Nerf Gun War

Last Sunday (the 15th) we had Jeff and Diana and the sister missionaries over. It was a hilarious dinner. Complete with me *convincing* Sterling to move to Albuquerque--one of the sisters was from there and it's top of my residency match list---and the kids tipping over their table on top of them. Ya know, all good things. After cleaning up and putting the baby to bed (no worries, this park is literally 100 steps from our front door, we were super close to check on him regularly!) we randomly headed outside for a nerf gun war. It was intense. Molly was the absolute best. She isn't strong enough to caulk the gun. So she had to ask other people to do. Sterling said he asked her to, then stood there for a few seconds trying to situate it in her hands, and then held it up, looked at him for a few more seconds, shot him, and said "Haha! Gotcha!" as if it was some surprise! HAHA! Mostly though she wandered around and picked up all the extra bullets flying around and put them in her little purse. So in the end everyone was out of bullets and she had a purse full and we were all making deals. Jeff said he went over and traded her one for one and then the next time he traded her one for two. Two for him. HAHA.

Will trying hard to run to get daddy.

She'd just walk right up to people. Stealth might not be her strong suit, haha.

Good spot Jeff, haha.

Making an ammunitions deal.

I love this one :)

Bullet hoarder.

The faces you get when you ask for smiles...

This picture captures my heart. And their matching shoes--all the heart eyes.

You are a treasured daughter of our Heavenly Father with infinite worth. Elder Uchtdorf. Oh how I love those girls!!!

After this glorious Sunday we started a week of death. I'd call it something else but this will be printed someday. Sterling has been at work from 4:30am til 9:30pm every single day. Our van had another issue (can we just STOP with the vehicle problems already?!?!?) and I had to ask people for rides and move carseats all around. Then I had to get a babysitter so I could work Friday night and Saturday morning because Sterling was STILL working. And Sterling put the kids to bed really late Saturday night because he wanted to spend time with them...and now today he got called in during church. So our friends (Jeff and Diana) watched our older three on the bench while I drove him home and came back. And I had been asked to give a synopsis of something in Sunday School and teach Relief Society--so just a HUGE thank you to the Liebers. Their daughters babysat Friday and Saturday and Sister Lieber had Russ all through Relief Society and most of Sacrament. He is not easy right now. He is crawling like a maniac, getting into everything, pulling hair, pulling necklaces, constantly twisting in your arms when you try to hold him, he literally never sits still at all. His arms are always reaching. He is into every bag that is on the floor. So the fact that she so willingly helps me out---she is the best. And I renewed our YMCA membership that has lapsed for the past several months. I haven't been able to train all week due to Sterling's schedule --and I need to be able to have a break. The cheapest way is the Y. And it gives us a big discount on swimming lessons which I wanted to make sure happened this summer because we are in the water so much and the kids are improving--help them master things more solidly. I will be so happy when surgery is over forever.