We're Still Here

 I feel like a slacker lately with this blog. Usually it's pretty easy to find things (and time) to write semi-regularly, but we've been a little busier than usual these past few weeks. Long story short, Paul and I decided to give ourselves a time frame for selling our house and finding a new one close by. We'd like to have ours on the market in May, and are actively looking, in case the right one pops up. We've learned quickly that the good ones in the area we're looking go really fast- like, a day within listing. So I've been junking, thrifting, scrubbing, painting, boxing, organizing, sewing, shopping for dehumidifiers, and talking on the phone with realtors and contractors a lot. We've been putting in a new floating laminate floor in the kitchen, which is looking so nice, I'm wondering why on earth we didn't do this six years ago. 

 The thing I probably dread the most is having our house on the market, and having to keep it perfectly clean and organized 24/7. I have four active tornadoes running through my house, and the thought of facing them head on and convincing strangers those tornadoes don't exist is a little intimidating. But we'll get through it!

General Conference was really nice, although having the fridge and the stove in the middle of the living area was less than ideal (since we're knee deep in the kitchen flooring project). I never knew how much I use our oven...I really miss it. Peter worked on some new Legos he bought, the kids hung out in a fort, and we ate donuts.
Also, I don't think I mentioned that Peter and Benjamin recently both took on a challenge to memorize ALL thirteen Articles of Faith, and they did it in less than a month! Last week, Peter passed the time during church whispering in my ear number one all the way through thirteen, in order. We also had a family home evening lesson after they finished, where we asked them questions where knowing an Article of Faith might come in handy. For example, "This movie isn't that bad. Why won't you watch it?" or "Are you Christians?" They did great at recalling the right one for each situation, and reciting it to us. I'm really proud of them!
And that's about it. I'm also contemplating whether or not I should make this blog private. It seems like I should be more concerned than I am about privacy, but I can never pull the trigger and just do it. I feel like now that I have an instagram account, that's sort of taken the place of day-to-day stuff, and and this is much more a journal of our family's activity. And not that everyone in the world doesn't want to read that, but....yeah. Maybe it's time.