So almost every day, Miranda spends some time outside, just hanging out. Sometimes upside down.
Monday, we drove to ID
to get THE PUPPY. All of us. We're so excited for Zues #2.
We traveled home with
him:
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And played,
And cuddled,
And
napped.
He is so loved and
adored.
Meanwhile, this
happened:
And life clipped along
at its fast pace. The kitchen got taped off,
And sealed up for
painting.
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While the contents of the
kitchen hung out in the library.
That night, we divided
& conquered. Miranda went to work, I took the twins to their piano
recital at a sweet nursing home,
Morgan &
Carlie went to their Choir Luau,
Jeff stayed home with
the puppy, (more progress on the kitchen taping)
and I ran to Derek's
choir recital.
Phew!
Wednesday, I got to go
to Connor's little 3rd grade singing program. He was so cute!!!
They did a little
dance section: a little square dancing to Solomon Levi... OH MY GOSH.
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Went home, cuddled the
puppy,
Went back to the school for H&K's performance... Last
one for elementary school!!!
For their extra performance enhancement, they played the
handbells... it was such a cool effect with the song!!
Meanwhile, the cabinets got painted white and unmasked:
After school, Connor had a Cub Scout field trip to the
Temple for one of his achievements:
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And that night, we had
a special guest speaker come and talk to all the YW about rising above our
challenges. When she was young, she lost her leg and has gone on to do
all the things she's wanted to. It's amazing.
Thursday! Sorry
for all the kitchen pics, but it made such a difference in here!! We'll
get doors later.
That afternoon,
Miranda worked with Jeff and I actually got a picture!! Everyone loves
her there.
Carlie did a self
portrait for class:
And everyone took
turns holding the puppy when he got tired:
BUT THEN... HE BROKE
HIS LEG. He was SO SAD and screaming and crying.
We left on our trip to
CA, but Jeff felt like he should stay here and find out what was wrong with the
puppy; if his leg was really broken, and what we should do about it.
Friday, Jeff took Solo
to the vet,
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Who confirmed that it
was broken in a V shape.
The vet wrapped the pup's leg
up for us.
And we felt SUPER
SORRY for him!! But all of this was going down:
We kept getting
pictures of the stuff happening at home - Cabinet doors,
Very last soccer
games,
While we waited for
valets to bring us our car. Poor us.
While Miranda hung out with
you, Carlie & I went to see Detective Pikachu in your luxury theater.
We are not used to recliners for our movies. =)
Then we went You Know
Where with you guys with your cousins:
And besties:
The city was
breathtaking from up on the temple wall:
This is while all the
Madsen children went to Aladdin with Jeff. EXCELLENT MOVIE.
The next day, we went
to church to hear someone speak. He did amazing. His testimony is
so bright and strong. It was awesome. =)
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For a little
diversion, we went on a drive around neighborhoods, and had to get a picture of
this driveway... the picture just doesn't capture it. It is so steep, and
all I could think was that it would never make it in UT. The snow... You
would never get into your driveway, but you could definitely zoom
DOWN.
Then we went to the institute
building with you, and played pool,
blowpong, at which Miranda was extremely proficient!
And I'm so glad Tyler
& Bethany could come by and hang out, too!
Last thing for this
night: FB decided to tell me what my most commented upon post was in
2016. (???) I'll take it.
Memes!!
SO HAPPY TO SEE
YOU!!! That was awesome. =) xoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoox, us
