Bye Bye Mercedes.....

.... Hello Tahoe Z71 - we decided it would be more practical if we went down to 2 cars - so we got rid of my Mercedes and are selling Sheldon's truck. We replaced those 2 with a new Tahoe so we still had a vehicle to tow the boat. I was sad for a couple of days but it will be better with the baby coming - the Mercedes didn't exactly have a lot of room for a car seat.

Saturday - we took the boat out to the lake and it wouldn't start - at first we thought it was the battery but it ended up being the starter - Sheldon went out and bought a new starter and replaced it and we were out on the lake around noon. We went with our good friends Laura and Scott and Sheldon's dad and step sister. It was really hot here this weekend so it was nice to go out on the Lake.

Monday - We got up and went to breakfast with Laura and Scott. Later that day we went to my brother Adam's house where the kids went swimming and we had a BBQ - My mom and dad, 2 other brothers and my sister Suni and all their kids came over - we had a full house. Good times.

Last day of school

Today is Mekai's last day of school - ya. I am always excited when she is out of school - no homework or trying to rush home to get her in bed at a decent time. I am so excited to have 3 days off - so of course we will be taking the boat out for the first time this season. I just wish I could wake board - oh well it will still be fun to go out. We have 3 of our nieces staying with us this weekend so they will keep Mekai busy. I want to BBQ but we don't have our backyard done yet or a BBQ which is all essential to a good BBQ.

Here is a picture of Folsom Lake - the temperature is 80 degrees - perfect. I guess I better head to the store with 3 extra mouths to feed.

Sacramento Temple......

It's so great to have the new Sacramento Temple so close by. I was able to go with family to the temple today because my cousin is getting ready to leave on her mission to Argentina. It totally beats driving all the way to Oakland - which is an all day adventure. The thing that is hard for me is to be able to go to the temple and concentrate on the moment versus what work calls I'm missing, etc...

It's definitely nice to be back with family when you have these family events going on - otherwise I would have missed this experience.

A lady from the R.S. stopped by this evening to welcome me to the ward. She asked what my hobbies were - and you know I was thinking what can I say and how will she use this against me in a calling. She also asked the dreaded question of what previous callings I have held - I told her I prefer not to answer. I actually just said I preferred not to have a calling that would have me teaching every Sunday - with the baby coming and Sheldon usually working on Sunday's it would be too hard. We shall see- she said she would mention that to the bishopric.

Sunday

So we went to our new ward for the first time....it's so small. El Dorado Hills use to have only 2 wards and they split it into 4 wards with ours being the smallest. (this would be like 4 wards between Orangecrest and Woodcrest) Hi - we had to actually sit in the pews. We never had so many people talk to us at church before - 80% of the ward came up and introduced themselves to us. So much for flying under the radar. I think they were a little disapointed we didn't have more kids. Can you believe I am the only pregnant person in the ward - they are so excited to have a baby being born into the ward. At least Mekai's primary class is the largest age group and they are mostly girls. Of course Mekai met a friend right away and went to her house directly from church for dinner.

Will I ever be done ..............

with all the unpacking? The first weekend we moved in we were gung ho and accomplished so much. Now that we have enough unpacked to live everyday the other stuff has been pushed to the side. I walk around the house and just see boxes of junk that I dont even know what to do with. I figure I will wait to finish when I am going thru my nesting period.
Poor Sheldon every time he leaves for a few days for work he comes home with more projects to do around the house.
I think someone should come visit me because that would motivate me to finish everything around the house.

24 weeks and counting

Why is it so hard to find pre-natal care here? I called looking for a doctor before I moved up here and it was really hard to find someone taking new patients. I eventually got a call back from one that could squeeze me in. Before the doctor would see me I had to go to a pre-natal class this morning. What the heck - I am 24 weeks and all the other women there were 8 weeks. Well the good thing is this doctor delivers at a hospital about 5 miles from my house.