Erik's Birthday

Erik turned 39 this month. We broke the birthday curse! Every year on Erik's birthday for the past 11 years one of us ends up in the hospital. This year we broke the curse! Erik's family and my parents came over for dinner it was a nice quiet birthday. No hospital trips, no broken down vehicles, no nothing! I am so relieved that is over! We keep thinking we will break it and then we end up back in the hospital. So I am thinking that 11 needs to be Erik's new lucky number! After all that is how many kids he wanted when he first met me (I told him to date someone else if that was how many kids he wanted). I already wrote a posting on how wonderful he is and how much I love him so I don't want to be mushy again. But I love you and Happy Birthday!!!

Erik, Johnny and the Zoo

Last week Erik was asked to shaperone the Kindergarteners on a field trip to the zoo. This isn't the first time we have done this sort of thing. Although the first time for Johnny. With Kimmie and all her seizure trouble we drive up and met the bus at the zoo and when she gets tired or too hot then we put her in the car and leave. We got up and got ready for the day. I was going to work and Kimmie was headed to school while the boys ventured to the zoo. Erik wasn't too happy that I signed him up but he was going along with it for Johnny. Up until I told him he was going to ride the bus to the zoo. I have to laugh at the response I got. I love my husband but I thought I was dealing with one of the kids on a bad day. The short of the long story is Erik survived the zoo trip. Johnny had a great time.

Oquirrh Mountain Temple

We are very blessed in that we now live 2.5 miles from the new Oquirrh Mountain LDS temple. Kimmie now has moved that temple to the top of her favorite temple list. She now sings I love to see the temple every time we drive down Bangerter Highway. Erik and I have been asked to help with the Physical Facilities Committee. Which just thrills us that we get to go into the temple before most people. There is such a calming and sweet spirit there. So we start working in two week at the temple. We are assigned times during the open house to help with the building. Making sure that everything remains clean and that all of the host/hostesses have everything they need throughout the open house. So it will be a really interesting and rewarding thing to do. I am really looking forward to as Kimmie would say our new temple.