Various Ramblings

Last weekend I was supposed to go with Kimberly on a girl scout mother/daughter trip. There was also scheduled a tri-stake women's conference where Julie Beck and Mary Cook (Relief Society General President and 1st counselor in the Young Women's general presidency respectively) would be speaking. I ditched Kimbo and went to the conference with Em and Liz. I have to say I do not regret the ditching. The conference was SWEET! And Sister Beck is INSPIRED! No joke, these women are SPECTACULAR! If you get the chance to hear them speak in person, DO NOT let the opportunity pass you by! I shook Sister Beck's hand (she came around before the meeting) but my brilliant and UNOBSERVANT daughter and her friend were so busy giggling and acting silly that they walked right in front of her and never knew it. Ah well, they are young.

Kimberly got back her CRCT scores. She, of course, is brilliant! She got 'exceeded' expectations in 3 of the 4 scores she received back, one of which (english) she only missed one question on the test. GO KIMBO!!
Little Joshie man is sick :-( poor guy. BUT, thank goodness for the miracle of Motrin. He went from a miserable, whiney, clingy mess to his regular playful and cheerful self. LOVE IT! He didn't want to take the medicine, but with mine and Doug's 'persuasion' (tag-team, whatever), he got most of it.

Caroline..IS.. perfection. When she was born she had (and still has) a bald spot on the crown of her head about the size of a dime. It is caused by something with a name a mile long but she has the mild case of it and it is now harmless. (other than the bald spot, of course) Doug said Heavenly Father had to put it on her because otherwise she would be so perfect she would have had to go straight back to Heaven. I think he is right.
On another note, tonight I had a tomato sandwich with fresh basil. Might I just say that that is the most perfect food on the planet!

Catching up

The other day while I was at school, I got a text message from Doug telling me that Caroline, my tiniest, baby angelest girl in all the world had gotten through the gate in the kitchen, somehow gotten out the side door, and when they realized she was 'gone' they found her climbing up the front steps. I was horrified that my baby had been out 'exploring'. There are so many things that I can envision that could have happened to her. That night I lay in bed getting her to sleep thinking of how differently that day could have ended. I am a very thankful Mother for a safe day for my little Lala baby.
On a lighter note, the end of my semester has finally arrived... YAYAYAYAY!!! I have a week off before summer starts but at least I have the week and there will be a new set of assignments that I can start fresh on. My Daddy asked if I would be on the Deans's list again... mmmyeah, I doubt it.

My second daughter, Elizabeth is, thankfully, a book addict. I love that about her. She is able to suggest books to me these days and the one I just read that she suggested was really good. It was called Finding Faith (there's no underline on this thing.....ack!)
I have been told that stamps are going up Monday to .44. I realize that this is a small amount but I hate inflation so I bought 3 books of forever stamps. No, they won't last forever, but at least I won't have to fool with stupid .02 stamps... ick!
I know there were a couple of other cute things I wanted to write but I am drawing a blank... so maybe later.
Tootles!