Tissue

Hey There,

I just had to share this, because it was so sweet! Sunday morning, I REALLY hurt my lower back. I bent over to pick something up and BAM, I can't move. So I make it to the bed and start screaming for Brent to come help me... as he and Mariska come into the room I can't help but start bawling, out of pain and frustration. So I'm sitting there crying and Brent is digging through the closet for our rice bag to heat in the microwave, Mariska notices my tears and says, "Tissue", or more like "dizshew"... she takes off and comes running back with a wad of toilet paper, pulls off a few small pieces and hand them to me over and over. What a sweet helper, right? It was just too cute.
Luckily that night we had a visit from a couple in our ward and he and Brent were able to give me a blessing. I was blessed to be able to sleep and I'm still hurting pretty good today, but I can move well enough to take care of Mariska.

Pictures

Hi Everyone,

I know people want to see more pictures. We've got some things going on this week that are making it a little hard. We're going to work on getting pictures up by next weekend... I need the goal to get my mind off some things. Hope you check back soon!

Hello from down south

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for visiting! People keep asking for pictures and news from our new place... so this is a good way to make sure everyone can see anything new.

Brent is teaching at Frank Moates Elementary in Glenn Heights, TX. He is teaching 5th grade math and science. He's pretty swamped with paper work right now, but once he's plowed through it all things will go much smoother.

I am working on sticking to our grocery budget. I don't think $300 a month is unrealistic for diapers, toothpaste and all our food. We only have 3 people and none of us each outlandish portions. But even so I can't seem to stick to it. This month it looks like I've gone over by about 20 dollars... so I'm improving. I need to record all the cheapest prices at Walmart so that I know a deal on the sales when I see it and stock up. We bought our freezer for that reason. I'm also working on getting on top of our scrap booking. I haven't even started Mariska's book yet!

Mariska is the perfect child. She sleeps a lot and entertains herself very easily. Sometimes it's almost as though I'm in her way. Her favorite snack is Goldfish crackers, although we substitute with the generic Whales, she seems not to notice. She's also hooked on Barney. She almost knows all of the sounds animals make. Her favorites are the tiger, monkey and dog.

Well, I hope you all check on us every now and then and even share your thoughts.

Sites

Well we've been here for a little while. We've seen a couple of things... these are pictures from outside the 6th Floor Museum at the Dallas Book Depository where JFK was killed. This is also a picture of the new Cowboys stadium being built in Arlington.