When the blog header says "We live for...little moments...like this!" This had to be the first picture you see this week! They're so dang cute!

Reading scriptures and eating popcorn with dad "This is the life!" I love it.
Oh what a week!
Easter and Conference, I love it when they are the same weekend, it was wonderful! Instead of "fun bags" this time we did Conference bingo. It worked okay. When Cannon was listening he did pretty well, but then it was like Do I have a bingo? Is that bingo? and so on...
I tried to separate the material side of Easter, and the Easter Bunny knew we were talking about gifts and the gifts the Savior gave us and continually gives us on Saturday so that sneaky little bunny came Saturday during naps! I had already given the boys their Easter outfits ~as we talked about gifts~ and he just set stuff out by them. He didn't bring baskets, not to our house, he brought 18 wheelers! Peterbuilt! With a flat bed trailer (thank you walmart clearance) and loaded with scriptures and a new tie (and a tractor) they were awesome!
The boys are pretty pumped about having a whole fleet of trucks! As for Bingo~It was fun but having "prizes" for Bingos kind of kept us right in the gift mode all day Saturday and Sunday...Oh well. I tried. Cute Cannon looked at me at one point maybe Sunday-ish and with a really concerned look said "Mom, are we going to stop learning about Jesus?" I said "No Way! We're always going to learn about Jesus, we're just focus on him extra during Easter time." As if there is such thing as extra~it was just cute though.
Monday Isaac went into work even though it was technically a day off~ at least he got to come home early. But we hit the ground running. We used up the leftover cookie dough, we tried out the squirt guns Grama gave them. (Ok I confess I picked them out but she put me up to it and she paid for them...so I get to blame her right?) We really did have fun, Colt can't really run his so he took over Cannon's bubble shooter gun and in theory he blows bubbles and Cannon shoots them. But really Cannon squirts Colt, so I took over Colt's squirt gun and pay backs;) It was a good time.
Then came Tuesday...the much anticipated Tuesday. UG I'll explain. Even though Wednesday was a really good, nice, peaceful, the Lord is in charge and mindful of us and knows the plans he has for us kind of day. I still started this part of the blog post then. I'll leave it as I wrote it then. It isn't written very well, as I try to read back through it I just think Wow, I was stressed, that was all over the place! But here ya go:
Boy do I need some blog therapy after a week like this! Last Friday Isaac got back from a campus visit to a little town in northern Missouri. It was pretty random, they contacted him a few weeks ago and said they were sorry it had taken so long but asked if he was still interested in their position. I laughed said "so you weren't their first choice" he smiled and agreed but said that was fine. He'd already been on a campus visit and the next one was scheduled, the first one went well so he was like eh I'll call them Monday. (He got the email on a Friday night) but that weekend, maybe Saturday night I was like...you probably better email them before Monday, he agreed. So he (ok we) did but basically just said "Well, I'm pretty deep in the process with other schools, I like this this and this about your school though-can I call you Monday?" Well the guy emailed him back (on Sunday and was like "please call!" I'm here today or I'll be in tomorrow at whatever time) anyway Isaac called him back and when he called me to tell me about it he said "That went really well!" That was kind of exciting so later that week they got the campus visit all scheduled and in the meantime we did get an offer from the school in Ohio and he made the trip to the school in Michigan but this other one was so much more appealing for several reasons that he just kind of said I have to have until next week to decide (which was this last week.) Bla bla (oh that was a really great thing about this week though, it was nice to have him here and not have a campus visit) Anyway, his campus visit went really well, and they said he should hear from them by Tuesday. It was crazy but it just felt so good, that was the only way to explain it. My excitement was just building! I knew I was getting too excited but it just felt so good ~and its not like we're talking about anywhere near home here, its the middle of nowhere Missouri! So I felt like it was an extra big deal that it felt so good~ but by middle of no where I mean little small town, a Walmart but not much more (even the Wendy's shut down... in a college town? ...How is that possible?) But the thing is its 2-3 hours from EVERYTHING. Kansas City, St. Louis, Des Moines, Nauvoo (in the Nauvoo stake, kinda random) Adam-ondi-Ahman so it was seeming pretty good. And KC might be almost 3 hours away but that's closer than Shreveport is to here and I found $107 flight to Vegas...so yeah, I was getting a little excited, and everyday my excitement would build...until Tuesday, nothing. What? Nothing. Such a let down, how is a let down? It was never really real! And its not like its not a possibility its just Tuesday came and went and anyway I feel like we're learning a lot from the whole experience. If its supposed to work out it will, and if its not supposed to it won't, and our job is just to do the best we can. (Which is a lot of work on Isaac's part and a lot of cheer leading on my part but there's not a ton I can do. I pray though I pray hard!)
So above was what I wrote Wednesday!
Tuesday was crazy. It didn't help that it was just a stay home catch up on laundry kind of day for the boys and I. I was just waiting for Isaac to call with some good news. Wednesday, though really was a good day. We had a good day of prayer and fasting, some good discussions, retrospection, insights, and such. It was long but good. The boys and I busied ourselves with the park, library, and squirt guns again and such. That sitting around waiting for a phone call is for the birds! We really had a great and peaceful day together.
Anyway, it was just all part of the thought process and such, Isaac still thought they would call, I just didn't want to get my hopes up, but I still felt peace going into the day Thursday.
But! Thursday! Isaac really did hear from them!!!! We are so excited. So MO MO MO at this point means we're going to Missouri!!!!! It was a long two days and we had to let the Ohio offer go without having anything but I feel like we really learned a lot in what seemed like a long two days but really two days is such a short time.
Oh goodness what else... how could there be anything else? We know where we're going next! And we're really excited about it. (And did you ever think you'd read about me being so excited about going somewhere that wasn't in Southern Utah? I didn't!) We do feel like we'll be there at least a few years I'm kinda excited to become invested in the community, its where Cannon will start school, crazy! I like that its small, but we also feel like this option gave us the best position to also open up future opportunities. We are thrilled!
I've thought recently--even before this last week-- about that Mormon message, where Elder Christofferson tells the story but its about President Hugh B. Brown and the current bush, remember it?
We played basketball a couple times this week. Tuesday to try and get our minds off things. Thursday to have some fun! One of the games though yesterday I was standing on the court before we got going and I realized not only was I the only girl on the court (that's usually pretty normal, but I love playing and the guys are really nice to me...unless I hit a shot or two then they are merciless about blocking me ;) ... fair enough!) but I was also the only white person on the court! Crazy right? But what a cool experience the South has been for us. And its easier to say that when we know its wrapping up, right?! Really I should take a video of Cannon talking Southern. Or "southeren" as he pronounces it. He's pretty good at stretch'n those vowel sounds out.
Well that's bout it from this girl with a grateful heart! I'll add more if I think of it but for know I'll just wrap up with a couple pictures of my cute little kids. Cann Man doing his all time favorite thing, watching Mighty Machines on the tablet. I loved his little hand on his head! And Colt Man scavenging rice that spilled out of a rice bag off the floor. Come on Lyndi! Feed that kid!

































