I had PPIs with Gracie and Gehrig today. It was a neat experience. I found that Gracie is really a girl because she loves to talk! It was fun just taking the time to listen to here and let her tell me stories from school and stuff. Apparently she has a “boyfriend” in her kindergarten class. She likes to chase him and hug him. I would probably discourage her from kissing if that came up, but I guess hugging boys in kindergarten...

This morning Rachels parents came over. Nani talked with kids about helping out and keeping their toy room clean. She gave Gracie & Gehrig timers to help them “clean fast”. We then spent about an hour organizing the toy room and getting rid of a lot of stuff. They also brought over a little bell to tie to Nolan’s pants. Whereever he goes now you can hear that bell ringing. It is so helpful because he gets into everything....

Today Rachel started cleaning and reorganizing the garage. I helped once I got off work. We made room for our freezer I bought yesterday. We then spent our friday night shopping at Costco and Walmart for groceries. After we put the kids to bed I made Rachel stay up and watch a movie with me.

Tonight we made use of our budget for dining out and went to dinner at Cafe Rio. That place is so delicious. Rachel always gets the pork barbacoa salad and I get the pork barbacoa borrito. The kids split a pork barbacoa quesadilla. Also, I found a used freezer on KSL Classifieds. I’ve been trying to get one for almost a year now. It seems whenever I call on one they are gone. Today I finally got a hold of one that was still available so I...

I went to the temple this morning. I don’t know why I convince myself each week that I’m too busy, because I never regret going. It snowed most of the day. I hear a lot of people complaining about the cold and snow, but I don’t mind at all. It looks beatiful, it clears the sky, it fills our resevoirs, and it melts the next day! What’s not to like?

We took our car in for its 90,000 mile service this morning. Unfortunately, the total bill came to about $200 more than we had budgeted for it. Fortunately, I sold the dishwasher that was sitting in our garage tonight for $200.

Rachel sure got a lot done today. I went upstairs after work and our king size bed was covered in laundry that she had washed and folded. I tried to help out from there and put everything away. She also had everything ready for me to make dinner. After dinner she made cinnamon rolls… Mmmm. They were heavenly! 🙂