Lately...

We've had so much fun lately! Steven has finally learned that my favorite date is going grocery shopping with him. Sadly, he has also learned that he detests these dates. He is such a good sport and this last time when we went together we got to take Sammy too! We had fun fielding all the,
"Oh, he's so adorable..." sort of comments. I told Candy that I will never take my child anywhere with hers, there is no way they could compete! Of course we were fully aware that people were puzzled as far as his origins were concerned..but we had such a fun time with the one-tooth wonder.

Sadly this last picture is the by-product of Costco ice cream overdose...

I think my favorite quote of the day was definetly an elderly woman who stopped us and told Sammy he was beautiful and then she turned to Steven and I and said, "Where did he come from?"

Just a few other things...

We are really enjoying Steven's calling as Ward Misson leader. We are learning so much about our ward and why the church is run the way it is. We are trying to think of ward-strengthening ideas and I thought I might open that up for discussion. We talked about putting together a play group for some of the younger mothers, and single ones, challenging people to have at least one family over for dinner they don't know...etc. We had a great experience on Sunday when a man Steven has been fellowshipping came to church all on his own. It was an awesome feeling and we are anxious for other ideas to keep the missionary ball rolling!

Also, a few posts ago I wrote about a young man in our ward who is very much like Tim in a lot of different ways. This week his older brother (who is also like the Timster) spoke in our ward. His talk was awesome and very inspirational. He spoke of how when we do all we can, Heavenly Father will make up the difference. Our favorite part was a story he told about playing with his bebe gun in the backyard. He was throwing things into the air and trying to shoot them while they were still midair. He however missed, and shot the back sliding door instead, breaking it.(Steven leaned over at this point and said, "Does that mean he was shooting toward the house...." His dad said that after he had given all the money he had to fix it, he would chip in the rest. I thought the images of the story were funny enough on their own, but Steven later told me that in Preisthood Ammon admitted he was actually practicing so he could be more like Annie Oakley. Awesome.

WARNING! PREGNANCY STUFF AHEAD...DIVERT IF NOT INTERESTED!

I went to the doctor today, and they told me that I am 4 centimeters dialated and 50% effaced. They estimated that if we had the baby today he would weigh about 7 pounds. I am so excited! Throughout the pregnancy there have been some problems with my blood pressure readings, and they told me today that if I don't have the baby on my own this week, they will probably induce me next week! We are so excited.

We hope everyone else is doing well!