So, I walked into my kitchen yesterday and this is what I saw. Mariska had taken one of the pillows off the couch and set it very neatly on the floor. She then went on to empty the cupboard of all my canned items. She placed them all neatly on the ground around the pillow and then sat down on the pillow and continued to play with the cans. The other thing she has started to do, that I think is absolutely hilarious, she takes those same cans and puts them in the stroller she has for her baby doll and "gives them a ride" through out the house. I swear we shouldn't even bother buying the kid toys, because as long as I have canned goods and Tupperware she is a happy camper. I haven't been able to get a picture of her with the stroller but I will post it when I do.
Yesterday at church John and Mariska gave the nursery leaders a scare. Other parents had come to get their children and somehow Mariska saw John and sneaked out without the leaders seeing her go to him. I went to get Mariska and poor Sis. Peacock had to tell me she had no idea where Mariska was and how sorry she was. I figured she went with John because I would probably hear her screaming if she was with anyone else. I found John and sure enough she was with him. I told him he needed to make sure the nursery leaders know when he takes her. It was a funny and yet scary experience.
Things are crazy busy here. I am so glad this week is the last week of school. I am looking so forward to sitting down and reading a book that I want to read. Until next time!

I hope you all had a wonderful Forth of July!!!! We had a busy day but it was a lot of fun. Mariska got to hang out with her cousins and we had Jolie (good friend of mine) along with her mom over for dinner. We were going to go hiking that morning but it rained the whole night before so we decided to skip it. We went to a wonderful breakfast at the ward the morning of the forth. I was asked to lead the music and it was a lot of fun to see Mariska copy her mom. She has started leading whenever music plays anywhere. It is really cute. Friday night was the first night John hasn't had to work so we decided to stay up late watching movies. We watched Jumper and 27 Dresses. We stayed up until 2:00. I am not sure if that was such a good idea now but it was a lot of fun. We got up yesterday morning and took Aurie with us to go shopping in Yakima. I don't think it was as great as she thought it would be. We didn't get home from Yakima until early evening but because of how long the day was it seemed so much later and I will tell you Mariska's bed time could not come soon enough. She was one tired booga. I think we caught a little bit of a bug because stomach aches have been a little problem for us the last couple of days. We came home from church a little early today because Mariska and Aurie were feeling a little under the weather. I laid down on the couch and John went back to bed in the bedroom. I am not sure when Aurie went to bed because she had fallen asleep on the couch, but we all slept for 4 hours. I guess you could say we all needed it. I find incredibly funny that Aurie was in the room with Mariska and John was in our room with a baby monitor and I was on the other side of the house with Riska's bedroom door closed and no baby monitor and I was the only one that woke up to her yelling "Ma, Ma." I guess it is just the mom in me. John rarely wakes up to Mariska in the mornings.
I am looking forward to going to school tomorrow to find out how I did on my Mid-term in geography. I think I did ok but we will see. That's it for now.

So I look at families with children who are going to school and they make it look so easy. Now I realize that they must have some kind of super power to keep it all together. I don't know if it feels this way because I am taking three ten week classes that have been condenced into 6 weeks or if this is how it is going to be the whole time we are both in school. If I didn't have to sleep I think this would be a whole lot easier.
School is going good so far. I can't believe that I am already at Mid-terms. I have a mid-term on the third and then one at the begining of next week. I have already had a couple tests. I scored the highest in my logic class on our last test. I was so excited because my teacher said that the first test is the hardest. I pulled a 93 out of 100. John was giving me a hard time about it. He said that I just messed it up for everyone else if the teacher grades on a curve. I told him that I honestly didn't care I was just happy for the A.
Not doing so bad in my Geography class. I am a little worried about the final on Thursday but I have been keeping up on the reading and I will start studying tonight. Hopefully this will help me get a good grade. Those two calsses are my favorites. I have a hard time with English because it is so boring. My teacher reminds me of Edna Mode of the "Incredibles." This is the only thing that makes the class worth staying awake for.
Our trip to see mom and dad was a lot of fun. We spent the first part traveling and then the second part taking it easy. We went to the beach while in California. It was so beautiful. I love playing out in the water. Aurie and I had a lot of fun until the last wave took us both down and dragged us across the ocean floor. I hit my face on the ground and scuffed up my elbows and knees from where I hit. I ended up with so much sand in my swimsuit you could fill a sandbox. Mariska wanted nothing to do with the water. I think it is because it was moving and loud. She does fine in the bathtub or pool, so I find that kind of funny. We also went to Utah and visited with family. on our way home we stopped and did a hike at the petrified sand dunes in St. George. Mariska sure got dirty.
Aurielle's gradutaion was the big reason for us going to Vegas this last time. It is weird to think that we are all out of high school. We had a lot of fun spending time with Grandma and Grandpa Wareham when they came down. The day before we left we had our family pictures taken. They turned out really good. I can't wait to get them. If you want to see them you can got to this link;

nffocus.com/frank

I am posting some pictures just for fun. Hope everything finds you all well.