January 16, 2012

The Haws Family in Colorado

This week seemed like a pretty good and busy week. On Tuesday my friend Gena and I went to the Temple while Kayla and Emma got to play at Brea’s house. Of course when it was time to pick them up they both did not want to leave because they were having fun playing on the tire swing. Wednesday was a very, very windy day. I felt like I was going to be blown away when I went to do my visiting teaching. On Friday Haley had her renaissance assembly where she received a Roars Card and Gold Card. Roars stands for Respect, Organization, Attitude, Responsibility, and Safety. The Gold Card was for getting 3’s and 4’s 100% of the time on the report card. Way to go Haley! After the assembly I took the girls to Target to pick out a toy and then to dinner at Wendy’s. Saturday we were able to talk to Andy for a few minutes on Skype and then we headed off to the “crazy Saturday” commissary. Luckily this time the commissary wasn’t as packed as last time. After, we spent some time playing at the park and riding bikes at home since it was 60 degrees outside. Sunday Kayla was assigned to read the scripture and say the prayer in primary. I wasn’t able to be in with her but she told me that she did very, very well. As for Andy, he has been busy at work this past week and has also informed me that he will be moving to a new area in Afghanistan.

The Lane's of Virginia


As a child told Julie today at church,"Sister Lane, did you see your belly? YOUR HUGE" Obviously our little bun is still in the oven as the doctor cruelly thought it would be funny to see how long he could torture Julie. As a result, Julie has been rather uncomfortable with the almost 8.5 lb baby she is carrying around this week, but is trying to not cry too much with all those hormones. Thank you to all who have taken the time to call and check up on her. It really has been a source of comfort to her!

We have mostly tried to keep busy this week and have had a fairly easy time with it since there have been more doctor's appointments and more make up hours in our schedule. We did get a chance to run a flyer out to a YSA member and visit another single woman, Rebecca, today. It was nice to get out and to talk to her.

Monday, we picked up a $5 hot and ready and watch "Valkyrie". We also had a doctor's appointment.
Tuesday, there was enrichment and it was focused on making the lemons in our life into lemonade
Wednesday, there was a gas leak at Jeff's work-he had to leave work early due to it. No building explosion though
Friday, we had two doctor's appointments as conveniently far apart they could make them since they were scheduled at the last minute. Jeff dropped Julie off after the first visit in the mall and then came back for her later for the second doctor's appointment.
Saturday, Jeff accidentally broke our printer but still managed to get it to print a few important documents! Whoohoo!
Sunday, everyone at church came up to us and began to tell us how they induced labor. Julie's top theory that she is longing to try is eating Papa John's BBQ chicken pizza. Poor Jeff. He is surely sick of pizza but this baby just cannot get enough of the heavenly food.

The Jackson's of Albuquerque

On Sunday Kevin and Stacie had two brothers from their ward over for dinner, along with their friend Nick. Although these two brothers struggle with some mental disabilities, they are a joy to have in their home as they love to talk, laugh, and sing. They sang at least fifteen songs from the hymn book; however, since they aren't able to read the songs featured some creative lyric choices.


On Monday they attended a doctor's appointment. After the doctor said, "Any time now!" they started to feel nervous, anxious and excited to think that their little boy could be coming any day. This has also lead to a lot of cleaning, organizing and stocking up the pantry. However, on Friday evening they took a break to spend time with their friends, Jim & Sara. They ate pizza and played board games until both Stacie and Jim & Sara's daughter, Charlotte, were fast asleep from all the fun.


This week they look forward to hopefully receiving some exciting news from Kevin's sister, Carolyn, and from Julie. Let's get these babies here!

Grant's News

On Monday Grant and the entire restaurant staff went to a Marshfield girls' hockey game to support one of their cooks who was playing. They had to have staff from the Wausau store come to run the restaurant while they were at the game. It was a neat event for the cook who didn't know that all of her coworkers would be showing up to cheer her on. Tuesday Grant didn't work so he went for a walk in the marsh, where he found a dead wolf. It was pretty creepy. That is the second wolf he has seen out there. The rest of the week Grant worked and it was rather frustrating because it was very slow. It's not so bad to have one slow day now and then, but when you have a lot of them in a row, you end up with no paycheck because as a server or bartender, your paycheck is the tips you earn from having tables. No tables, no money. The end of the week was sad when Grant had to say goodbye to one of his favorite coworkers who was back for winter break and was heading back to school in Green Bay. However, he is excited that the coworker will be returning for the summer.

The Haws Family of Wisconsin

We have continued to anxiously looked forward to the arrival of Alex. Mom has been working full out to prepare blankets and other treats for two special grandchildren. I too have been working on a project but unfortunately I have been slower than Mom.

Logan went with our scout troop on Wednesday night skiing and on Friday to a friends party. He is looking forward to going to Lacrosse at the end of the month for the "Brains" contest.

Emily has been putting a lot of hours into work and school. She is giving a haircut to her boyfriend tonight.

Lanette is amazed at the number of babies she has met lately. It is pretty cool.