I haven't posted anything for a while so I thought I would write a little bit about what is going on. We haven't been doing much; just the same old stuff so I haven't had any reason to post. Anyway, one fun thing we have done lately is watch Tyrel wrestle! He is a pretty good little wrestler and it is so funny to watch these little 4-5 year old wrestling matches. Some kids get really into it and wrestle and other kids just lay down and let the other kid pin them and then they will get up with the biggest smile on their face like they are the best wrestlers ever. It is so funny. Here are a couple pictures of Tyrel wrestling in his final match:
As you can see he wrestled that kid to the ground! He has a blast and I think Klint has even more fun watching and coaching from the sidelines. Lacie said he couldn't go to the matches any more because he yelled and cheered too loud and the people were plugging their ears. We all laughed at that. Tyrel did a great job and came home with first place medals pretty much every match. One time he got second place and he was pretty disappointed. What a funny kid. It has been really nice to have the Hughes family back in St. George. Emily and Colby love playing with Tyrel and Jack and the girls. Colby loves Jack and talks about him all the time. Jack on the other hand isn't really sure about Colby because sometimes Colby plays with his toys and Jack is very protective! Also playing with the boys has been good for Colby because he now thinks everything is a gun and will shoot you with it and he also plays a lot more with is cars and other boy things.
Speaking of Colby, he is a little fart! His personality is growing so much these days that I love listening to him and watching him play. The other day he told me all about his Nursery class using one or two word sentences and I could pretty much understand exactly what he was talking about. He is talking so much better and clearer these days and is not as shy as he used to be. He does everything Emily does and tries to say everything she says. Sometime I wonder if that is a good thing. He also likes to get into everything especially after I have told him not to. Look how big he is getting!!
Colby is also into doing tricks. Notice he is standing on his Clifford dog instead of sitting. He will do this and then yell to me "Hey! Look! Tricky!" He does a lot of thing that he thinks is "Tricky!" We have started a little bit of potty training with him. He seems to do pretty well with poop but we haven't been real strict on pee yet. We really need to start cracking down though soon if we want him to be potty trained by the time the new baby comes. That is the goal so we need to get on it.
Emily is doing well too. She loves to color pictures and is getting very good at staying in the lines. When she really puts her mind to it she has colored some really good pictures. She loves coloring with markers and does a much better job with them than crayons. She loves going to pre-school with her friends on Fridays and is learning to write her letters, count, and even read a few sight words. Emily loves her Sunbeam teacher, Sister Gough, and gives her a hug every time she sees her. She is disappointed that Sister Gough will not be her Primary teacher next year and can't understand why Sister Gough can't move up to the other class too. Huh I guess I have the say on what class Sister Gough teaches so maybe she can move up!! (But we will most likely keep Sis Gough with the Sunbeams.)
Russell is doing good too. He went on his first house fire the other day with the Fire Department and he said it was so exciting! I think his ultimate goal would be to get hired full time with the Fire Department and just fight fires. That is a high risk job but after meeting many of the guys on the Fire Department and especially the captains and chiefs, I feel a little better about it. These guys are really great and it is amazing the brotherhood that is in the department. All of the guys do what they can to help and teach these new rookies the ropes and I know they will have each others backs in case of an emergency.
I am doing well too, just hanging in there and trying to deal with pregnancy, and primary, and everything else. Our Nursery leader had a baby and then moved so we were without a Nursery teacher. I have been in the Nursery for the past two months and I have come to realize that calling would be the best calling in the church! All you have to do is go to Nursery, play Play-Doh, sing songs, play toys, and have a snack! Oh and prepare a little lesson on how we should smile instead of frown! Then you go home and you don't have to worry about ANYTHING!! And to top it off, all of the kids love you! Perfect calling. Which is why I cannot understand why that calling is the hardest calling to fill in the Primary. I have been in and out of the Bishops office many many times since I got put in as Primary President trying to find another Nursery Leader and it has been so hard. Finally though we got two couples to accept and another one is in the works. Unfortunately, these couples will only be in the ward for a short time so I am still in the same boat of finding a replacement when that does happen. So that is my life it seems finding replacements for every calling. I wonder if I can call myself to Nursery and then release myself from the presidency? Doubt it! Anyway I went back into Primary last week because it was my turn for Sharing Time and it felt like I hadn't been there forever! To add to the stress, a mom called me and said her kids had lice and before they knew it, they were at church. Well, they have kids in Nursery, Junior and Senior Primary so the whole Primary was exposed (if that is the right word). So we had to call all of the parents and tell them the situation. Yeah we were on the phone pretty much all day. I don't really know anything about lice so I was scrubbing mine, Emily and Colby's heads for a week before I was pretty confident that we were okay. But My counselor said really the only way to spread lice is to share a hat, or comb or something like that with a person that has it. Any way my head is itching right now so I will stop talking about it. And in more drama news, we are currently at odds with a parent because they want to move their kid up to Sunbeams next year when really she is not old enough. Enough said about that because I can already feel my blood pressure going up because I get so upset about the situation. In good news though, we had three kids get baptized this month! I love going to baptisms. Before each baptism, I talk to the baptism candidates about baptism and explain the covenants and more. While I was talking to these kids, I could see the light in their eyes and they were all so excited to be baptized and could hardly wait for the day to come. They all knew all of the answers to the baptism questions I asked and I could tell they were ready. I do love these kids and love being in Primary so I guess I will keep plugging along doing my best.
Well in baby news, I am continually getting bigger. I haven't taken any belly pictures with this one which is kind of too bad but maybe soon. Everyone keeps telling me I am small but I feel really big. The doctor says I am measuring right on and everything sounds good. One hiccup though was my glucose test that checks for Gestational Diabetes. I had that test done at my last appointment and it tested high. Normal range is 90 to 128 and mine came in at 157 so they were worried that I might have gestational diabetes. Dr. Astle didn't seem too worried because I am measuring right on and nothing else seemed out of the ordinary but he wanted to do further testing just in case so he ordered a 3 hour Glucose test. Can I tell you that test sucked! I went to the lab at 8 in the morning and couldn't leave until noon! First you have to be fasting which for any one that has been pregnant you know that makes you sick. Then they draw your blood once to test it at it's original level. Mine came back as like 72 and if it was lower than 70 they would have contacted my doctor. Off to a great start right! Then you drink the nasty sugar water that tastes like a flat Sprite. This causes your blood sugar to skyrocket so you get nauseated (at least I did). And they tell you if you feel like you are going to pass out tell us immediately and don't throw up or the test is ruined and we have to start over another day. So I am sitting there trying not to puke and trying not to pass out for three hours all the while unable to eat anything. So every hour for the next three hours they draw your blood again for testing. My poor arms looked like I was a heroine addict. Finally I was able to go home and get some actual food to eat. Russell made me lay down while he made me some lunch because he said I looked very pale and bad. After lunch I slept for a few hours and finally felt better. I don't know how the results of the tests turned out but I haven't gotten a call from the doctor yet so I am thinking that is a good sign. Other than that this pregnancy has been pretty good and it has gone by so fast! We only have about 9 weeks left! And we still have not decided on a name yet. We are throwing around Logan, Ben, Tyson, and some others but who knows yet we are open for suggestions.
Anyway that's what we have been up to lately. The holidays are coming up very soon so this is kind of the calm before the storm I guess because we will be getting busier.
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