Too Busy to Blog!

So it has been a couple of weeks since I have posted anything. Way too busy. Life is still busy - but I am letting some laundry slide for a bit while I jump on and blog.

Amanda survived Girls Camp. She came back with a blistered and burned nose - but it looks A TON better now. She also learned a lesson at camp. The last few years the girls have broken open glow-sticks and splattered them across the room. It always dries and disappears with no problem. But this year too many glow-sticks, new girls that rubbed them into the walls and floor --- and one big mess! The girls ended up having to paint over the walls - and luckily it covered everything up. The girls each have to pay $1 towards the paint they had to use. Amanda felt really bad - because she really didn't think it would hurt anything, since it didn't the years before. I told her it is better to not do things that might destroy other's property.

Parker went on his first overnight Boy Scout Camp. He did great. He passed a ton of things off. I can't believe he is old enough to be a Boy Scout!

Soccer is in full force for Adyson and Parker, softball is ending next week for Amanda, and CJ has about three more weeks of summer Gymnastics.

My business is in full swing. Orders coming every day - what a blessing!

Kirk and I went on our first BIG ride on the new motorcycle. We went from 9:30 am until 5pm. We did a big loop from here up to Jackson Hole and back. It was BEAUTIFUL! LONG - but BEAUTIFUL.

I have been studying the scriptures more lately. Thinking about and trying to figure out what it means to "Put the Lord first" in our lives. It can mean so many different things for different people. It can also mean something different at different times in your life. SO I guess I am trying to figure out what it needs to mean in my life now. (If anyone has a thought on this in their life - please post it!)

Another area of discussion lately around here is money. Kirk should be finished with his MFA in January 2009. Which means we will have to start paying on student loans! Somewhere between $32,000 and $40,000. UGH! So we have been trying to figure out what we can do to bring in some extra money to help pay those off. I am considering be certified as a medical transcriber. This is something I could be certified in - in about 8 months and work from home once trained. I am hoping it all works out and I can do that. It would be great to do less of it in the summer when 'Ohana is full force - and more of that work in the off season. I guess we will see where and what I am doing in a year from now.

OK enough quick rambling from one topic to another - back to laundry....and life.