Getting in Together

What a whirlwind on a week! Although, I'm not really sure if the whirlwind was so much a part of the week as it was a part of my head! First things first though... let me tell you all, that it was so great to get so many comments! I felt everyone had dropped off the face of the earth, and (as all of you who blog know) comments are so fun! So... Thanks!

A little flash back first. A week ago. We went to Asia night on campus. The food was great and the entertainment was spectacular. Elia learned how to eat with chopsticks...

And Ethan learned what it was like to be hand-fed by a beautiful woman:OK, so she's closer to one than to womanhood, but it was so cute to have her reach over and feed him cereal pieces as he opened his mouth!

Of course, the lion dance is always our favorite. This time we were sitting right up front and the lion came off the stage and right over us. It was jaw-dropping for Elia and fun for all of us.

Monday was great too. We invited a bunch of friends to go on a sunset hike for family night. We shared a message about finding balance in life and saw a great sunset.

Here is our friend Spence with Elia and their little boy Lance. We joke that they will make a great couple when they get older. Who said arranged marriages were over?Life is good:
So after the lesson on balancing life, I felt totally hectic by the end of the week! Wednesday was great. I went to Sedona to take senior pictures. We had a great ride up there and we had a great day shooting. If you want to see the sneak peak, go to my photography blog. (pettyphotography.blogspot.com)

The problem started Thursday. My schedule was thrown off because preschool was moved to Friday. I almost forgot about a photo shoot that I was supposed to do in the morning because I had scheduled it when Elia was supposed to be at preschool. Elia and Boston (the older brother of the little girl I was taking pictures of) had a nice time watching Curious George.When I was cleaning house later in the afternoon, I found a baby shower announcement that I thought was that night. It wasn't for another week, but I panicked and hadn't told Eric anything about it. I realized, 5 minutes after I told him, that the shower wasn't until next week. So then we went to Target. I left the wallet in the car and didn't realize it until after our stuff had been rung up, so I had to run out to the car to get it. When we were all loaded in the car, I panicked again because I thought I left my wallet in the store. We're talking about the fact that I can't remember what happened 5 minutes ago! I started running back in when I remembered I had given it to Ethan to play with. Oh brother! Friday started off much the same. I was taking my time walking back home from working out, (which by the way I am still sore from) when the preschool leader for the week called and asked if Elia was coming. Yes, I know it was only yesterday that preschool was changed, but my brain was somewhere else. I ran the rest of the way home a got Elia to preschool. Eric was wondering where my brain was too!

The rest of the day was okay. It all concluded with a date night, sponsored by the Thunderkids group. We dropped Elia off and spent a nice romantic evening putting together a book case that has been sitting in our room since Christmas. It was nice to get it done. Ethan sure enjoyed climbing in and out of it. He was funny and would lay down on the shelf inside:

One final funny note. Elia, who is getting very good at her persuasion said to Eric, "I can put the Parmesan cheese on all by myself" (see we usually don't let her because she puts too much on) "I will be really careful and when you tell me to stop, I have to stop." Well, how could we argue with that logic! She did very well "all by herself". One other mom moment was when we were at church. Eric's stomach was hurting and I turned to him and said, "Do you need to go potty?" Oh, brother! For my sake (and Eric's) let's hope I'm more with it this week! Have a great one!