Free sod!

The High School near our house is finished being built, now they are finishing the landscaping of a big field. The past week I've noticed they had four pallets of scraps. I decided that I would ask them if they were just going to throw it out. The next day I was watching for someone to be out there - finally in the afternoon there were two guys working on the sprinklers. I walked over and asked if I could have the sod. The guy said yes, they were just going to throw it out. I did 12 wheelbarrows back and forth between my house and the field (it's not that far). Finally the guy came over and asked if I had a big yard, I said kind of.. I just didn't know how much I would need. He had me load as much as I wanted in his tractor shovel and he drove the last bit over to my house... SO NICE! I was just about to quit. This was last Thursday. I had to clear the gravel rocks from the side and move them and then lay the sod. I am so happy to say that I finished the job this morning. :) Yahoo!!! There is still some left over there... in case anyone out here wants to grab the rest.

I met President Thomas S. Monson today!

Today was a cool day! We went to lunch with Matt's family at the Little America downtown SLC. As we were going into the restaurant President Monson and his wife were coming out. I'm sure he saw our faces - like "oh - it's the Prophet!!" He just said to us, "Well, that's a group!" We all said hi to him. My father-n-law Joe then asked President Monson, "would you teach my Sunday school lesson for me tomorrow?" The prophet laughed and said, "sure, if you do my talk to all of the Mission Presidents tomorrow." We all chuckled. Then Joe said that they have a new Bishop in his ward and that it would probably give him a heart attack if the Prophet showed up at their ward. President Monson then told us some stories of from when he was a Bishop when he was 22. He talked about the widows in his ward. He said that The Lord really cares for the widows. President Monson asked Matt how old he was, after having to think about it Matt said "31". (He forgets that he isn't 20 anymore). Joe told him that Matt and Angi (Matt's sister) both served missions. Angi served in Houston, Texas and Matt served in Montreal, Canada. President Monson was a Mission President in that region, from 1958-1961. Matt told him he remembers seeing his picture in the Mission Home. President Monson told some stories from serving as Mission President in Canada. He stood and talked to us for 10-15 minutes! Abby was at least well behaved - phew! :) She came over to me and I had Lucy in my arms. She wanted to give Lucy hugs and kisses so I put Lucy down. President Monson said "you can tell they have so much love for each other". It was just such a neat experience. He was such a humble and kind man. He talked to us like we were family. I've always had a testimony of the prophet. As I just listened to him talk to us I just felt a peace. It just flows from him. It was a really amazing to meet the leader of our church. I know that this is something I will remember for most likely the rest of my life! Just had to share!! :)

Random stuff

Here I am dying my roots and I have time to spare.. :) So I thought I'd post on my blog. I planted a garden this year. We planted: tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, watermelon, strawberries, and green bell peppers. We don't have a nice boxed garden and our soil was pretty awful. Since we don't have extra cash we decided to grow our garden in pots. So far, everything is doing well. Our tomato plants have little green tomatoes on them! I can't can't wait for fresh garden tomatoes. Nothing else is better. :) I hope everything else continues to do well. Abby is a little green thumb too - she picked out her own flowers and planted them in pots in the front yard. She is very diligent at watering the flowers everyday, which has helped me to remember to water my garden too. All of Abby's flowers are pink - of course. Lucy is getting ready to crawl - I just know it. She is going from the sitting position to being on her belly. Lucy loves to watch Barbie Thumbelina - it's funny. She honestly would watch the whole thing... if I let her. It's pretty funny. Matt is keeping busy at work and playing on nights and weekends. Matt has started to follow his dad's example.. he takes Abby on candy runs every Saturday morning to 7-11. When Matt and his sisters were young - their dad would take each kid on a candy run every Saturday. Of course Matt would tell you that it's not the same because his dad had a Porsche. Matt just has his regular car. (Poor Matt.. someday he will get a Porsche!). We are really looking forward to my family reunion in July... well actually both of our family reunions in July. OK - time to wash my hair! Happy Summer everyone!! :)

Me & my sweet girls!