More Catching Up

So blogging has taken a back burner lately. I have had so much to do lately! That, and I'm lazy.

So lazy, in fact, that I forgot to post these cute pictures of Eden from last month. She went to a princess birthday party and since her princess dress-ups are THRASHED, we had to improvise. We decided that with her gold Sunday dress, she could be Belle. I had the perfect red rose hair clip to clip to her dress. She was so excited and had a lot of girly fun. She doesn't get much of that with only brothers.
Kira and Michaela came to visit over last weekend. It's always good to see them. It's not often that I get to see Kira these days. They came on a crazy weekend, but it turned out good. Our ward had a pool party on Saturday, and it was a lot of fun. I wish I would have taken some pictures, but we were all just having too much fun. It's been a long time since I've gone off the diving board (I'm always in the water watching the kids). We threw floaties on the kids and Peter watched them for a while while me and Kira and Michaela went off the diving board a few times. I even went off the high dive. I got a little bodyslapped, but it wasn't too scary. We went down the water slide, which was really fun, then Kira and Michaela actually took Levi down. He said it was fun, but he didn't want to go again when I asked him if he would go with me. It was a perfect day to swim too. Kira and Michaela had to leave on Sunday. The kids had a fun time with them. I guess the next time we see them will be at Thanksgiving!

In other news, there's still no baby in there, so I'm definitely going on the Trek. I'm starting to get excited now. For the past month, I have been reluctant to prepare too much for the Trek in case I was pregnant. If I had gotten pregnant, I was going to tell the leaders I couldn't go. But now I am going, so it's time to get ready.

I've been stressing a little about all the clothes I need to come up with. But after spending a good two days working on things, I'm not too worried about the clothing anymore. I made two bonnets already, and one apron. They weren't hard at all, and I'm pretty proud of the end results! I already have one dress, so now I just need to make one skirt and I'm also going to make a bib apron to go over my dress. I hope the dress I have will hold up. I think it will probably be fine. I was informed that it is going to be pretty cold where we are. It will be around 30 degrees at night and in the 60s during the day. For me, that is cold! I also found out I am allowed to bring flannel pajamas, and I think I might also go out and get a better sleeping bag. We'll see.

I'm going to call my optometrist and see if he'll give me some contacts I can sleep in. I do not want to wear glasses, because then I can't wear sunglasses. I also need to start running again, asap! I think I will start tonight :)