Girl's Camp

Even though I am no longer serving in Young Women's, I was still able to attend one afternoon of Girl's Camp this year as a workshop speaker. We did some team-building activities that related to Sis. Cook's talk from the last conference.

I love the girls, I love their spirit, and I miss the girls in my ward... but I was sure glad that I didn't have to worry about Girl's Camp this year! :)

Hold Me Accountable

Ugh. Sorry I haven't posted anything lately. I have so much to catch up on, not limited to the following:

video of Aidan chasing a bird (hilarious!)
pictures of our new house (!!!!), along with details of the house-hunting trip
pictures from my play
video of Aidan's first steps (now that he's basically running!)
weight loss before and after pictures for those of you on the Biggest Loser blog

I'm sorry I'm so behind - life has been crazy busy. But I should be able to post all 5 of those (and maybe more?) by the end of this week, and I figure if I post this, you guys will hold me accountable for blogging, right?
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So this parenting thing actually works sometimes!

I just looked over and saw Aidan picking up his socks. We have tried very hard to teach him to help pick up his messes, but obviously he has still needed lots of guidance. But today, he was picking them up without any prompting or help! Hip hip hooray!

Details

Mike has been applying for various jobs for the last 6 months or so. After one interview with a particularly long (and ultimately disappointing) wait, I started changing my prayers. Instead of just asking that we would be able to find a good job in a location that would be a good place for us to raise our family, I also started asking that when the right job came along, things would move smoothly.

And smoothly they did!

When this job was first posted, Mike saw it but didn't apply because he was waiting to hear back from another job. By the time he heard, this job listing was gone. However, a few weeks ago it came back. He applied and found out that one of his former co-workers is now in that lab! Within a week, he was asked for a phone interview, which went well enough that they wanted him to come meet them. A week later, he went out and was offered the job at the interview!

So now it's official:

Starting August 16, Mike will be doing cancer research at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Congratulations, honey! Big changes for our family!

Surprise!

Mike got a new job!!!!

Sew Crafty!

My character in the play needed a waist apron, and we didn't know anyone that had a nice one.

Now, you have to understand that I really don't sew. I've sewn a few projects here and there, but I mostly just made them up and they aren't very professional. However, I remember that my mom had a little waist apron when we were growing up, and I loved playing dress up with it.

So, I decided it would be worth my time to try to make one. I went online and found some directions, and even though they seemed a little daunting, I just started in at step one and kept going. Lo and behold, it worked! Other than when Aidan came in and sat on my foot petal (scaring the living daylights out of him and jamming my machine for a bit!), I managed to make a very nice-looking apron without a hitch!

Now I just hope the play goes that smoothly!

Question

So does every kid go through a phase where they like to crawl into tiny spaces and just sit there? Or is it just my kid? Lately his favorite thing to do is crawl under my legs and sit in the foot hole of my computer desk. He also likes sitting under Mike's chair. He also likes closets. As pictured.

So did your kids do that, too?