You know that you are a blog slacker when...

your HUSBAND asks you to update the blog! I didn't even know that he read it! So I have officially been lazy, uninterested and any other lame excuse you can come up with that involves ignoring the computer and all things "Internet". A few weeks ago our monitor on the computer decided to stop working. It was a sad day for me because we wouldn't be able to watch our shows on NetFlix (nope, we don't have one of those fancy gadgets that hook the computer to the TV, although it would be nice). I feared that it would be a super big deal and that the house would go into a tailspin without FaceBook, my blog, my email, NetFlix, games, etc. Then, about a day after the thing stopped working I was over it. I realized how very much time my family is on the computer; how very much time we WASTE.

We went to WalMart about a week later and bought a new monitor. It is big, and nice, and wonderful. It makes for a good sized "TV screen" for our beloved NetFlix. (What on earth did we ever do before we got NetFlix??!!??)

Anyhow, enough about that. Here is what we have been up to lately.

• David has had consistent work for months. And that is quite amazing in a small town in construction. We are counting our blessings daily for that.
  
• I am always keeping busy with all things motherly. Cleaning, cooking, feeding, building potato Leprechauns, potty training a boy, babysitting, singing, cleaning, cooking, feeding, and very little sleeping. I was released from my calling as the 1st councilor in the Young Women presidency last week. It was a hard thing, and many tears came. I love those wonderful girls. I miss it already.
  
• Nathan is working on his Pinewood Derby car with David. He is pretty excited about it. The race is at the end of the month. He is also keeping himself entertained reading. He has always been a reader, but these last few weeks, that is about all he does. I love that he loves to read.
• Aubrey is such a great girl lately. She is all about being the mother, which is helpful. Although sometimes she tries to mother her mother, so that doesn't work out well for her. She went to two birthday parties this weekend, and had a blast a both. She is getting really good at reading, and is still enjoying our relatively new trampoline. Yesterday she took practically all the stuffed animals we own and bounced them around on the trampoline with her. They are still out there actually.
• Emily is in the process of growing out her bangs. I will tell her how pretty she is, and she always replied "Except for my bangs". So, we have abandoned the bangs and are now in the process of pinning them back until they are long enough. She was jealous of the birthday parties Aubrey went to, and just turned in her Potato Leprechaun at school (yes, over a week late). By the way, pipe cleaners do not glue to potatoes. Even with superglue. I was frustrated with the project when Nathan was in this class, and I am still frustrated with Emily having to do it. Although I love the teacher, I hate the Leprechaun project.

• Betsy is happy, go lucky, content and such a peacemaker. Yes, still. She was born that way, and still hasn't changed. She has a smile and energy that is SO contagious. It is hard not to be happy when Betsy is around. Although she is so positive about things, she is no push-over. She has a independence that no one messes with. She is a joy in this house.
• Jay is officially potty trained. FINALLY. I still have to remind and ask him, but he even will go on his own, without my prompting sometimes. He would probably make it alright through church and bedtime, but I don't want to deal with an accident so I am putting him in a Pull Up when we go places for more then about an hour, or when he sleeps. It probably confuses him more then anything. I need to trust him more. I am just being lazy, that is all.