We have adjusted pretty good I think. The kids haven't even flinched! Hatti and Quincie are becoming closer now that Kolten is gone to school all day. Hatti says she is the babysitter.
Kolten is doing well at school. He got a 100% on his first spelling test yesterday. He did say that he got in trouble the 1st 2 days cause he wasn't obeying the rules. He told me that his teacher reminds him of Mrs. Rudd and she gets mad at him exactly like Mrs. Rudd did! haha! He told me that he wants to tell his teacher to move him spots on the table so he can see his friend and her at the same time!!! His back faces the board so he is using his brain here!! He is doing better now. After getting a 100% on that test, we made a really big deal about it and his confidence is boosted a bit! He is making friends but I don't know that any of them are LDS. He said bye to his friend Lucus when I picked him up from school and his dad had quite a few tattoos. But he wasn't white trash looking. haha! I am trying to tell Lincoln that I can tell a difference between a white trash person with tatoos and a nice person with tattos! He isn't convinced!
We take him to school at 8:40. I thought that was when it started but we think it is 8:50. We don't know!! He is done at 3:20. We have to take him and pick him up. No bus this year!
I took for granted "Western Family"! Nobody down here sales the brand. It's all Kroger. I tried some walmart stuff and didn't really like it as well. Now we are trying Kroger.
Gas is 3.25 a gallon as of today! I haven't really noticed a change in food prices. It's about the same.
We have 3 swimming pools in our Community that we get to pick from to swim at each day. Let me explain how big our "Community" is. It is big enough for an 18 hole golf course weaved around the community. To get to the next hole, they have to cross the street! Really cool. Lincoln can't wait to hit it up. $10 for 18 holes cause it is the off season. Kolten has become a little fish. We got him some goggles and he is always under the water. He doesn't even have to plug his nose. We really have to stay by him though cause I have been trying to teach him to push off the wall to get a good head start on his swim. He pushes off, then panics! I am teaching him to float on his back. He is learning. He is doing front flips off the side even.
Hatti is scared to death of the water. So she stays in the kiddie pool. Quincie just likes to chill in her turtle floaty thing.
Church went good today. It was weird that everybody there was in the same stage of life as we are. Hatti made friends with a little girl her same age named Lucy in Sacrament meeting. I couldn't keep them quiet! They held hands and went to sunbeams together! So cute! Quincie did ok in nursery till it was time to go. She didn't like the other kids leaving. I try to get there before it's over to avoid that! The bishop is way nice. We are starting to get to know a few people here and there. It is so weird to me that I will not see them till next Sunday. In Rexburg if you meet somebody, you see them at Walmart the next day. Well not here!
The sand storms...weren't too threatening. It was maybe more mild here than in Phoenix. The wind was blowing (but nothing compared to what we were used to) and it started raining. The thing is is that it's dusty rain. So everything is so dirty after a rain storm. Tomorrow the temp is projected to be 111 degrees. Holy smokes. And we have tons of errands to do tomorrow. So we will have to be out and about.
We worked out in the yard Friday morning for 3 hours. Lincoln wishes so bad that he could start a fire and burn all the crap that we are gathering from around the yard. (leaves and palm tree leaves!) We have to bag it up and put it out for the city to take in Sept.
I got really really brave and wiped out the oven. I used rubber gloves and a sink full of water and soap and 3/4 a roll of paper towels. IT WAS SICK! Then I actually got brave and wanted to use it. So I wiped it out just one more time. Using the rest of the paper towel roll and more soap. It works fine all except I think it is getting too old and the coil sparks sometimes! I think it is due for a replacement.
We skyped Taylor, Annette, and Dyson at your house on Sunday. I was showing them around the house and when I went outside to show them the back yard, Dyson jumped off the couched and went running outside. He though that was where we were. It was so cute! I cried saying goodbye to them again.
I am still having a hard time letting my job go. I really miss it.
We had to have our fridge worked on again. They came out twice to fix it and they kept trying to fix something in the back when we clearly told them it was the water line in the front freezer door. The came and got it Monday night and we didn't get it back until Thursday. Living out of a cooler is really hard.
The smell in our house is fading. I have been working it over with baking soda with oxy clean that is meant for carpets. Or maybe we are just used to it now. I need someone to come over and tell me.
We are doing well. Just a little home sick here and there. I will really be missing Lincoln once he starts school. I will feel back to square one. We will see how this week goes. He starts orientation on Tuesday - Thursday.
We are doing well. Thank you for your love and prayers.
P.S. I will work on taking pictures when Lincoln is gone to school and I have more time. While he is home I am using him for stuff around the house!!
