Lost Tooth!

Kaden lost his first tooth last week! He let Thomas pull it out. He was very brave! He had the adult tooth right there, so I am surprised that it lasted so long! We need to start saving for braces...that new tooth is already looking crooked! Thomas and I both had to have them, so I figured our kids would. He is growing up so fast, and I am so proud of him!

Good-bye

My parents left on their mission today. They will be in the MTC for 10 days, then off to New Delhi, India for 18 months. They are excited/nervous/happy/sad (to leave family)/ready/not ready...ect.

There are so many emotions that I am going through, that I don't even know how to sort them out. Let's just say that I am sad. My mom is one of my best friends, and I just got her back from a 2-year mission in China just 8 months ago. I got used to her at the gym with me, shopping with me, phone calls...ect. My dad always makes you feel better about any situation. Things could look awful, then you talk to dad, and everything will be okay...it will work out. I love talking to my dad. I will miss them both very much.

I will stop here with my whining incase mom and dad ever find time to come to my blog. Just know it will be a rough few months...I'm 30, I should be able to grow up a bit...just maybe a little bit? But, I will still miss my mommy! ;)

The almost unveiling

We have been working. Hard. For months. Well, 3 years to be exact, but working really, REALLY hard for the past 4-5 months. We are finishing our basement. It has been exhausting, stressful and honestly more then I could handle at times. I'm not a good multitasker. So, when I would help Thomas downstairs...upstairs would vomit and leave me a huge mess. Laundry? I did wash it and dry it and pile it. Sometimes it made it to the fold and put away stage, but not often. Our yard, well, it has never been this ulgy. Not much time to weed, fertilize, spray or mow even. :( My garden? Yeah, it was neglected as well. I just pray that I will get a harvest and be able to can the things I need. When the things around me feel like they are in chaos, all I do is pace. Doesn't make sense, I know. I get it from mom (thanks mom!) Whenever I feel like there is too much to do, I shut down...deer in headlights and just sorta freeze.
Moral to all the ramblings? WE ARE ALMOST DONE!!
Hailey and Kaden moved down to their new rooms this week. My workout room has the treadmill in there. The love seat (our couch wouldn't fit) is down there, TV's ect. We do have loose ends, a lot of them. The bathroom isn't done (there is only tile on the floor and a tub). The kid's closets aren't done, and the storage room isn't even close. BUT, it has made a huge difference to get them in their own rooms. I am still trying to find my kitchen...but that will happen soon. I see a dim, vague light down there at the end of the tunnel!
So, pretty soon, I will get some before and some after pictures to post (I need to find the before shots). I'm just excited to be finishing up in the next few weeks!