I am so lame...

...but I am trying not to feel guilty about it.  It's true though, I have a hard time (a) taking pictures and (b) remembering to post on this blog of mine.  Let's just say that a lot has gone on since I last posted.  I may or may not try to catch up later but today I will just start with what is going on right now...Potty Training!  I am pretty nervous about the whole thing but I think Max is going to do just fine.

Carl only has 5 weeks of school left!  I can't believe we only have 5 more weeks of student life left, until he starts his PhD.  I am not sure when he will choose to do that but we already decided he will be a part time student.

I am in charge of soliciting donation for Max's preschool's fundraiser.  I am just working on baked goods for our bake sale but I am remembering now why I left fundraising.  I hate rejection and bakers are a little snooty about their baked deliciousness.  I just hope that a few more people will be willing to donate--it is for the kids, after all.

Joseph is still an exceptionally happy and content baby.  He is also exceptionally tall and thin.  I just found that out yesterday at his 15 month check up(85 percentile for height, 35 percentile for weight).  Joe is such a blessing in my life; he can make he smile when no one and nothing else can.

Here's a thought that I really feel that I should share with you, my dear readers.  This weekend I watched conference(with varying degrees of success) with Carl and the kids.  I received several bits of personal revelation, some of them were happy things and some were not.  As I have been thinking about the things the Spirit whispered to me, I had an epiphany.  Sometimes the Spirit tells us things that are hard to take and that we just plain don't want to hear and that's ok(not the epiphany).  I came to realize that receiving the news and having time to prepare for whatever is coming is a huge blessing(that's the epiphany).  Perhaps earlier in my life I would have gotten angry or upset or bitter at the news of adverse times headed my way, but this time I chose to see the love behind the message.  Heavenly Father is letting me know that things may be hard but He is giving me this extra time to prepare for it and learn how to rely on Him even more than I currently do.  Personal revelation is a great blessing and I am so grateful that we have it.

And now, to end on a lighter note:

The boys love climbing all over Carl like he is a jungle gym.  And that suits me just fine.  If they are climbing on him, it means they aren't climbing on me(come on, you know you super-moms out there need a break, too).