May

Pretty sad when your blogs start taking the names of months because it's been so long. Luckily I should have a lot to write about. A lot has happened in the last month. I arrived back from Mexico and immediately began working the following week at my old job at Sonoco. The person who took my job was not very happy that I was coming back because it might mean for her to get the axe or for her hours to get cut. The latter did happen. Work slowed down, but luckily I have been able to work every day, which has been nice. Jan has talked about the full time position and I think that is still her desire, but the economy is still in a downturn. That could change shortly, though. One of Sonoco's competitors filed for bankruptcy last week. Their stocks dropped to .10 a share while Sonoco's have climbed about 60 or 70 cents since the announcement. That's good news!

The weekend after I got home I went to the beach with Onna's family. It was a really nice camper we stayed in, but I slept with the kids and that meant that as soon as the sun came up, so were they, and in turn, so was I! It didn't help that I had surgery on one of my foot warts only a couple days sooner. It was so hard to walk on the beach, or at all. I had to take more breaks than I normally would have liked to on a vacation, but all is well.

Christian and Ethan have been playing teeball lately. Ethan seems to be doing great, but Christian couldn't care less about it, it seems. He's in a big video game craze in his life, which makes Onna or myself limit his time.

Onna moved into our new place last weekend. There have been quite a few added stressors, but all in all it seems like it will be a great place to start for us. Heber J and I built the bunkbeds the boys sleep on and I've been hanging things at the will of Onna. One of the graetest things in that apartment is a table that we bought from Ikea. The table was just wood, intended for being able to paint it yourself. I did that and created quite the table (with plenty of help from mom!). I am really pleased with the work and how it turned out. My first project, the bedtable, still has a lot of work to go, and my next project will be nice 24" clocks. Mom and I are each going to make one. We're excited!

On Tuesday I got a call from President Barfield. He told me that I had to come meet with him. I knew it was for a calling, but which? On Thursday he called me to be 2nd Counselor in the Elder's Quorum. I was set apart today for that calling. I'm so excited to begin working!

I cooked today for the family. We had tacos. I thought they were fantastic! It seemed everyone else did too. Pictures of the new place will follow.