Painting

I finished a painting I did for a friend of the family, Andy. This is the second custom painting he has paid me to do for him. It is a painting of the Nauvoo Temple. It is a fairly good size painting, about 3 x 4 ft. It took a few months, I think I started it back in March. When I first started it all the lines where clean and formal, I changed it up a bit to give it a more whimsical feel. This isn't the greatest camera but it gives you the idea. I am happy with how it turned out.

I am going to take a break fro painting for a while. It requires a level of paint supplies that I can't constantly keep up with. My painting craving might be back in time to do a painting for a Christmas present. We'll see.

Little Sickling

Heber has been a sick little guy for the past three days. I think he might be getting better, but I have thought that a couple times though. The croup is no easy stroll in the park. If your kid is thinking about the croup I recommend the following:

• Humidifier by his crib with Vicks night and day during naps
• Vicks on stomach and feet
• Cough medicine
• Wet towel around neck
• Breathing machine with saline
• Electrolyte baby drink
• Dr. Appointment
• Prescriptions with hormones
• Sleepless nights
• Patience
• Lots of Prayers

I have to admit that he is so cute when he is sick. He is so cuddly. And his harsh sick voice and droopy eyes just tugs at my heart strings.

Update

I went to the doctor yesterday. She said that I didn't feel big enough to be having twins again. (sigh of relief) She said I am around 9 to 10 weeks along. I have my first ultrasound next Thursday and I will find out when my exact due date is, etc.

Now I need to go back to taking care of Heber, he has the croup. He was barking like a little baby seal all night last night. We, mostly Talmage, was up with him all last night. Dad of the year award.

So I don't mean to leave you hanging but I haven't found out that I am or am not possibly having twins. Funny story. So Hannah decided to rearrange my wallet for me. I haven't been able to find two of the most important things yet, my driver's license and debit card. Oh and my military ID is missing and I am guessing that is going to be a pain to replace. Ironically, the unimportant stuff like my Bashas card. . . I'm a Fry's girl.

Anyways, I searched everywhere for them. Yeah, even garbage cans full of poopy diapers. I wasn't able to find any of them. I had five days to find my cards before my appointment, but nothing. I canceled my appointment and ordered new cards. I have been house bound for a week now because I have no driver's license. I haven't bought anything because I don't have a debit card and I would need proof of ID if I use a check.

Summer School

I have two more classes and then I will be officially done! I am taking both classes this summer. The first one is called Southwest Gardening and I love it so much! I really am learning a lot and hopefully my backyard will have more to it than a pile of dust. Actual picture of my backyard below:

The second class I am taking and starts in July when my gardening class is done is called History of Technology. I might be taking this with Talmage. It sounds interesting and I have already started to read the book for it. I like the book so far it is called from Leonardo to the Internet and talks about how culture, economics and society affected what happened technology wise. Which is opposite of most history books that say technology drives culture or economics.

I don't consider history of technology a technical class (ex: math, science or hard core engineering), I finished my last technical class this spring and it is such a huge relief to have those done!

Anyways, these are my last two classes. I am glad I got to save some of the best for last.

Fraud

Talmage and I were originally going to move into Tempe for the summer and rent out our house. It seemed like Talmage would have a lot on his plate and taking two hours or more out of driving to Tempe each day for school and work seemed like a pretty good idea.

We had a few different people wanting to rent our house this summer, who found us at ldshousing. We had a renter lined up and place to rent but for some reason it didn't feel right. We told our renter and offered her to stay in our guest room, which she excepted gladly. She was supposedly going to come the 15th of June and she is a graduate student and currently in England... supposedly. She said that her dad would send the check for the deposit and first month's rent. He sent me over $3000 and asked me to take the deposit and first months rent out and then send the rest to his daughters travel agent to arrange her flight. I went to cash the check and it was a FRAUD! Can you believe it. Weird. Needless to say, we ended up not moving. The banker lady told me that if someone wants you to send money elsewhere for them, it is most likely a scam. If we would have moved we would have already said no to other real renters and had no one renting our house and we would be paying for both. It goes to show that if you prayerfully consider something the Lord will look out for you. The good thing out of this all is that my guest bedroom is completely clean! ... my garage, not so much.

Anyways, this semester is not as bad as we thought it was going to be for Talmage. He is taking a programming class and a geographic information systems class, GIS, and he says they are fairly easy especially because he has experience with GIS. He is also working on his capstone project and working part time. He has only had to stay in town at Lindsay's house two times.

So I have a doctors appointment Tuesday and I hope that I get to find out how many babies or lack of babies I am having. That probably sounds weird to you. Some explanation? Well, after having fraternal twins once my chances of having twins again goes from 1 out of 90 to 1 out of 12. My odds are good that I'll have a single baby but the thought of twins does keep resurfacing and has made me lose a tiny bit of sleep at night. And as cool as two sets of twins may sound to everyone that gets to see pictures of them and dote over them and then send them home, another set of twins to me sounds very daunting.

I know that all mothers with new babies are sleep deprived and it is not a walk in the park, but I just think it would somehow be easier with one instead of two.Now just to clear things up, I am glad that I have Heber and Hannah and I love them and couldn't give either of them away.

I am sure God will always give me enough so that I will always turn for him for help. Just how much that is, time will tell. When it comes down to it, it is not about how much I can handle or think I can't handle, it is about something much bigger then me.



I wouldn't want to go back and have one born years later either, if I had the ability. I am glad they are twins because they make each other and us so happy. I am grateful to be able to have them in my life. And I don't mean to sound like I don't want to have a baby. This pregnancy was planned and the timing feels right.


I bet if I do end up having twins again I will change my attitude to fit the situation but the thought of another set of twins is wearying... and triplets, I don't even think I can go there, the thought will drive me insane.