Random Thought Tuesday

1. We are all well again. Can I just say two things: 1. we have been made believers in flu shots. I've always been skeptical before, but next year we will be getting them. $40-$50 for a couple of shots is a lot better than $400 in co-pays and prescriptions! and 2. I thought this before, but am now thoroughly convinced that anyone with more than one child is a living miracle and my hero. When we were sick, I thought over and over, "How the heck am I ever going to be able to do this with more than one kid??? Are we really sure that we want a big family?" Seriously, how do you be sick and take care of multiple kids at the same time? Like, I said - you're my hero!!

2. Eric now has every Friday off. (Well, from work, at least.) Woohoo! We'll enjoy it while it lasts. :)

3. A nearby competition is coming up this Saturday for those of you who have expressed interest - American Fork High School, 5 pm. There are a lot of SWEET shows! You should come check them out!

4. We received some very sad news today. We just found out that a really good friend from Eric's mission passed away. He was a police officer killed in the line of duty. The circumstances were absolutely tragic. And to top it all off, he left behind a young wife and new baby. Besides being incredibly sad, it is a very sobering thing to think that someone Eric's age, who he actually served with on his mission has already passed away. Life is a funny thing.

5. I saw this quote today and liked it and thought I would share:

"Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself." — C.S. Lewis

6. Elena has at least three molars and is learning new words every day. Recently: "what's zat?"(what's that), "mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom, mom" (right now, it's just too dang cute - how can you not respond to that call?), "mine", "pease" (please), "clock", "this", "beep", "mowww" (meow), "woof", "cheap" (like a bird call), "no", "oh no", "yessss", "doh, doh, doh!" (go, go, go!), "bye", "HI!!!", "wowww", and lots more. It's so fun to hear what each new day brings. Language explosion, here we come!

7. Eric is officially getting laid off at the end of this month. We've known for a little while that it was coming, but it still doesn't seem real. We're not sure what he's going to do for work, but we're toying with starting Greengo up again. It's so hard to know what to do in this economy! So, we'll see. In a way its kind of exciting to think that he probably won't have to wake up so early anymore, he'll get to finish school, and that we might have a little more time together (like those fun, struggling newly-married days). But, also, in a way, it totally stinks to not know how we're going to pay the bills in a little while. It's so hard to be in such a state of limbo right now (as I'm sure many of you know right now, too)! Thankfully, though, lately I have had an overwhelming feeling of peace - that no matter how this turns out, we are going to be ok. We'll keep you posted.