Sacrifices to make a good impression...LOL

So we have a new student living with us. Her name is Suna (pronounced Sona) She's from Seoul, Korea. In preperation for her coming I wanted to get the sink changed downstairs. We put a new sink upstairs and wanted to move the old one from upstairs down, b/c the one downstairs was cracked all the way across. Well...me being the novice plumber...wait I don't think I can even say I'm that experienced. So we'll just say, me trying to be a novice plumber, invited a friend over to help me...a REAL novice plumber :) Stephanie. Boy were we in for a day!! Well first of all, I thought it was going to be a very simple, unhook the hoses, take the old sink out, put new sink in, hook the hoses back up. HA HA...yeah not like that at all...we had a few hick-ups in our operation. I didn't realize that the sink from upstairs was an 1 1/2 in. taller than the one downstairs. They look identical. But we finally figured that all out after a few trips to the hardware store and a try at the skillsaw, plus a few more calls to friends and family I finally got it put together...just only about 30 mins before our student arrived. THANKS STEPHANIE for all your help!! You're awesome! I was still trying to clean up all the messes in the mean time. So I was a sweaty ugly mess as I welcomed our new student. Oh well. She's very sweet. She's really good with little kids so she and Josh get along great. We'll only have her for 2 months. She's the most advanced student we've had so far. Her english is great and her ability to understand is awesome. Its makes it easier on us! :D

(Pic#1 Steph holding the water hoses b/c we couldn't get the water to stop leaking...(I ended up having to turn the waterheater

connection off)

Pic #2 What I pulled out of the drain from the old sink from upstairs...it had been sitting for a while...NASTY!!!

Pic # 3 The missing screw...I was looking all over for it....yeah it stays attached to the hose. That's when you just have to laugh at yourself.)

Its been a while....

We've had so much going on so there are lots of posts that I need to catch up on. So here's for starters....

I was putting Josh down for the night and telling him that I'm the luckiest mom in the world because I get to be his mom. He promptly replied that He's the luckiest son in the world. :D So I gave him a kiss good night and told him that maybe he should pray to Heavenly Father and ask if we can have another baby. (this wasn't the first time that he'd prayed for it) So he said that he wanted to pray right now, I said ok...so he prayed for a baby brother or sister and when he finished his prayer he looked up at me and said "He said Yes!" Oh the faith of a child...I love it.

Father's Day

Its been an interesting Father's Day this year. We've been up at Jason's parent's home to celebrate his grandmom's 80th Birthday and we stayed over to visit a little longer. Poor Jason pretty much slept the whole day. So it wasn't much of a Father's Day for him. But we did get to spend some time with his family and of course have some excellent food as usual.
I'm so grateful that I have such a wonderful husband. He's been such a trooper with his recovery. He's been very gracious with me and everyone that has been helping him.
I'm grateful for a loving Heavenly Father that has given me so much. I'm so grateful for my own dad and especially for the opportunity to build a new relationship with him and get to know him. I'm grateful to have him in my life. I know he loves me and that is such a blessing. I'm grateful for my Father in law and the great man that he is. I'm grateful for all the men that have been a good influence in my life. I have lived a very blessed life. I have had many teachers and home teachers that have made such a difference for me. So thank you to all of you.