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I took this shot in my parent's backyard this morning. Isn't it peaceful? This is one of the many things I'll miss about this place when we move to our own house. (Although the view from our new house's backyard is quite pleasant--the lake and mountains in the distance--it doesn't include farm animals.) Lehi is a fun mix of city and rural--and actually we could do without some of the city part--like the non-stop traffic on Main Street.

Speaking of moving, we were able to get all the inspection stuff done for the house we are trying to buy and are now comfortable that there are no huge lurking problems with it. The appraisal is being ordered today and the appraisal on our Arizona house came in at least at value. So we seem to be all set. We have booked our tickets, a rental car, and moving van for the weekend of May 23rd to go down to Arizona and pack and load. We will probably drive back to Utah halfway on Sunday afternoon (the 25th) and the rest of the way on Monday (the 26th--Memorial Day.) Our Utah house is currently scheduled to close on May 29th with us getting the keys on June 2nd. But if our Arizona house can close earlier than the 29th, they will try to move the closing in Utah up as well. Then we won't have to load and unload twice and put all our stuff in storage for a few days, which would be ideal, but may not be possible to avoid. Hopefully everything will continue to a successful close on both houses soon, no matter what the exact dates actually turn out to be.

I had an enjoyable Mother's Day. My husband treated me even more like a queen than usual and also spoiled me with a dozen red roses. My kids treated me even more like their mother than usual. Oh well, you can't expect perfection! :) The primary did a cute card for all the mothers with photos of our kids. I thought that was cool. And of course the Primary did the traditional singing in Sacrament Meeting. My boys ended up directly behind the pulpit so I couldn't see them, except for the top of Son #1's head, when he stood on tiptoe. Too bad. Daughter #2 gave me some sweet coupons for different acts of service and some chocolate. It was fun to be able to give our greetings to both of our mothers in person this year. It's been many years since that has happened.

After dragging herself to school not feeling well for 3 days, I took Daughter #2 to the doctor on Wednesday after checking her out early that day. The doctor said one of her tonsils was twice as big as the other and put her on amoxicillan. She started to feel better within a day but is still not quite totally recovered. Daughter #2 also lost one of her contacts on Friday. She thought she had it in her eye, but when she got on the bus for school, she noticed things didn't look quite right and discovered the contact wasn't in her eye after all. We never could find it, but the eye doctor gave her another sample one for free. Hopefully that doesn't happen often!

Our sweet little Lauren is back at Primary Children's Hospital. Her feeding tube somehow caused a perforation in her intestine so she had to have emergency surgery late Saturday night to early Sunday morning. She will be in the hospital 2-4 weeks. Not a great Mother's Day present for her Mom (or her Dad). She seems to be doing as well as can be expected. She is such a strong little girl and we pray that she will recover quickly so she can return home soon.