It has been way too long.

(Way mixed up pictures but hey!! I posted.)






Wow! I have really been a slacker.
I now work at the temple full time nights from 7pm to 3:30am. I drive the bus too. My bus route has changed from the Nauvoo route to the High School route. I am amazed how much I really enjoy it. I have to be careful to get enough sleep but when I do my weeks are great and they go so fast it is amazing. Then because my weeks fly by so fast my weekends drag by so slowly it feels like a huge reward for my busy week. I will never complain I have two of the best jobs I could imagine. I miss my daycare kids sometimes but the kids on the bus keep me happy.

We just met a lady from Monmouth Illinois who is a member of the church. She was Bryce Capeners Young women leader. She is a host mom for foreign exchange students. She brought her 2 boys, Dennis from Germany and Emeric from France, and another boy Maz from Germany who was staying with her for the weekend. We had a great time visiting with them and invited them to come and stay the following weekend so Suzanne could spend time with their daughter. Bryce and Amber went with Suzanne and the boys to pick up her daughter. They had a fun day in Chicago and then came and spent a day here in Nauvoo with us. Emeric came back the following week and went to church with us and to Super Saturday with Lacey. They are such nice boys and so respectful.

This weekend I drove the girls to Columbia Missouri to Mormon Prom. The girls were so cute and had such a great time. They really set an example of what a Dance should be like. They danced with everyone under the sun. They laughed and visited and really made everyone feel good. I was so proud. Both Lacey and Amber are like that at every dance. They just want to have fun and they do. I hope I get to take Lacey next year when she is old enough.

As most of you know Amber is graduating in May. She had all sorts of plans all based around Luke Turner and his return from his Mission. Well due to health problems Luke has been given a full honorable release due to some pretty serious medical problems with his ability to be on his feet for long periods of time. Well this is changing things so stay tuned for more of this story....

Sage and Zachary came out in March for a visit. They got to see Amber's play. Amber was in the musical "Thoroughly Modern Millie" It was AMAZING. Wow that girl can really sing. The files are all to big or I would have posted them for everyone to hear. Well Zach and Sage were able to be here. They are coming back the end of April to spend the summer working and saving money for school next year. We are thrilled. Everyone will be home for Ambers graduation and everything will feel normal for a while then our house is going to get pretty empty so...we decided to host a foreign exchange student. Yep. So far it looks like it will be a 15 year old girl from Brazil. :) We are all just wondering how that happened but it feels good and we have room and Lacey will have a friend and the other girls who have stayed with us briefly didn't seem harmed by the experience. lol

There is probably a million things that I should post but this is what is on my mind right now. Life is good everyone is busy and happy. Amber is franticly getting ready for graduation and her future. Lacey is running track and getting ready to start drivers ed the first few weeks of summer vacation. Marty just finished a side job, hanging Sheetrock and texturing the walls of a house in Montrose, Iowa. He is also working on getting mom's tile floor finished. :) whew!!