Things I Have Missed

With Bryan back almost an entire three weeks I have realized there are several things about having him around that I have really missed:

The Music - he is always playing the guitar or piano, and singing. I love to sit and just listen in the evening when we are all relaxing in the front room. I will really miss that when he leaves.

His "Mama" Yells - He will yell for me clear around the house. If I am silent long enough, and he repeats his calls enough, he eventually finds me.

The fact that he is one wild and crazy guy (and always has been).
We will only have his company for a few more days - he is headed West.

A New Addition

You may remember that Bryan loves animals. There have been times over the years I felt our house was a zoo - we have had frogs, chameleons, ferrets, horses, a dog, cats, birds, rats, rabbits, fish, a bearded dragon and lots of snakes. I was very afraid he would come home with an African parrot. Thank goodness for International Trade Laws.

But.....his friend came to visit last weekend and gave him an African Sulcata. He told me it would be a great addition to my future classroom. I thought that was a great idea. He is a very cute tortoise. And I love animals in the classroom.

What Bryan neglected to tell me is that it is really an outdoor animal and can grow to 200 lbs. In addition, they have very long life spans. He will not only outlive me, but he will probably outlive Bryan. Not exactly the inheritance future generations were hoping for.

Ahhhhh, it is so good to have Bryan home :-)

Swamped

Yes, I am feeling a little bit overwhelmed - school assignments are quickly becoming due and I come home exhausted every night......I know, I know.....big deal.

So,

Bryan is looking for an apartment in Provo (I can you hear you laughing now, how ridiculous you are telling yourself - school is still in session), a job, a car, and getting ready to move. Right now we are batting ZERO.

Logan has only three weeks left, so he really is....um....behind.

Jordan is still enjoying an extended spring break. I asked him to pull the weeds in my backyard flowers beds today and when he said he had three bags full I worried because I know for a fact I didn't have that many weeds. I soon discovered all of my ground cover is gone.............a lot of viney groundcover met its doom today.

Ethan had me read a Christmas book for bedtime tonight, so in other words, he is same-0 same-0.

Loved having Megan/Brian and Claire for a week - the time flew by.

Here is a picture I love of Claire and my nephew, Zeb.
Bryan
Ethan has just now become a responsible driver. In most part due to the fact that Grandma and Grandpa's motorized vehicle is on it's last leg and doesn't go very fast. The first time Ethan got in one of these he drove it off my sister's back porch and flipped over. He also loves the Wiggles, so when he saw Grandma's little car (even though it is a girly car) - it became the Wiggles' "Big Red Car." He was in heaven the whole day long.