A Month......Seriously????

Wow....it has been forever since I posted (a month). Where in the world have I been? There isn't much exciting things to report. We have been crazy busy! I will give a rundown of what we have been up to (update overload). Hopefully I can get back to a more normal routine of blogging.

I spent much of the month of November looking (and feeling) like this:

My surgery went great the end of October but the recovery really sucked. Don't forget to note the bottle of Norco on my bed post. It took me FOREVER to feel normal again. I am so glad that December has been much nicer. Our ward was absolutely wonderful. I was in awe of all the service that they rendered on my behalf. People dropped by food all the time, came and cleaned the house, watched the girls when I needed to rest, etc. My parents were also wonderful in making sure that they could be here and help me out when Joseph couldn't since I couldn't lift anything for 6 weeks. A little rough when you have a toddler.

The beginning of December, I did another VCUG (this time was a horrific nightmare!). The good news is that my urinary reflux was resolved with surgery. I am so thankful for that! I don't think that I could go through this whole surgery and recovery process again if it hadn't worked.

Other than that, I have been busy with work and the girls. I closed on a couple of real estate transactions and have been busy running the office while Joseph did tons of sprinkler blowouts.

Speaking of Joseph, he has been busier than all of us. Our idea to just send out a few emails and blow out 10 or 20 sprinklers turned into a full time job for Joseph for the last 6 weeks. He blew out his last sprinkler yesterday afternoon. We are so thankful for how long this lasted. We have been truly blessed. It has also turned into a full fledged lawn care business.

In the spring, we will begin doing lawn fertilization and sprinkler maintenance and repair. We were able to form somewhat of a business partership with a guy in town and he is giving us 500 fertilization accounts. We are so thankful for this amazing opportunity.

Joseph is going back to school in January to continue to pursue his bachelor's degree. I will miss him since he will be gone a lot more than he is right now but we have been extremely blessed with his opportunity to attend college with the VA paying for everything and don't want to waste it.

Paige is in preschool this year and absolutely loves it. I love the preschool that she goes to and her teacher is wonderful. Paige also had her first Primary program this year. The Sunbeams were just singing one song. I had to go up there with her (she was bawling) and wouldn't sing with the other kids. She did wave to her grandparents (both Joseph's and my parents came) but came back down with me after their song. She was just too scared to be up there. Hopefully next year she will be a little less afraid.

Lexi is growing up so fast. She has started talking more and more. Her favorite words are mommy, daddy, baby, cookie, mine, and grandpa/grandma. She also started going to nursery the first of November. She is having a hard time adjusting to nursery. Hopefully within a few more weeks she will be used to it.

There isn't anything really exciting happening. We are staying home for Christmas this year. We are having a New Year's Eve slumber party at our house with all of Joseph's family. We think that it will be a lot of fun and are really looking forward to it. We will be a little cramped with so many people sleeping in our house but we think it will be worth the fun.

We hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We are so thankful for our Savior and the true spirit of CHRISTmas! Here is a couple pictures of the girls.....