In June both boys had their birthdays, which is on the last post. At the end of the month I got a job and started in July. I am the assistant pricing coordinator at Harbor Freight Tools in Logan.
In July we went to California to visit family and to go to Disneyland. We first went to visit my family because my sister Danell was blessing her youngest at church. We visited with all of the family, went to the beach with everyone, saw the "Big Trees" (the Sequoias), the guys went golfing and the girls and kids went to the zoo. After we left the beach we drove down to Disneyland with my sister Georgette and her husband Gordon. We did Disneyland for one day and California Adventures for the other day. Then we came back to Logan. It was a very fast and fun trip. After we got back I went to do training and stuff for my new job. The store was just being set up and was brand new so there was a lot of stuff that needed to be done, but I couldn't help all the time because of the kids.
August brought my birthday and Garret starting school. He is in afternoon Kindergarten with Miss Stoddard. He loves school so much. He is always asking to do his homework the day he gets it even though he has the whole week to get it done. He loves being able to play on the computers at school and enjoys the "centers" they have to learn things. He has a lot of friends in his class and thinks all the girls are "cute". They have done school wide talent shows and a Christmas concert that he did really well in. He is so smart and our first progress report from his teacher said he was on track or better with all of the work. He is learning how to read and is doing well with that also.
For Halloween Garret was Buzz Lightyear again and Andrew was a monkey. Andrew would always make monkey sounds, not on purpose to sound like a monkey that is just what he sounded like when he wanted something. We went to the Trunk or Treat we had at the church.
November brought a new calling for me. I was the Primary Secretary but the President and 1st Counselor both moved and the 2nd Counselor was expecting and lost her baby late in the pregnancy so she didn't want to continue in her calling. So I was asked to be the new President the week before the Primary Presentation. Yay for me. I knew it was coming and had started thinking about who to ask to be my Counselors. The whole process was definitely interesting for me. November also brought Thanksgiving. We decided to host some family at our house. We made the turkey and a few other things and my sisters that live in Utah, Georgette and Shar, came and brought some of the other food. It was our first time making a big turkey and it turned out really good (good job Brent). We enjoyed having everyone at our place, it was a good day.
December was more of the same. Christmas was fun with the boys. Andrew didn't want to open any presents for some reason and after they were open he wanted to put the paper back on. He is so silly sometimes. After Christmas my sister Shar got married to Chris so we spent the day down in American Fork and Orem for that. The boys enjoyed playing with their cousins and with Chris' kids (who are now their step cousins, but its all the same to them) and with Shar's friends kids. We are so happy for Shar and Chris.
Ok now its January. Andrew started Nursery the first week of January. I was nervous that he would get upset if I went into nursery for anything and he saw me. He hasn't had a problem at all. He doesn't care when I go in there at all. There are toys and snacks so he is happy. He even sits on his chair when they tell him to, just another example of my kids listening to other people more than me :P We had decided back in November or December that we were going to start looking for a new apartment to live in because we couldn't take the place we were at anymore. The management and maintenance didn't communicate very well and we were left hanging a few times because of that. Also they wanted to raise our rent instead of lowering it. We talked them down to keeping it the same and then to dropping it by $25 but that wasn't good enough. We were also tired of the loud college students that lived in our building and surrounding buildings. So we found a new place and moved out pretty quick. We moved a mile south of where we were. Garret is still in the same school and we are in the same Stake but we did switch wards. We moved in to our new place on the 16th. I am still the Primary President in our old ward for the next week or two until they replace me which I was told was going to happen as soon as possible. We are liking the new place so far. The boys have to share a room which they like except for in the morning when Drew wakes up Garret.
I am liking being the Primary President. I can definitely feel the Spirit with me most of the time, especially when I am trying to feel its presence. I don't get as stressed about things that I did before. I feel like everything just falls into place more than before as well. I can tell that Heavenly Father is looking out for us.
That is about it. Brent is still working for the court and I am still working a few days a week at Harbor Freight. I think we both enjoy our jobs enough. I am just wondering now what will come for us this year.
