This picture pretty much sums up my life....

Utah

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I'm Not Ready to be a Princess

Okay watch the first video and then watch O'lena interpretation of it. It is so stinking cute!!!!!! She does it three or four times! She has been singing the song for a few days now and I tried to get it while she was in the shower yesterday, but she caught me. Then today she was singing it and then I figured out what she was doing I about died. I am sure the more she watches, the closer it is going to get. She sits down at the right spot, throws the toys, and even gets louder in the key areas. It is great!

Mississippi

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Only about 72 hours left

While O'lena and I are gearing up to go visit Derick in a couple of days, we went and ate sushi with a friend. O'lena tried her first piece and practiced with her chop sticks! She did such a good job. Our friend Jamie was sitting next to her and almost got whacked a few times, but she was a good sport. I think O'lena likes her. She is always asking to see her, and her friends, and Oma. Actually she generally just goes down the list until I say yes. We have been doing pretty good since D left. A lot better last time, not as depressed, but defiantly stressed. It was by the grace of God that he got four day leave over my Spring Break. I would have been heart broken because I couldn't have taken any more time off of work. We think he is going to be shipped out right after he gets back because that is what usually happens. Then it is the real test.

Anyways here is a video of O'lena eating with chopsticks and then they gave her the little thing they give kids. She did such a goo job!!

O'lena getting ready for picture day

I thought this picture was so stinking cute! It was picture day at school and she s so excited to dance around in her "pretty dress".

Mommy and lenny :)

Life is trucking now that D is gone. O'lena and I are just kind of getting it done. I am just now realizing that it only has been a week....wow it has felt like at least 4 so far... anyways. It has been really nice because we get to talk with him several times a day. He is still in the states in training for a little while. We just found out too that he will get some leave before he leaves and it has correlated with my spring break!!  I about died when I found out. I think I scared my students and intern too. (I got the news at school.) My friend and I are in plans now trying to get it put together, but the problem about the Army is that you never know anything until the very last minute. He will ship out sometime between the end of the month and the beginning of April, but they are not telling them specifics for security purposes.

The other day she wanted to dress up like Sleeping Beauty and wanted to go trick or treating. So we got her in her dressed and play trick or treat. I am enjoying this age. She is make believing and wanting to have friends and learning about relationships. We have had a spot of the the sickness. Lena got a fever and had to come home. She is better now. I just hate it when she is sick and he is not here :(

Before he left I made him read some of her books on video. She has started to really watch them. She asks for her daddy books and goes and get his books and my iPad and posts up for a good session with daddy, It has been really nice too that his schedule has worked out that he has been doing story time and prayer time with us on Skype. On ward and up ward!

 

This is Lena singing her princess song. Excuse the eating of snot at the end....