weekly update #2

This has been a busy week for me!  Mike had Tuesday off because he had to work on Saturday so we ran a couple of errands and Then he worked on his other job the rest of the day.  While at Wal- Mart we picked up a mini green house that cost about $5.00 and it had enough room for 50 plants.  I already had seeds so I planted them that day and they started popping up on Saturday.  And this is what they looked like yesterday. (Sunday)

I had 3 kiddie pool gardens last year.  I am going to add one more this year.  I am so excited!  There is just something so rewarding about growing your own garden and doing these kiddie pool gardens is the only way I can handle staying sane doing it=a garden.

The kids seemed to have a good week at school. Natalies band teacher started a flute choir this week and they are hoping to eventually do some performances  in the community.

Amanda is involed  in competition soccer.  She has practice 2 times a week and 2 games a week.  She had a game in Bountiful Friday night and was supposed to have one in Layton Saturday, but it was canceled.  So we went to the library instead and stocked the kids up on new books and then we also went to Cal Ranch to get some soil for my gardens and then we ended up doing something crazy!  We saw all the chicks and we ended up picking up 4 of them!

  I have been interested in having laying hens for a couple of years now and decided to try it out this year.  I hope I know what I am doing!  I am doing it partly because of our grasshopper problem we have had the last couple of years. and I am excited to have my own fresh eggs!

I had to give my first lesson in R.S. Yesterday.  It was a little stressful because we were having Ward conference and the Stake R.S. pres. was  there.  All I can say is I made it through it and hopfully the Spirit guided me on what we needed to focus on because there were several  concepts we did not cover that I had prepared.  At least I was over prepared!  We did end up going overtime too which I hope I improve on next time around.

We also were able to enjoy a fun Family Birthday party for my nephew Matthew at my sister kari's house in Bountiful.  We also finally got to meet Cami (Russ' new girlfriend).  I hope it works out!  I really like her!

There is so much more I could say about the week but these are the high lights.