Wedding plans

The wedding is coming together nicely. In fact, I'm starting to get really excited for all to come to fruition. Last Saturday, Cecy and Andy, along with the tag along mom, went for engagement pictures. They turned out so perfectly! Just thought I'd share a few.

Where do I start?

So much to blog about! First, I honestly haven't meant to neglect my blog. I had computer issues for awhile but hopefully we have that figured out. The last couple of weeks have been crazy nuts around here! Jordan had his final region and state wrestling tournaments and he took 1st in region. It was so exciting! He's such a great athlete and it was really bittersweet to watch him, knowing it was the last time we would see him wrestling. In fact, I've had a really hard time accepting the fact that our wrestling days are over until Jake and Janzyn come up the ranks. It's a sport that our family has been involved in since Jay and I got married and to think that we won't have anyone to follow next year and for several years to come is really sad. It was all I could do not to bawl my eyes out when Jordan wrestled his final match. But I guess life goes on.



Our days have been filed with house flipping the last couple of weeks. Our rental house is going on the market for sale and we have spent a lot of time trying to get it presentable. It needs a ton of work but we're hoping to have it ready in the next few weeks, complete with all new floors, cabinets, appliances, etc. It was in pretty bad shape but I think it's going to turn out smashing when we're all done. Anyone in the market for a cute, little house?

We had a visit from the little kids b-mom the other day and I just have to share some pictures. I love the one of Janzyn and his AUNT! He's four months older than she is! She's such a little dolly and has grown so much since we saw her last. The other is of Jake and Maleia with their baby sister. It's sad that their family had to move away but they aren't too far so we still get to see them quite frequently. Love that family!



Janzyn is growing like crazy. It's so fun to watch him start to develop his own little personality. He's my little buddy and I just love his guts! We went to court yesterday to finalize his adoption so he is now, officially, an Anderson. Now we just have to get the temple date set and he'll be ours for eternity!

busy, busy, busy

I meant to blog about our crazy, hectic, productive weekend and got sidetracked and now here we are almost to another weekend. What a pathetic blogger I am! Oh well.

Last Saturday I decided it was time to crack the whip and get some major house cleaning/organization done. Each kid was given specific assignments, as well as Jay, and off we went. Jay likes to stir up the bedroom every now and then and he always moves the bed around to the wall closest to the door, which I absolutely HATE! Well, he changed the room a few months ago and this time instead of lamenting how much I hate it, I just let it go. Last week he suggested that we move it back to my preferred spot and I silently cheered! So, Saturday was move the room around day and we spent hours cleaning and rearranging. Ah, the bliss to have my room back the way I like it, the way that makes me feel most comfortable, the way it's meant to be in a perfect world. We cleaned out all the dust bunnies and dust hippopotamuses lurking under the bed, threw away tons of misc. items that somehow found their home under the bed, scrubbed, vacuumed, dejunked....you get the picture. When all was said and done I wanted to just lay down on my bed and bask in the gloriousness. But not to be!

The next project was my overflowing pantry! Jay cleaned each shelf, one by one, and I reorganized everything. He even bleached the whole thing down! Talk about fumes! But they were the kind of fumes that make you feel healthy and clean. We discovered that our little mouse friends who had invaded a couple of months ago and been forcibly vacated had built a stash of dog food kernels in the back corner of the pantry. It was quite disgusting to say the least. I was just grateful we didn't have the little rodents still scurrying about, causing me nightmares. Mice and I simply do not get along in any sense of the word! Just thinking about them makes me want to hurl.

After the pantry, which took another several hours, Jay and I were both completely exhausted. The kids had actually completed their assignments and all was well with the world. Then, at some point in the middle of the night, the destroyer snuck into my house and proceeded to undo much of the hard work we had gone to. I'm not sure which family destroyer it was but I have my suspicions. So much for a spotless house! At least my bedroom is as it should be! By Sunday evening I resigned myself to the fact that nothing lasts forever, not even a clean house. Oh well, there's always tomorrow.