A good life!

This has been a really good week. After working very hard for many days, I feel like I have gotten most of the boxes unpacked and things in order. I really like my apartment. It has felt like “home” faster than any apartment I have lived in and I think it is because I recognize the furniture! (thanks again mom and dad). I thought it was cute when we were moving in and J.B. said that my kids will love watching T.V. from under the octagon table. I thought it was so special that we had so many memories with that table and now I get to have it. It brings comfort every time I look at it.

I had a very wonderful birthday! Thank you all for your kind words, they brought tears to my eyes. On Friday, Mike was able to go play basketball with J.B.’s team as a substitute. He really loved that. He hasn’t been able to play basketball for a long time and has really missed it. Our new ward has a team and he is excited to play with them. On the way to J.B.’s game, I asked Mike if he was a little nervous. He said he wasn’t that nervous, but anxious because he hadn’t played for so long. I told him that if all else fails, pass it to J.B. and that is so true. J.B. is still an amazing player. Mike did really good to and blocked a ton of shots and got some good rebounds and a couple of shots! Go Mike! Mom and Stalee and her family and Laura and the boys were all at the game. It was so fun to watch them play all together. After the game, Mike’s mom (she came into town Friday afternoon) watched William so that we could go on a little date for my birthday. We went to Applebees and got desert. It was really fun to spend time with Mike alone, but while we were gone, we both commented that we missed William and wanted to hurry home to him. He has stolen our hearts.

On Saturday we went to Provo. I got together with my old roommates. I hoped that they wouldn’t even remember that it was my birthday, but when I got there, they had invited a bunch of old friends and made a cake and had candles and the whole she-bang! I have such nice friends. Then we went to the BYU basketball game and after that Mike’s mom took us out to Los Hermanos. It was a really fun birthday and I feel so loved.

We went to our new ward today and it went pretty good. Lots of people talked to us and welcomed us to the ward. I was so glad that they were friendly. There are not as many young people as I had hoped for, but I think it will still be a fun and good ward. We had Mike’s family over for Sunday dinner. I made dinner for 7 people! We had real mashed potatoes and roasted chicken and corn and biscuits and salad…I am so proud of myself!! Plus it was all ready together and hot J I am a real stay-at-home mom now! Life is good and we are happy.

Any advice on how to get William to sleep by himself would be MUCH appreciated.

Love, Judi, William, Michael