Auction

Last night our ward held an auction/fundraiser to help the scouts raise money for their camps this year.  It was $10 per family for the spaghetti dinner.  Ward members donated items and services to be auctioned off.  We donated 1 dozen fresh eggs from our chickens.  That went for $15.  The item that went for the most money was a signed Jimmer Fredette jersey.  It went for $600.  Insane.

My husband bid on and won a free accordion lesson from a ward member.  Our next door neighbor happens to have an accordion, so he can practice.  This should be interesting.

Our Family

This is our family according to Daughter #4:

Dad: the best snorer

Me: the best unsleeper

Son: the best scarer

Daughter #1: the best mingler (?)

Daughter #2: the best fake crier

Daughter #3: the best heavy sleeper

Daughter #4: the best fake sleeper

This is Awesome

http://www.ldsfriends.com/general-conference-posters/

Randomness

Load of laundry #78 (approximately!) is currently in the washing machine.  I have never done so much laundry as I have since Sunday afternoon.  It all began with finding some creepy crawlies on Daughter #3's head.  After confirming with the internet what they were, some panic set in and the laundry began.  I'm probably going to have to watch the last session of General Conference again, since I didn't get much out of it.  Since I'm doing more cleaning than I had planned on, I guess I should just do my spring cleaning as well.

I had my last den meeting as a scout leader this time around on Monday.  I was finally able to pass on all the Cub Scout stuff to the other leader.  My bedroom closet now has a whole lot more space!

We have some cute daffodils, tulips and crocus coming up in our yard.  Hooray for Spring!!!

The kids have Spring Break next week.  They are so excited.  I'm not sure how I feel about it yet.

Daughter #3 gets baptized on Saturday.  She has been counting down the days for months.  The previously mentioned head critters will not be baptized with her.  There will be none left by then (said with fingers and toes and eyes crossed).

I had a birthday last week.  I'm now halfway through my 30's.  The Young Women presidency took me to lunch at Olive Garden.  It was very nice.



Food Wars

Ham Solo

Chewybacca

Mango Fett

Soda

Darth Potater

Pumpikin Skywalker

Princess Tomata

Cucumber Palpatine

Queen Avocada

Thanks to my son for coming up with these!

Virus

Sorry for the lack of posts on this here blog.  I accidently invited a nasty virus onto our main computer by opening an email.  Since then, our computer is having many issues, including not letting the internet browsers work.  What a pain in the behind.  Right now I'm using my husband's computer he has for work.  You don't realize how much you use something until you can't use it.  Wow!  On the up side, the house hasn't been this clean since who knows how long.  Not just because of no computer, but I did rededicate myself to doing better.  And I have.  It's nice.

We put our rats, Pinky and Brownie, to sleep last weekend.  They were getting old and having some difficulty breathing.  It was quite a sad night.  I can think of only one other time I've cried so hard and so much.  I think PMS had something to do with it this time.We sure miss those cute ratties!

My new calling in Young Women's is going well.  I'm starting to get to know the girls a bit.  We had a class activity on Tuesday to play games, check Personal Progress and get to know me.  I had to bring some items that represented who I am and explain why I chose those items.  I brought my drumsticks, a vintage brass owl, an hourglass, 2 books, a piano book, a picture of the kids, some things I've crocheted and my keys.  It took me 2 days to come up with those things.  Maybe I need to get to know myself a little better!

My husband and son are going camping in Goblin Valley this afternoon.  It is a 4 hour drive there, so it will be late when they get there, but tomorrow should be full of activities and fun.  They will get back later tomorrow evening.  The girls and I will have to plan some sort of fun thing for us to do without the boys.  I'll be thinking on that.

All our chickens are now laying again.  They slowed down quite a bit during the winter and Pansy stopped laying altogether while moulting.  We've gotten 3-4 eggs a day all week.  They sure are excited about the new grass growing.  I caught Matilda sneaking under the fence to get at the grass.  She got all the way out and I had to give her a little talking to about not doing that.  I bought some crickets at the pet store a few weeks ago for the chickens.  It is great fun to watch the chickens chase those crickets around.

New Calling

I used to serve in Cub Scouts as a Bear Den Leader.  I was there almost 2 years before being released 2 Sundays ago.  My new calling is 2nd counselor in the Young Womens Presidency.  The time committment is quite different between the two callings.  With Cub Scouts, it was about an hour a week for den meetings and pack meeting, plus an hour here and there for planning and record keeping.  With this new calling, it's a bit more.  Here's what last week was like for me:  1 1/2 hours at orientation with YW President on Wednesday, 2 hours at presidency meeting on Thursday, 3 hours at ward dance on Friday, 4 1/2 hours at UVU for Best of EFY meeting and lunch afterward on Saturday, and 1 hour on Sunday for regular meeting.  I know all weeks won't be like that, but whoa, what an introduction to a calling!  We have about 40 or so young women in our ward.  It will be fun to get to know them and the leaders as well.  I'm looking forward to this new experience!!!