We're Stumped!

Okay, so we find out if we are REALLY having a boy in 2 weeks and we just cannot come up with a name that says 'that's our baby boy' If we were having a girl, no problem, we had two for Grace so this one would get the other name, but, boy names are so fleeting for us! Please leave a comment with as many boy names as you would like. Feel free to guard the names you are going to use, we just need some brain rattling!! PLEASE HELP!! (preferably first and middle together to ease our work load :) ) Thanks!

Finally some pictures!

Well, they are long overdue but here are two pictures from the Triathlon Grant ran in August. There is a picture of him getting out of the water but I didn't want to post it in case someone thought he was too cute and tried to get him :)

Random Stuff

Grace and I hang out with some friends whose husband and daddy works with ours at the same time. So, we hang out a lot because we are women and for some reason a 16 month old and 6 month old don't fulfill our need for conversation :) Anyway, Joesph is 6 months old and loves Grace. She just has to look at him and he is busting up. And as he gets older you can see he is trying to do what she does. We took some pictures of them playing the piano and it was so cute!

Life is getting a lot better around here, for me mostly. I am not as tired so my house stays mostly clean (it would be clean all the time but Grace thinks it a crime to have books on shelves, toys in buckets and clothing in drawers!) So, you can come visit my house now, anytime you want :)

Today in Gospel Doctrine I taught the lesson and it was on the pride cycle. We all know it, probably too well. Grant and I were reading in a totally unrelated place in the Doctrine and Covenants about the law of consecration and I asked him this question, "Grant, if we were living the law of consecration today do you think we would be giving to the Bishop's Storehouse or taking?" And do you know what he said? He said that we would be giving. Now, you other mothers who stay home while your husband goes to school everyday all day and works and you pay out $3000+ a semester for school and other things would probably agree with me when I said, "No way, I would be taking." Well, I posed this question to my class to illustrate how we like the Nephites get carried away with wanting and seeking after riches and the 'things' of the world and they totally agreed with Grant (I did too after we talked more, don't worry) But Grant said that no matter what we earn and have to spend, the Lord would probably ask us where we could cut back. And as much as I would like to say there is no where we could cut back, we could, and then we could contribute. The first counselor in the Bishopric also mentioned that we can contribute with more than just money or monetary things, but with our talents and our willingness to serve. He mentioned an old lady, pretty much bedridden, who made a difference in other peoples lives by sending notes in the mail. It made me realize that no matter our situation, wealth or poverty, sickness or health, there is always somewhere we can give, and give more. Wow, that was what I learned at church today. (my dad always used to ask us at the dinner table, "What did you learn at church today?" and smart aleck comments like, that the bishop falls asleep during sacrament meeting, were not welcome :( ) Comments welcome!

I've been tagged

I don't usually play these blogger games but I don't want Mary coming to my house to make me pay!! So, here goes the tag.

I've Been Tagged By Mary! The Rules are....tell about 6 quirks of yours & then Tag 6 fellow bloggers to do the same, be sure to leave a comment to let them know.

1. I have to check all the doors before I go to bed to make sure they are locked. Even if Grant does it and says they are, I still have to go check.

2a. This one is for Mary, I cannot bring myself to pass gas in front of anyone, except Grant. Not even my Mom or Dad or doctors, just no one. And if I do, accidentally, I am so embarrassed and want to run! (I'm hoping that most people are like this and that it isn't actually a quirk :))

2b. For everyone else. I have to spell check everything, cannot spell anything wrong (not that I am perfect, and when it comes to grammar I could care less :) ) and when I read other things I am constantly spell checking. Even if I am reading a conference talk!

3. All of my former roommates can attest to this one. When I cook I leave all the cupboard doors open. I don't close them as I go along unless a door is interfering with opening another door in which case it is closed, but the other is left open.

4. I have to read everything. Like if I'm walking down the street I have to read all the signs, all the little posters posted on poles, things written in the cement, everything, even if I already know what it says. I also find myself counting things. How many lines on the green belt, how many bugs in Grace's book, and especially if there is a number and that number of things. You know when a movie starts and they show those stars go over that mountain peak, yep, I count them every time, there are 20.

5. I must know when things are going to end, what time they get over. I cannot go to a service project without knowing how long we will be there. I hate going to movies and not know how long they are so I know what time it ends. I have to know what time it is, all the time. I don't really care how long it is going to take, just so long as I know. I hate it when something says "From 2pm to whenever" I need to KNOW!

6. I can't stand being touched while I'm falling asleep. Grant and I can cuddle for a little while but then I have to roll away. And, I start off on my right side, then move to my stomach (not lately because I have something in the way so it is my back) and then I finally end up on my left side to fall asleep. In that order. And if I wake up in the middle of the night, it all starts over again.

Well, Mary, I hope this satisfies you. What is funny is you probably could have written some of these things yourself! I tag Carrie, Marilou, Sheena, Tracie, Mae, and Monica. I'll be waiting!

Politics

So, I was wondering if any of you watched the Democratic National Convention? I watched Obama's speech and swear he said he would give $50 million dollars to education but cannot find it anywhere on the web, neither the transcript or the video of his speech say anything. I just want to know if I am going crazy or there is someone out there who said, no, he shouldn't have said that and cut it out. Let me know!
Also, I watched Senator Palin's speech tonight for the GOP convention and was not impressed. Sounded to me like she had nothing to say about what she will do (like dodging the bullet) and just wanted to slander Obama. I don't love Obama but I think her speech was worthless.