'Nother Weddin'

I'm happy to announce (finally!) that my Jayson is engaged! We've known it was coming for awhile but glad we can now shout it out. Jayson is marrying a darling gal from South Ogden that he met down at Snow. Only problem is her name is Jordan! Made for some confusing conversations until we decided to call her by her first and middle name. So...introducing Jordan Lee! We're so excited to have her as part of our family and we just hope our bunch isn't too nutso for her. We'll understand if it is. Sometimes we're a bit nutso for me!




Cecy is down to a little more than two weeks and it's crunch time. So many little things still to do. I sit up at night with my mind in a whirlwind thinking about all that needs to get done. Most of the invites have been sent. (The few hand deliveries still to come.) Picked up the dress on Saturday but we still need to have it altered. Flowers need to be put together, cupcakes still need to be filled and frosted, strawberries chocolated, we still need to find dresses for Cecy and I. The list goes on and on. I'm sure I'll forget something but the day will come and go and as long as the deed is done, nothing else really matters, right? Wish me luck!

Blessed mama

I typed out a big, gushing post about our incredible temple experience with Janzyn and for some reason blogger didn't let me post it. I'm hoping this one goes through! My sweet sister agreed to take some pictures for us and I just got them today. Melted my heart! All I can say is I am one blessed mama.

The days just streak past me and before I know it, the week has ended. Last weekend was another incredible, awesome, exhausting weekend. Friday night we hosted the family bridal shower for Cecy and after her friend shower, we didn't think we would have too many people show up. She only had a handful of friends come, after sending out dozens and dozens of invites. Anyway, I was thinking we would be lucky if we had 15 people come. Well, we ended up with almost 40 people and my house was bursting at the seams! It was fun to see so many people supporting Cecy and we had such a great time. She was practically giddy! She has another shower this weekend with Andy's family and then two more showers next weekend so hopefully they will be set.

Saturday we took our family to the Bountiful temple to have Janzyn sealed to us. It was such a spiritual experience as we gathered our children around us and took that final step in completing our family. There has been so much attention lately on the temple ordinances and it makes me sad that something so spiritual has been made into something so degraded. I'm thankful for the knowledge I have of what those temple ordinances really mean and what it means to my family, regardless of what the outside world may think. I cherish my family and can't imagine my life without them, either here or in the eternities.

Spring fever

It's that time of year when spring fever hits and it's all I can do to contain myself from drowning in the depression of snow. Well, today was especially horrible! We were literally pounded with snow and I spent hours shoveling out the two feet of snow in my driveway. Now, not only am I suffering from depression, but from the body aches and pains that have ensued. Oh, how I long for bright, sunny, warm days when I can dig shamelessly in the dirt planting flowers. Spring, oh sweet spring. Where art thou?

Life goes on! I swear, I'm chasing my tail most days, but here's an update on the happenings in the Anderson household~

Last week, Cecy was able to go through the Logan temple. It was such a great day and I couldn't help but think back on my own experience at that beautiful temple. I looked across at Cecy and it was all I could do not to bawl my eyes out. It's really hard for me to believe my precious little girl is a grown woman now, on the verge of starting her own family.

We had Janzyn's baby blessing on Sunday and Jay was asked to give Jake and Maleia's baby sister a blessing as well. Another tender moment for us, and afterwards we partied at our house throughout the rest of the day. By Sunday evening we were all so exhausted that we literally collapsed. It was the good kind of exhaustion that makes one sigh with relief and gratitude.

Tuesday morning Janzyn woke up with a nasty cough and runny nose. I kept my eye on him all day and by evening he was starting to fever. Dang, how I hate to have a sick baby! I didn't get much sleep that night and by noon the next day it was obvious he needed a little medical intervention. I got him in to the doc, or rather the PA pretending to be a doc, and after some motherly prodding I convinced the PA to test him for RSV. Sure enough, my fears were confirmed. The little tyke has the dreaded RSV virus and there isn't a darn thing to do about it except keep a close watch and try to keep his temp down. I've spent the rest of the week walking the floors and cuddling. My arms are tired, my back hurts, and my eyes have taken on a glazed stare that hopefully isn't permanent. Janzyn is actually sleeping fairly soundly at the moment but I'm not holding my breath on it lasting through the night. It's so hard to look into his glassy eyes with the pleading look of "Help me, Mom!" and to hear his deep, dark barking cough. I'm just praying it doesn't get any worse than this and hoping we can avoid a hospital run.

On top of everything else, Jordan had his wisdom teeth pulled this morning. He's actually done fairly well, except for a few minutes this evening of praying before the porcelain god. He's a tough cookie, that's for sure. I think I'd be milking it for all it's worth but he's sure he'll be up and running by tomorrow. We'll see!

We also hosted a bridal shower for Cecy and all her friends tonight. We didn't have as much of a turnout as we had planned on and I think Cecy felt a little bad about that. But we have another shower planned for next Friday and then her in-law family is planning another one for the following weekend. Hope she rakes in the loot! They certainly could use all they can get!

Next week will be just as hectic and full as this past week has been. I'm hoping Janzyn will be feeling more perky so I can actually put him down long enough to do the laundry. Jake ran out of underwear today, and that's not a good thing!