Patriarical blessing

Lexi received her patriarical blessing on Sunday. It was such a sweet, wondering experience. I always knew I was blessed to have her be my daughter, but that experience just further confirmed the fact that she is someone special. I am so thankful to have been able to share it with her. It was neat to be experiencing it as a parent. So different than my own experience, but just as good, if not better.

I did 3 miles today - finally!

After all the talk I finally ran today. I'm proud of my little start, especially since it was so hard and my legs are like limp spaghetti noodles now. Yeah for running!

Snow again!

Can you believe that two days ago was the first day of spring and here we are getting another snow storm?!?!?! Ahhhh! I can't wait for it to warm up permanently.

On a lighter note, we just finished parent/teacher conferences tonight and all the kids are doing very well. No complaints from any teachers. We are very proud parents. Sometimes I wonder if it's really worth our time even going to conferences. We sit with the teachers for like 5 minutes, just long enough for them to tell us how wonderful our kids are and then leave. Sometimes I wonder if the teachers think, "Why did you even bother to come?" But I do like hearing how good they are doing from some of the people who spend the most time with them.

Running

So I've been riding the exercise bike since January to help me get ready for the half-marathon that my sister, Jana, and I are doing. I've known all along that I'd have to start running at some point because riding a bike and running are very different. I have not been looking forward to running, because I, well, hate it. But I went and bought all the things I will need to run and hopefully not be too sore, so now I have to start running. My plan is to start Wednesday. Wish me luck. I'm going to need it. :)

Hole, NO HOLE

Ok we knew that the floor by the door needed help when we bought the house. There had been some termite damage but they killed them and fixed the floor. HA HA HA. As soon as the floor was taken up I could tell that they did not do it right. You can see how much had to be redone.

I also had the house checked for those nice little bugs and guess what they found. Yes some more under the same floor. They are now all dead!!! and the floor is fixed. We also found out that they never hooked up the heat vent so the termits even had heat under the floor.

Now we are waiting for the carpet guy to come back in to put the carpet down right. Then I will get the bill for the repair, YUCK!

Can You Hear Me Now?

Yes, he finally got new hearing aides! He will be paying for them for a few months, but at least he can hear now! Hopefully, he won't put these in a cup holder and forget about them.