We got a little into debt when we moved in due to the number of fixes and updates. It didn’t seem like a lot, but we have about $2600 on our credit card to pay off now. This morning I got a call from a guy that I have done work for in the past that wants quite a few updates to his site. Also, I’ve been contacted by another friend who wants my help with a project. I think these will be good opportunities to earn some extra money to...

Tonight for family night we talked about the plan of salvation. Rachel borrowed some visual aids from her mom for the lesson. I think Gracie got the basic concept pretty well. She’s starting to understand. Gehrig was a little more distracted. He kept interrupting and asking, “Mom, what happens when we die?” Then he would also bring up this “Our old neighbor died.” (One of our neighbors from our last ward passed away...

Today we spent the majority of the day cleaning and doing projects. I put beadboard around our kitchen island and a couple other spots. We are preparing to dedicate our home tomorrow. Rachel & I started a fast around 1:00 to help us prepare also.

Janet (Rachel’s aunt) came down to Alpine to cut a piece of granite for our kitchen island. The Granite was a piece that used to be in the restaurant that Ken and Laura had. We didn’t realize until we started working on it that there was a small hole cut out in the middle (it was so wires could run through to the cash register). So Jane is going to cut a hole to the same size and fill it in tomorrow. I watched University of...

Today was a fun day. I played in Hillside Ward’s annual Elders vs. High Priest basketball game. High Priest that had sons there took their sons on their team to even it up a bit. We weren’t really keeping tabs on the score, but I guess someone’s wife was and it turned out we won by 4 points. It was a lot of fun though and fun to get to know some people in the ward. Also, it was just great to get out of the house and get some...