Update on my Absence

A lot of people have wondered where I have gone in the World of Blogging. I am still here, just not as much. I have said this before, but it is more true now, life is crazy...and keeps getting crazier. Here are some updates from our lives and the reasons I don't have time to blog anymore:

• I got a new calling. I am now the 1st counselor in Young Womens. Basically, the same as being an Advisor, but with a few more meetings. Still loving serving in YW's. Love the girls and the leaders.
• All the kids have moved into new bedrooms. Aiden and Andrew got Jill's room. Paige and Morgan got big girl beds and I am having the cutest patchwork quilt being made even as we speak. Oakley got the old nursery and Trent is in the process of painting it a more girly color. I will be posting pics as soon as the rooms are done.
• More remodeling. Trent has finished his sound panels in the theater room and now we are just waiting on our couch and the room with be complete, even with the ugly, soft brown shag. Our mudroom is just waiting for our lockers to be made. Once again, I will post pics when everything is perfect.
• I got to enjoy a girls trip to St. George this weekend (post to come). We have had it planned for months and it was so good to just do whatever we wanted. And now there are 2 things (besides Mandi and fam, and Jake and Candice) that I will go back to Vegas for. H & M and Max Brenner. Loved shopping at H & M and I found the perfect dress for Jill's wedding. And it was only $35-for a full on dress! Yay!
• Made 100 baby shower invites for one of my BFF's Kristen. Its a ward shower, hence the reason for so many invitations. They turned out really cute and, we, at the Hoard, are so excited for Blake and Kristen! And thanks to Linds for perfectly putting the flowers on the invites and Tracy and Emi who helped deliver!
• I am making 5 dozen rolls for our Relief Society dinner tonight. Enough said.
• Morgan will go pee pee in the potty 1/3 of the time. Progress towards a diaper free home. If I had the time and energy I am sure she would be completely potty trained.
• I am getting back into the routine of exercise/running. I feel so much better when I exercise. And my knee has somewhat cooperated with my running. Hopefully I will be running outside, on the hills very soon.
• We thought we were beyond the baby stage at the Hoard, but we forgot about Oliver. We watch him a few times a week and have to remember to put things away so he doesn't get into them. The kids love him and he loves them back. He fits right in here. See Jamie, I can handle watching Annie once in a while.
• With Jill getting married Brooke will be homeless. I have been trying to get Brooke to live with us for the past year and I guess she got desperate enough that she accepted. So come June we will be a family of 8!
• The usuals of laundry, cleaning, preschool, meals, groceries, playing, gymnastics, sleeping, reading, and some Internet have taken to the rest of our time.

Sorry for the boring post, but its all I could get done at this moment. As soon as a certain someone emails me some pics I will get a fun post up. You know who you are. :)

ps. I have 144 new posts on my google reader....so you may not get comments from me. Just know that I am out there reading all your wonderful, amazingly entertaining posts (I am not being sarcastic). Hopefully next week things will have calmed down a bit. Until then...