July 27, 2007
More stuff
Well, I thought I could get all of our recent events in yesterday's entry, but it was getting so long, I decided to break it all up.

Monday when we got home from vaca I was really tired and just wanted to sleep really, but as we had no food, I had to go to the grocery store. On the way I pass Sonic, on the Sonic sign there is a thank you to a soldier named Nathan Barnes. I know who this is and feel a bit of concern about it. He is the brother of a sister in my current ward, and I know he has been serving in Iraq. She and I are in a book club together and we always chat about him and I find what she has to tell me really affects how I feel about this whole war. And it opens my eyes to things I don't have to see. Both my grandfathers served in World War 2 and both my grandmothers can tell stories about sacrifice and rationing and how the war rivited the whole country. It bothers me a lot that I can go about my daily life while making very few sacrifices for our soldiers who are fighting this war. In the evening we went to the primary presidents house for a primary presidency family BBQ, and we found out Sgt. Barnes had been killed. I feel so sad about this. From all accounts he was doing what he wanted to do and being who he wanted to be. But a family has lost a son and brother, and that brings this whole thing so much closer to home than it has been before.

Tuesday was my 30th birthday! It was really a great day. I went to RC Willey and bought a new dryer in the morning. Ours has been in and out of service for the past month, and I really wanted to take care of it before baby girl comes. Now, I know shopping for a dryer sounds really boring, but it felt so nice to just go in and buy it and not be too stressed out about it. The RC Willey guys acutally just left, so in a few hours I am sure I will break in the new dryer and see how it holds up to our massive amounts of laundry.

Anyway, back to the birthday. When I got back from RC Willey, Nate and Jack had 30 presents wrapped and ready to open-holy cow-30 presents. It was so much fun, we let Jack have the camera to take pics, so there were a variety with my head cut off. The presents ranged from water bottles, letter openers, candy, Lehi Roller Mills mix, The Office 1 & 2 on DVD, books, candles, all sorts of stuff really. A microwave cart and some shelves, a cooler, some little closet lights. Basically I am guessing Nate went through the aisles at Target and just started filling the cart with things he knew I would like. Both the kids made cards, they always tape change to the cards because Jack says, everyone likes to get money! I got cards in the mail from family and messages singing Happy Birthday on the answering machine. We went to Salt Lake and saw the Glovers home progress, went to Gardener Village, to noodles to eat, the mall, and Cold Stone. I really dragged the fam around actually. At Gardener Village I got a cute baby outfit and a pink and brown ladybug wrist rattle. We got home and had Cold Stone cake, red velvet with cake batter ice cream, and relaxed until dark. Then we walked down the street and watched neighborhood fireworks and chatted with neighbors. It was a really good day. I am so blessed and so greatful for my family and the love we have and time we share.

Wednesday was off to the doctor. Everything is still going great pregnancy wise. The kids and I stopped and looked at car seats, we need two new ones. Thursday was Itty Bitty Soccer for B, which she loves and it sooo fun to watch! Then the dryer this morning. I am always amazed at how every day gets filled. There is a lot to do in the next 9 weeks, and I must say I can't tell if I have the time to accomplish it all or not, but I won't be bored. My next big task is switching the kids rooms and doing some painting. We have a baseball game and family reunion tomorrow. Greatfully, the baseball game is at 9, so before the massive heat wave. And I am going to pack our reunion lunch in my new mid sized cooler!