly chemical fumes from all the cleaners I use. ( Im sure my face sucks up those fumes too!) I get stressed out from the vast amount of cleaning there is to do, which in turn causes pimples. So its proven, house work makes you ugly!
I just can't believe the amount of crap that piles up around my house over the weekend. You would think I would be smart and employ the help of my significant other on the days that he is home so cleaning would get done faster ( or done, period...) and marital bonding could occur. But no, in my mind I think, " It is Saturday, the one day we have to go do something fun as a family and the day Nathan has to not have to worry about work. So we shall skip cleaing for now..." What a stupid thought! And do we clean on Sunday? No, that would be working and thus breaking the sabbath( my own point of view of couse). However, I do confess to a few " quick, everyone clean up something really fast because mommy can't take it anymore!" sunday moments. So then here I am am, monday morning, staring down the biggest pile of weekend build up I have seen in a while and I say to myself," tell me again why we don't clean on Saturday?" Thus starts another week in the life of Ashleigh Brown.

Dangerously HOT!!!

No not me! well maybe me..but Im not what Im writting about! =-) Today the weather people said its supposed to get up to 105-106 degrees! I can't believe it! We didn't move to Las Vegas for a reason people! So we are stuck inside trying to think of fun things to do. We have to clean the house of course ( not that fun) and I turned on some music to help it be a little more entertaining. Right away Seth and Eden start dancing! Its sooo funny to watch, seriously. Seth does this little booty shake where he sticks his butt out and shakes it from side to side! I laugh so hard! And then he fugured out something new..the pelvic thrust! Oh my goodness, it is sooooo funny! Imagine this little three year old dancing around with a HUGE grin on his face while shaking his booty and pelvic thrusting, its almost looks like circling your hips! It has really brightened my morning. Eden loves to dance too, she just bounces up and down on her legs and waves her arms around. She spins a little circle too, if she's feeling a little crazy! So funny! I don't know why some days I go crazy with my kids and then some days every thing is fine and dandy. I guess It all just has to do with my own reaction to everything. I can either freak out and yell and make my kids sad and basically be a not so good mom, or I can try to realize my children are three and one and they aren't perfect and are most likely bored out of their minds and thats why they are acting up and I can calmly address the situation. ( ha ha..yea right,and that was a really long sentance!) I don't know..that was just a rant.

Swimming and sadness

Well, I thought this summer would be a perfect one for Seth to start swimming lessons. We have a membership to the YMCA here in Caldwell, but their lessons are 25 bucks for like two weeks two or three times a week. I thought that was a little expensive, so I have been asking around. I found out that the Caldwell comunity pool gives lessons for 15 dollars for two weeks and its every day! So we were all over that! I thought I would be good and get to the rec center the day the sign ups started. The office opened at 9:00 am and we got there at 9:02. You think that would have been perfect timing right? Wrong. When we got there, there wass already a huge line wrapped around the building. I thought, "this couldn't possibly be the line for swimming lessons." It was. I waited in line for two and a half hours! ( with Seth and Eden in tow) I thought for sure there wouldn't be any spots left for us, but sure enough, he was the first on to sign up in the time slot we wanted. I couldn't belive it! There was only one girl working so thats why it took so long! Man! And to top it all off, I had woken Seth up early so we could get there on time and told him I would feed him breakfast when we got back. I thought it would be really quick. So he was starving by the time we got done ( 11:30) and we walked across the road to free lunch at the park. I felt really bad! But we got in and Seth is really excited to start going!

On a different note. Nathan's Grand father passed away this tuesday. He and his wife are from Rupert Idaho, which is about two hours away from here. He had been taking some blood thinners and a rare side effect occured and causeed him to start bleeding in the brain. The hospital in Rupert didn't have the ability to perform the surgery he needed so they life flighted him to Boise. However, they did not get here fast enough and he passed away. Its been a pretty hard week. He had such a strong heart and body, he probably would have lived for another ten years, if not for these drugs he had been taking. Thats what makes it so hard. Anyway, we are headed down for the funeral this week, He was an amazing man. He is who we named Seth after. Its too hard to even write about him!! ;-) Death is always a sad time, but also a happy one, which is weird, but we know he is a far better place and look forward to seeing him again.

I love black and white!!

ok, so this is going to be very long blog due to these pictures! I don't know how to get them to go across instead of straight down! Anyway, here are the black and whites I was talking about. I decided that the day I took these was too bright of a day. They are a little overexposed. But all together I think they turned out well. Other than the fact that I should have cleaned my childrens faces before taking the pictures, but oh well. More true to life this way I guess!!

Beans, beans the magical fruit...

This blog isn't really about beans but I couldn't think of anything else to put up there! I don't know why I find it so hard to find things to blog about. You would think, with me loving to talk and blab on as much as I do, I would have plenty to write about. For some reason i just can't get myself to talk about all the little mundane things that go on around here. Maybe I feel like if I did, people would realize how non exciting my life really is!!
Anyway, here are some random things that have happend and things we have been up to:

1. For some reason Eden keeps choking on everything I give her..choking to the point of puking the entire contents of her stomach back up onto her highchair tray. And not just in the highchair but on the road as well, when we are driving..(trying desperatly to get to the post office to buy stamps in time to get back home and mail the bill thats due in exactly two days. They had sent it back to me because I had a 39 cent stamp on it, I needed two more cents to mail it...) And she wasn't even eating anything in the car, it must have been waiting in the back of her throat for that exact minute in time! And then as I am frantically looking for a side road to pull off onto so I can save my child from sure death by puking..I find the perfect spot..a mud hole!! Oh sure..it looked dry enough when I drove onto it, but as soon as I stepped out I almost did the splits! One foot slid one way, and one foot the other way! I couldn't even walk because my feet kept sinking and sliding all over the place! ( meanwhile Eden is still choking and puking) So I hop back in the car, with a grimace for all the mud being spread and ground into my carpet, and slam on the gas. My wheels turn and turn and spray mud ALL OVER THE CAR!! I did manage to free myself and drive about ten feet down the way where it wasn't muddy. Finally I got to Eden who had, by this time, stopped her seemingly endless fountain of bile. I took one look at her and almost wanted to puke myself. It was bad people, bad! And then to top it off, I had just cleaned out the car not two weeks beforet, there was nothing in there! As I looked futilely around for something to wipe her off with I remembered that Nathan had put an "emergency Kit' of diapers and wipes in the trunk. It took forever to wipe it all up with those little things!! ( keep in mind here that I am still racing time to get my letter mailed...) Thankfully there was a pair of shorts and a sweater in the trunk as well, so she didn't have to go into the post office practically naked and there wasn't a line when I got there, so I did beat the Post Lady to the mailbox. But I am seriously wondering if there is something wrong with Eden, like some weird gag refelx thing. It sucks. I basically have to give her one little peice of food at a time and it can't be anything that could be sticky in her throat! I tell ya, the things us moms have to go through! (ok, that was really long....)
2. We have started going to the library and then to free luch at the park. For those of you who don't know what free luch at the park is (nathan) its where you go to the park and they give you a sack lunch for free! Its a summer program sponsored by the schools. Its really cool. I take the kids and they get to play at the park and I don't have to make lunch, its really a win-win stituation. We have also just gotten a membership at the YMCA. It so cool! We went swimming with the kids and they loved it! Well, Seth did any way. Eden wasn't to happy about the water, and all the people, and all the noise. But after a little while she stopped crying and gave me her, " I will tollerate it if I have to" look and just let me hold her. They have two big water slides ( which Seth went down..once and that was it, but still..) and a lazy river and all kinds of water features. It really is nice. And now I can go work out whenever I want to and that is the best part! I can't wait to get started and get all of this chocolate off of my hips, thighs and butt!!

So thats about all that is really happening around here. There is probably more, but this one has gotten too long already! You guys probably stopped reading about halfway through, but thats ok! I do have some pictures I have to go and develop so keep an eye out for those. I experimented a little bit with black and white, so we'll see how they turn out. Oh, and since angela keeps starting all these funds for people in her family, I have decided to start my own, for myself. Its a " get Ashleigh a digital camera so she can take lots of pictures and her husband can't get mad about wasting film and then she can post them and send them via email a heck of a lot faster than she does now" fund. I know..its a good cause right?

A compliment...but not.

So this weekend was memorial day and Nathans parents came down to spend it with us. It was so much fun! We went out to a couple different places and monday we went to the zoo. The Zoo here in Boise isn't much to brag about but the kids love it. Eden is just about old enough to care about looking at birds and big cats! After the zoo we went out to lunch at a place called Joes crab Shack. Its obviously a seafood place and its pretty good. The place is covered in all kinds of crazy decorations and signs. I saw a sign ( and it opened up my eyes...Just kidding!) and it read, " housework makes you ugly!" I laughed so hard, got Nathans attention and made him read it. I said, " Isn't that so funny?" and he said," yes, and no wonder you are so beautiful!" What? did you really just say that? How am I supposed to take that? Thank you that you think Im beautiful..but oh so rude that you think I don't do any house work!! Ha Ha..he was, of course, just joking around ( he knows I work my butt off around this place!) but it was still a funny, weird non compliment..but a compliment still!

Now I know how mothers feel....

Ok, so summer time is rapidly aproaching and no one is more excited about it than me..believe me. We have been stuck inside for what seems like eternity and we have had nothing much to do but drive each other crazy. Now, when I say "we" I really mean Seth and Eden... driving me crazy! So why then, do you ask, do I have a small but nevertheless there sadness about it all really starting? Well, I'll tell you. I think it has something to do about the ending of a wonderful two and a half hour break that I get from the crazy, stressful rigors of juggling two children, a dirty and laughing at me house, and a tiny furball rat dog. Thats right folks...preschool is at an end! My three days a week "mommy only" time is now taken a back burner for three whole months! AAAAAHHHHHHHH!

I know it might seem as though I am over reacting, that really it isn't that big of a deal. On the contrary, it is a very big deal. Eden usually would take nap during this time thus leaving me free to do whatever I darn well pleased. Now, she has gone to one nap a day usually after lunch and Seh is home all day...every day. Im not complaining about Seth at all, or Eden for that matter. I am complaining abut the lack of time I get to clear my head and regain my sanity. The time I need to feel like if I want to to absoultley nothing at all, there wont be anyone to stop me!!
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!! Ok, I am starting to sound like a crazy person! ( I told you I needed that time or this would happen...) Now I know how all those mothers feel who have children in school. Only they have it worse off than I do, they are used to at least seven hours of no kids time, five days a week!

Man, I really need to get it together! ;-) I am actually looking forward to all the summer activities that we get to do as a family and all the sunshine we are going to have. I take comfort in knowing that even if my children are driving me nuts...at least in the summer I can shoo them into the back yard and not worry about them freezing to death!!( not hat I would have done that in the winter..come on now)

Mothers Day

So, today was mothers day and it was really nice. Nathan suprised me with breakfast (we go to church really early, so it was a big deal! ) and he got the kids ready for church so I could just focus on myself. You might not think that was a big deal, but around my house..it really is!
The primary kids sang " I often go walking" in sacrament today and it went really well. For those of you who don't know I am the primary chorister in our ward, well one of two primary choristers. So I got to go up to the front and lead them while they sang. It was Seths very first time singing in sacrament and he actually did really well. He moved his mouth like he knew the words ;-) and waved to Nathan and smiled. It was kind of sad to not be able to just sit in the congregation and watch him while he waved at me, but he did watch me lead and I was proud of him for doing so well up there!
After church I didn't have to do one thing. Nathan did the dishes and cleaned up the house and I got to take a nap. Seth made a really cute satchel in preschool for me as a gift. It has his hand prints on it and cute flowers glued around it. I decided it would be great for all my primary stuff.
It was a really nice day all together and I am so thankful for my family who love and appreciate me. I love being a mommy, even though it can be challenging at times, and I wouldn't trade my job for any other one in the whole world. My babies are so special and I love them more than words can express, even my biggest one ( nathan! ;-) hee hee hee) I am also in awe of all the other mommies out there who give so much of themselves for their families. I have many amazing friends who are incredible mothers ( including my own mom!) and who are great examples to me. Thank you so much for that. I miss you all! Happy Mothers day to you!

CRUNCHES!!!

So I have been going to aerobics for about a month now at the church we go to and I bring the kids with me. The last couple of days when ever I go to change Edens diaper..she will lift up her head and do a crunch! I say " CRUNCHES!!" everytime she does it and she just laughs histerically! Well, today at aerobics I was lying on the floor stretching out and Eden came over, layed down next to me and precedeed to do her crunches! It was the funniest thing I have ever seen! I was laughing to hard to finish my stretches, so now I am soooo sore! Though I am sure my soreness has nothing to do with working out so hard! My butt hurts so bad I can hardly walk up my stairs! Not to mention my thighs are killing me too! man, the pain it takes to be beautiful really stinks sometimes!!

A little Bon Jovi anyone?

So, the other night I was watching American Idol and I was pleasantly suprised to find out that Bon Jovi was the guest mentor. I don't think anyone knows this about me ( because its a deep, dark secret) but I am secretly obsessed with him. I think he is the most gorgeous rock star ever to be created. Sooooooo, I think Nathan thinks I am crazy, as he is watching me get all excited and flustered to watch some man whom I have never met, and never will( and who is like 20 years older than me)....talk to the contestants and then take the stage and sing! Ooooh baby! I know, I am married with kids and I'm a little old for celebrity crushes, but I can't help it. The man has a smile that knocks me over!! Anyway, thats not really what I wanted to blog about!

I am sooo excited for summer! Let me just tell ya, we have been going INSANE!!! I feel like we have been couped up in the house for years. Its so nice to just send the kids out to the back yard when they are getting too much for me! It's great to have a house, I am so thankful for Nathans job and the opportunities it has given us!

Well, I don't really have much to say today. I just wanted to write something so I didn't look like a slacker!~ ( I don't know if my secret crush was the best topic to have come up with...;-)

A new edition to the Brown family!!

I hope you didn't think I was pregnant..because I'm not!!! I do however have a new baby! His name is Koda..and he's a 7wk old pomeranian puppy!!! (Sooooooooo cute) Nathan and I have been contemplating a dog for a while now and we have been looking into all different kinds. Though, a 6-8 pound ( when he's all grown) toy dog wasn't really what Nathan was going for!! He had envisioned something bigger..and more of a retriever. He just went soft after we saw some Pomeranian puppys at the pet store and he decided they weren't so ugly after all! We didn't get Koda from the store though..800 bucks just wasn't in our price range. We found a lady online who was selling some and got him for 250,much better! He's almost potty trained,he goes outside really well and he sleeps in his kennel all night ( with only a few whines..) The kids adore him and so far he's been really good with them. Eden loves to give him his little toys and basically points, stares and says " doggy!" over and over. If he comes to close, or tries to lick her she says "no!!" Its pretty funny. Though she is like me and if he does lick her, she'll break out in hives! Other than that the kids, or myself for that matter, haven't had any alergic reactions. Normally I get all itchy and can't breath. But I have been holding him and cuddling and i'm fine!

Koda is only allowed in the kitchen and the back room for now..until he is fully potty trained we have to keep an eye on him. And, contradictory to some peoples opinions..he will NEVER be sleeping in my bed with me! ( Nathans taking bets if you care to wager...) Here are some pics of the baby boy. They aren't the best since we took them with Nates camera phone..but you get the general cute factor idea! Nathan has declared me officially spoiled.

More pictures!

Such a soccer stud!

Easter Babies!

Its been long enough...

So time for a new post. Seriously, I don't know why I never get on here and write anything. I have plenty to say and lots of time. So, I don't know.
Anyway, things have been great. Nathan still loves his job and is is doing awesome. The parade of homes is coming up soon and his company has a home they are currently building and decorating to be featured in the parade this year. We are hoping to get tickets to go. I really wan't to see all those awesome houses and get some decorating ideas. We haven't even painted or done anything around here really. We hung a few pictures, but when you have a lot of wall space a few pictures doesn't look like much! We did get some grass in our back yard. Heres that story:
Nathans company was ripping up some grass in one of their subdivisions to put in some new trees. They told us we could take all the grass we wanted. So off Nathan and I go to roll up these huge, long peices of sod. Nathan and I..all alone..just the two of us. (Oh and the kids in tow as well!) It was heavy, and hard! I am not in the best shape of my life, so you can imagine how I felt, all huffing and puffing to get these things in the truck! Anyway..so we got as much grass as we could before it got dark and then took it home and immediatly put in down in the back yard. I thought we had gotten so much that we would have extra, but to my dissmay, it barely even covered half the yard! So we have grass from our back porch to about three feet from our back fence. On the sides..don't even ask. I tell everyone that we have the ghetto yard of the neighborhood! And to top it all off, the other day we accidentally left the sprinkler running ALL NIGHT LONG! We woke up to a lake in our backyard..and the neighbors back yard behind us as well. It was so bad!! And funny at the same time! Our grass seems to be taking and coming in nice and green now though!

On another subject I have just recently taken up going to aerobics at the church here in town. Its three days a week and I get to take the kids with me. They have a blast with all the other kids there and its been so good! At least 15 women go and a few of them are from my ward. I thought it was going to be pretty easy when I first started. Ya know, how hard could a free aerobics class at the church be? Well, i'll tell ya..pretty darn hard!! My arms are hurting while typing this. My butt is so sore I have a hard time sitting and when I laugh, agony my friends, agony. (Nathan likes to take advantage of that one!) Not to mention that when I walk..it resembles a plate full of jello jigglers! Especially when I leave from the church. I seriously can barely walk! That little gal who teaches has no mercy, I swear! But it really feels great to get up and out and moving. I am hoping to lose some weight in the process of getting beat up, that would really make it all worth it! So far...I have gained two pounds. Great!! I guess I will have to give up all my junk food as well if I really want results!! :-)

The kids are doing great. Eden has learned quite a few more new words."no" is her recent favorite,( thank you Christian!) along with " go" and " yuck!" and she knows a whole sentance now! " I gotta pee!" I wonder where she learned that one...
Seth is still in preschool and I just discovered that his teacher is teaching them sign language along with their letters! Every day he holds up his hand and says " what letter is this mom?" And he signs "a" or "s" He is doing awesome! He is also in a little soccer leauge and absolutley loves it. They play on saturday morings and it isn't really "soccer" per say. Just stations that they rotate through that are supposed to help them learn the basic skills. They pass the ball to each other, jump over obsticles and try to kick the ball through two cones. They have a blast and he is so stinkin cute in his little uniform! i am going to post some pics so I will do that know..since this is getting really long!!

Edens birthday pics

Pretty good cake!

Seth is always so helpful!

Mommy made the cake!

Brother and sister!

yet again I have too much too write!

So, Here it is in the short version!
I went to Rexburg this last weekend. It was Awesome! I got to hang out with my mom and my sister and just get to be dumb for a few days. Its been a while since I got to just relax and have fun by myself. I didn't have the kids with me, so that made a big difference. Nathan had them all weekend and he did an awesome job. The house was sparkling clean when I got back and both children were alive...so I'd say it was a succes on both our parts! Now that I know he can handle it and I won't freak out at not being with them, I think I will take mini vacations from my life more often!
Rexburg was fun, but it was nice to return home to the people I love. Even though Eden was absolutely sick! She had (still has) bad diarrhea and was puking up everything she tried to eat or drink. Funny how things are perfect for Nathan and then as soon as I get home...it all goes to poop! (no pun intended!) I just feel so bad for her. There isn't really anything we can do but let the sickness run its course. Its that darned stomach flu again. I hate it! She is doing a little better now. She had a pretty high fever and we almost took her to the doctor, but I didn't want to pay obscene amounts of money for them to just tell me that she has the stomch flu and all you can do is give her pedialyte so she wont get dehydrated! That's what the nurse from the doctors office told me(well, my mom) over the phone, so I didn't feel that there was much else the ER could do.
So, other than that life has gotten back into its normal routine. Seth is at preschool today. They are going to the airport to see the helicopters, so he was so excited to be going. I was rushing out the door because we were almost late and just about as soon as we got there I heard a little voice from the back seat say, " mom, we forgot my little treat so I wont be cranky!" Shoot! I always give him a peice of cheese or a granola bar on the way over to preschool so he won't be hungry and therfore won't be cranky! I forgot it today, so we'll see how he does. I hope the overwhelming sense of joy at seeing a helicopter up close will overpower his urges to be mean!
I think I will post some pics of Edens birthday, since I can't get the vidoe up onto youtube. Have agreat day!

dumb computers...

Why am I so computer illiterate? I can't figure out how to get my home movies onto You Tube to post them on here. Am I just dumb? Everytime I go to put the movies on my computer it brings up "windows movie maker!!" and you tube doesn't accept that format...grrr! So Angela how do you do it? let me know and then I can put some cute vids of the kids up!

Anyway, so this last weekend for Presidents day we went up to Coeurd A'lene. It was sooo much fun! Its nice to get away from normal life for a while. Nathan and I actually got to go out on a date to a movie! I don't remember the last time we went out, just the two of us.
Going to Cda is always fun, but the drive is not. Its seven hours from here to there and I have a little girl who HATES being in the car for longer than ten minutes! Seth Does awesome. He'll just play or look out the window or watch a movie. Eden on the other hand just screams! The way up wasn't bad because we went late and they slept almost half the time. But coming home was terrible. Eden kept crying no matter what I did, and then she puked all over everywhere! (And angela, it is sad when your kids puke and it doesn't really phase you anymore..you just clean it up and thats that. I used to almost puke myself whenever anyone else did. huh...funny how that changes..) I get really frustrated and cranky whenever we are in the car and Eden acts up. Like, I am totally helpless to make it stop. She wont play or eat or anything! Except for baby einstine!! Oh my goodness, if it wasn't for that show, I probably would be in jail for strangling my own child! (just kidding...) She watches Baby Einstine so good! So we played that show over and over and over..Nathan and I got sick of it..but I wasn't turning it off for anything!
Now we are back and its nice to be home! Im excited for next weekend though. I get to head off to rexburg all by myself, without the kids, for mothers weekend with my mom and sis. Its going to be awesome! I hope Nathan can handle it! We shall see!