Update

Just a few quick things I wanted to write down before I get on with my busy little life.

Tuesday morning I went to the dollar store for table cloths for my ward party, which is tonight. I saw some cute butterfly nets and thought the kids would love chasing butterflies with them. I imagined going out with my camera to take amazing colorful pictures of them frolicking through the meadow with their winged friends- or something. After school they grabbed up the nets and headed outside. Such fun. Until I heard screaming. I ran outside to find Janna screaming and hitting her head. She had bees in her hair (luckily we had straightened it that morning or it might have been a curly tangly mess). I pulled two bees from her hair, then pulled out the stingers from her scalp. Bob was stung once on his arm also. I asked them why they were chasing bees when these were butterfly nets. They showed me the tag on the nets, which show pictures of butterflies AND bees. Really? "The picture says they're for bees too, mom" stated Bob. I guess I can't blame them completely for stirring up a beehive. Janna was in pain the rest of the night, and now Janna and Bob are very itchy. That night (Tuesday) we were going to drive to Willcox to meet Shauna and kids on their way to Texas. I was a little worried about Janna having an allergic reaction to the bee stings, but I watched her for about an hour and gave her Motrin and Benadryl. She slept the whole drive (about 45 minutes) to Willcox, and was lethargic until the medicine wore off. We got to McDonalds where the kids were dying to play on the playground, and I got in line to order, behind 2 bus loads of high school track kids who had just finished a meet. One coach is in our stake young women's, and I talked with her while waiting. She told me she and her husband had lived in San Angelo (where Shauna and Justin are living) for the 5 month training as well. Her husband is Air Force and had done the language program like Justin is. She said they liked the area, and housing was very affordably priced. Anyway, the kids had a blast. They were allowed 2 privileges they never get: Happy Meals and playing on the playground. I felt bad that we had to wait so long for our food because that put Shauna driving on to El Paso late.

Tonight- Ward Party
Tomorrow- TEMPLE!
Saturday- Abbey and Emma birthday party

So much fun!

Oh- and last night there was a massacre at our nursery. Two very large dogs have been killing our chickens- usually a few at a time. Jay got to work this morning and found 58 dead chickens. That's a lot of chickens. I called animal control and they came to set traps, and gave us permission to shoot the dogs if necessary. These dogs are brutal.

That's all for now
Tami